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Building housing, community facilities and commercial space - and helping other community-based organizations also serving low-income people to do the same for their respective communities - is a cornerstone of our community and economic development strategy. Our Real Estate Development Program has developed over 500 units of affordable housing for low-income families, children and individuals and over 120,000 square feet of community facilities and commercial space. |
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down, neon up. -- The Far East Building lights up the evening
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Learn more about some of our major real estate developments:
LTSC’s Real Estate Development Program has two main areas of activity: 1) Little Tokyo Real Estate Development Projects and 2) the API Housing Collaborative.
Little Tokyo
Since 1993, LTSC has built affordable housing, community facilities and commercial space in Little Tokyo, a small neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles located between Skid Row, the Arts District and the Civic Center. Little Tokyo is our primary service area – both in terms of economic/community revitalization activities and the provision of social services. We have developed multiple projects in Little Tokyo including the recently completed Far East Building, a rehabilitation of a red-tagged historic building into 16 units of affordable housing and two commercial storefronts.
API Housing Collaborative
The Asian Pacific Islander Housing Collaborative, a component of our Real Estate Development Program, provides real estate development technical assistance through a consortium of over 50 Asian Pacific Islander community-based organizations. Through the Collaborative, we provide technical assistance to – and in some cases, partner with – social service organizations who have identified a great need to build affordable housing and community facilities for their low-income communities, but lack the real estate expertise to do so. We have provided assistance to over 30 community-based organizations, which has led to the completion of a dozen projects, totaling approximately 350 units of affordable housing and 100,000 square feet of community space. The affordable housing we have developed through the API Housing Collaborative includes a broad range of housing types, including large multifamily housing projects, housing for seniors, a group home for developmentally disabled adults, transitional shelters for domestic violence survivors, and supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals. |
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 Angelina
Apartments is an 82-unit affordable housing complex located
in the Temple-Beaudry area of Echo Park, in downtown Los
Angeles. The Angelina Headstart Preschool, providing early
child development services for over 70 children ages 3
to 5, is located on the ground floor.
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 Casa
Heiwa (Spanish and Japanese for 'House of Harmony') is
a 100 unit affordable housing complex located in Little
Tokyo. It was built in 1996 and has won a variety of awards,
including the Great Western/Washington Mutual Housing
Award, Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing
Project of the Year, Best Urban Project Tax Credit Excellence
Award, and the HUD Best Practices Award. The ground floor is home to the offices of LTSC CDC.
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 Cesar
Chavez Gardens is a 47 unit affordable housing complex
located in Chinatown. LTSC CDC partnered with the Chinatown
Service Center to build Cesar Chavez Gardens, which was
completed in 2002. It was recognized with a HUD Best Practices
Award and a Local Initiatives Support Corporation Partner
Award.
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 The
Far East Building is a historic, mixed-use building with
a cafe and computer learning center on the ground floor
and 16 units of affordable housing on the top floors.
8 of the units house formerly homeless individuals. The
Far East Building has been recognized with a LA Conservancy
Historic Preservation Award and was named a National Trust
for Historic Preservation and National Park Service Save
America's Treasures site.
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Kosumosu
is a transitional house for domestic violence survivors
and their children. It is named after the cosmos (Kosumosu
in Japanese), a resilient flower that endures even under
the harshest wear and tear. Kosumosu was recognized by
the Southern California Association of Non-Proft Housing
as the 2002 Project of the Year.
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Pacific
Bridge
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Pacific Bridge Adult Residential Facility provides housing,
supportive services, and 24-hour live-in care to six high-functioning
developmentally disabled adults. In this culturally and
linguistically sensitive environment, developmentally challenged
adults gain independent living skills, learn to integrate
into the larger community, and eventually make a transition
to independent living.
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| San
Pedro Firm Building |
 The
San Pedro Firm Building is a mixed-use building with four
commercial storefronts on the ground floor and 42 units of
affordable housing on the top floors. It is located in the
Little Tokyo Historic District, a National Parks Service-recognized
site of historical and cultural value. |
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Union Center for the Arts |
 The
historic Union Center for the Arts was formerly Union
Church, a Japanese American church that was condemned
after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. After $3.5 million
in renovations, the Union Center for the Arts was born.
It houses three premiere Southern California arts institutions:
East West
Players, Visual
Communications, and LA
Artcore.
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CPAF Transitional Shelter |
In 2001, LTSC provided project management services to the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF) to develop a 24-bed supportive transitional housing facility for homeless survivors of domestic violence. On-site amenities include a childcare room, a library with computers for resident use, a counseling room, a counseling office and a community room.
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| Sammy Davis Jr. Manor |
 Sammy Davis Jr. Manor is a 46-studio unit apartment building located on the eastern edge of Koreatown. LTSC assisted the Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC) with acquiring and renovating the building in 2000.
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| Asian Pacific Health and Healing Center |
 In 1997, LTSC provided technical assistance to the Asian Pacific Health Care Venture (APHCV) so it could acquire and renovate a community health center in East Hollywood. The 19,000 square foot facility provides a full range of primary care services for indigent and low-income individuals and families.
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| Pacific Housing |
 In 2005, LTSC CDC and Asian Pacific Family Center (APFC) collaborated on the development of Pacific Housing, a seven bed supportive housing project in Monterey Park. The project features five one-bedroom units and a two-bedroom group home that serves low-income adults with mental disabilities with a range of independent living skills.
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