{"id":312489,"date":"2026-08-03T14:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312489\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:29:09","slug":"jamison-pivots-to-affordable-housing-at-975-s-manhattan-pl-in-koreatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312489\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamison pivots to affordable housing at 975 S. Manhattan Pl. in Koreatown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a familiar tale, a developer is setting aside a predominantly market-rate project to instead build affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/tags\/jamison-services-inc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamison Services<\/a> secured approvals for the construction of <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/la-city-council-upholds-approval-infill-projects-westlake-and-k-town\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new seven-story, 120-unit apartment building with 127 parking spaces at 975 S. Manhattan Place in Koreatown.<\/a> The project was to include 12 units of affordable housing in exchange for development incentives permitting a larger structure than otherwise allowed by zoning rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/field\/image\/975%20987%20s%20manhattan%20place_0.JPG?itok=L95874ON\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Google Street View\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/975 987 s manhattan place_0.JPG\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n975-987 S. Manhattan PlaceGoogle Street View<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planning.lacity.gov\/pdiscaseinfo\/Search\/casenumber\/EAR-2026-3979-AH-HCA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A new application <\/a>filed late last month with the Planning Department now calls for building the project as a 147-unit income-restricted complex catering to <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/here-are-californias-affordable-housing-income-limits-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">low- and moderate-income renters. <\/a>The revised project would include 99 parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/tags\/dfh-architects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DFH Architects<\/a> is designing the project, as was the case for the prior iteration of the project. Plans portray the finished product as a contemporary podium-type building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/field\/image\/975%20987%20s%20manhattan%20place%20map.JPG?itok=7EXBu0SX\" 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-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/975 987 s manhattan place map.JPG\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n975-987 S. Manhattan PlaceGoogle Maps<\/p>\n<p>The affordable project is the third proposal for the site at 975 Manhattan Place within the past decade. Previously, <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/la-city-planning-commission-approves-two-building-koreatown-project\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Planning Commission approved the construction of a similar project on the same site by Bastion Development Corp.<\/a>, which had proposed a 95-unit building using density bonus incentives. Bastion later sold 975 Manhattan, as well as a companion site across the street, to Jamison, which has since built <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/mixed-use-building-unwrapped-988-s-manhattan-place-koreatown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a mixed-use housing complex across Manhattan Plac<\/a>e.<\/p>\n<p>Jamison recently announced a new affordable housing division, Arden Residential, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/new-details-plans-convert-la-world-trade-center-affordable-housing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">partnering with Kennedy Wilson on projects that will generate roughly 4,000 homes in the Los Angeles area.<\/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>Looking for affordable housing? Visit<a href=\"https:\/\/lahousing.lacity.org\/aahr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> lahousing.lacity.org\/aahr<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/housing.lacounty.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">housing.lacounty.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/here-are-californias-affordable-housing-income-limits-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California&#8217;s 2026 state income limits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanize.la\/post\/affordable-housing-resources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for additional affordable housing resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><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":"In a familiar tale, a developer is setting aside a predominantly market-rate project to instead build affordable housing.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-312489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}