The building’s podium design creates stepped-back outdoor space on the second floor to be used for common and private balconies.
The ground floor would also feature a residential lobby with a mailroom, an indoor lounge, and a gym that opens onto a rear yard with synthetic turf, planters and benches. The project’s sole commercial space, envisioned as a cafe in the renderings, is slated to occupy the corner of Melrose and New Hampshire Avenue. A total of 19 vehicle parking spaces would be provided, split between an at-grade and subterranean parking level, in addition to storage for 25 bicycles. Plans call for a five-story building with 30 one-bedroom apartments, with three units set aside for very low income households. However, the venue at 4216 Melrose Avenue and a neighboring structure housing a tattoo parlor, CrossFit gym and four apartments could be replaced by a modern mixed-use building.Īlex Amirkhanian, the co-founder of Los Angeles-based Tower Investments Group, is listed as the applicant. Known as The Red Rouge and later Faultline Bar, the business is reportedly moving to a new location. The site of a storied gay bar once owned by Judy Garland and her then-husband Sid Luft could make way for 30 apartments and 1,649 square feet of commercial space in East Hollywood, according to a development application submitted to Los Angeles City Planning this week.