{"id":465777,"date":"2026-09-16T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465777\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:58:10","slug":"apartments-slated-for-3648-s-empire-dr-in-palms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465777\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartments slated for 3648 S. Empire Dr. in Palms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four existing homes in<a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/neighborhood\/palms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Palms<\/a> are set to give way to a multifamily residential development, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/planning.lacity.gov\/pdiscaseinfo\/Search\/casenumber\/EAR-2026-4726-TOIA-HES\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an application filed recently with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposed project, filed by an entity associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hinterlandprojects.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hinterland Projects<\/a>, would rise at 3648 S. Empire Drive. Plans call for the construction of a seven-story building featuring 33 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments above parking for 34 vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Requested entitlements include incentives through the citywide housing incentive program, as well as streamlined approvals given that the site is designated for rezoning under the City of Los Angeles 2021-2029 element. In exchange for permission to build a larger structure than zoning rules would otherwise allow, four apartments are to be set aside for rent by <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/here-are-californias-affordable-housing-income-limits-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extremely low-income households.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2026-09\/Screenshot%202026-09-14%20182747.png?itok=dqp6l8lD\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Google Maps\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot 2026-09-14 182747.png\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n3648 S. Empire DriveGoogle Maps<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/tags\/warren-techentin-architecture\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Techentin Architecture<\/a> is designing the project, according to plans included with the filing. Plans show a contemporary podium-type building with a rooftop deck and a small courtyard.<\/p>\n<p>The same project team is also attached to<a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/new-apartments-works-2669-redondo-blvd-west-adams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a proposed apartment complex along Redondo Boulevard in West Adams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on social media:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrbanizeLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/urbanizela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/urbanize-la\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@urbanizela\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urbanizela\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/urbanizela.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/neighborhood\/palms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palms<\/a> (Urbanize LA)<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four existing homes in Palms are set to give way to a multifamily residential development, according to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-465777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}