Los Angeles, CA

Weingart Tower 1

Chelsea Investment

The largest homeless housing project in LA and will completely transform the downtown “Skid Row” area with transitional and permanent housing for homeless individuals and veterans.

Tower 1, located at 554 South San Pedro Street, is a 19-story mixed-use 172,000 GSF building on a 0.63-acre infill site designed by AXIS Architecture + Design and Joseph Wong Design Associates (entitlement). The residential tower includes 228 studio apartments and 50 one-bedroom apartments, with 40 units specifically reserved for veterans. Each of the apartments is fully furnished and includes full kitchen and bathroom facilities. Amenities include a fourth-level podium courtyard, multi-purpose, kitchen/dining, administrative offices and one-level of subterranean parking. Project challenges include a new design for existing non-standard driveways that eliminate impact to neighbors and adhere to city codes. Additionally, the project’s frontage along the public right-of-way was limited, necessitating precise clearance for both proposed underground and above-ground utilities. Unique drywell and pre-treatment chambers for stormwater collection/infiltration were utilized so that during storms, rainwater would be collected site-wide and piped into the stormwater system, with the overflow discharged into Crocker Street via an outlet pipe. Fuscoe provided full civil engineering, mapping and water quality services.