Approval of a 175,000 sf modern office campus, including the development of two new four-story, modern office buildings comprising a total of 130,000 sf of new floor area on an existing 1.4-acre surface parking lot to join the rehabilitation of an existing three-story, 45,000 sf early 1970’s office building. The project, designed by BA Collective (formerly Belzberg Architects), will utilize a mass timber super structure and will be built around a large central courtyard with a mature specimen tree. The project site is in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Area, less than one-quarter mile from the 26th/Olympic Expo Line Station.
Entitlements secured include: Development Review Permit, Conditional Use Permit for Business and Professional Office use, Subdivision map (vesting airspace subdivision), Certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Statement of Overriding Considerations, Architectural Review Board approval
Hearing bodies: Santa Monica Planning Commission, Santa Monica Architectural Review Board