Completion of project provides an affordable and community-focused housing option for UCLA Medical House Staff and graduate students
LOS ANGELES–Suffolk, one of the most innovative and successful builders and real estate enterprises in the country, recently completed the construction of 1500 Granville, a multi-family, mixed-use building spanning 174,000 square feet in West Los Angeles. The new five-story complex was developed by CIM Group and designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA), featuring 153 units, 15,000 square feet of retail and 308 spaces of subterranean parking. The new development reinforces a sense of place and the feeling of arrival in this fast-paced, burgeoning neighborhood.
“We’re proud to play a role in the revitalization of this neighborhood with the completion of 1500 Granville,” said Ken Summers, General Manager of Suffolk Los Angeles. “As general contractor, we used the latest technologies and collaborative design processes to bring to life a community-focused space for students, residents and retailers.”
1500 Granville was sold by CIM Group to a joint venture between UCLA Housing and UCLA Medical, as a housing option for UCLA Medical’s House Staff (medical residents, fellows and interns), medical graduate students and other graduate students. The complex offers students the opportunity for a more affordable housing option.
The building features a contemporary architectural design and offers a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and live-work unit floorplans with 16 units set aside as affordable. Residents have a variety of indoor and outdoor gathering spaces including a clubhouse, co-working space, gym, pool area, BBQ and multiple outdoor and courtyard areas for recreation. The ground floor retail and restaurant spaces feature multiple outdoor dining and recreation areas that connect the public building space to the surrounding community. The resulting “urban village” strives to engage the public on a stretch of roadway better known for speeding cars and heavy traffic than a lively pedestrian streetscape. This project aims to change the conversation of what this neighborhood can be.
This project is the final phase of the multi-block development previously occupied by car dealerships including the adjacent 147-unit apartment community, Elevate, and the three four-story buildings of The Westgate Collection. The retail space and apartments at 1500 Granville will provide the final block of this urbanizing development for the local community.
About Suffolk
Suffolk is a national enterprise that invests, innovates, and builds. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that provides value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment and innovation research/development.
Suffolk is a national company with $4.0 billion in annual revenue, 2,500 employees and main offices in Boston (headquarters), New York, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. Suffolk serves clients in every major industry sector, including healthcare, science and technology, education, gaming, transportation/aviation, and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #23 on the Engineering News Record list of “Top 400 Contractors.”
