Los Angeles
PLUM
(3) 26-0047
CD 14 REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO 5/12/26
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV-2021-4071-EIR [State
Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2022030295], Statement of Overriding
Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program, and related
Environmental Findings; reports from the Mayor and the Los Angeles
City Planning Commission (LACPC) relative to a Resolution for a
General Plan Amendment, pursuant to City Charter Section 555 and
Section 11.5.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), to the
Downtown Community Plan to change the land use designation on a
portion of the Project Site from Hybrid Industrial to Community Center;
and a draft Ordinance relative to effectuating a Vesting Zone Change
and Height District Change to (T)(Q)C2-3D, pursuant to LAMC
Sections 12.32 F and Q and two Developer Incentives to permit: an 18
percent increase in the allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR), from 6:1 to
7.1:1 to permit up to 2,318,534 square feet of floor area; and averaging
of FAR, density, and open space across the Project Site, pursuant to
LAMC Section 11.5.11(e); for the Fourth & Central Project (Project)
that would consist of three distinct sites with a total land area of
approximately eight acres, comprised of the following areas: North Site
(1.35 acres) located at the northeast corner of 4th Street and Central
Avenue; South Site (5.99 acres) located south of 4th Street between
Central Avenue and Alameda Street; and West Site (0.32 acres)
located at the northwestern intersection of Gladys Avenue and Central
Avenue, the Project would demolish the existing surface parking and
cold storage facility uses on the West and South Sites, and would
adaptively reuse, if feasible, a portion of a six-story cold storage
building on the North Site while demolishing the remaining warehouse
uses, the Project would include a mix of residential, office, and
restaurant/retail uses within 10 distinct buildings within the Project Site
totaling up to 2,318,534 square feet of floor area, the Project would
include: 1,589 residential units, including affordable housing units,
totaling 1,761,673 square feet; 411,113 square feet of office uses; and
145,748 square feet of restaurant/retail uses, the Project would include
approximately two acres of publicly accessible open space, the
proposed buildings would range in height from two to 30 stories, with a
maximum height of 364 feet, parking would be provided in up to four
levels of subterranean parking and in above-grade parking podiums;
for the properties located at 400 South Central Avenue (364 - 448 and
425 - 433 South Central Avenue; and 715 and 730 East 4th Street),
subject to Conditions of Approval; and adoption of project findings.
Applicant: Standard Southern Corporation
Representative: Mayer Brown, LLP
Case No. CPC-2021-4069-GPAJ-VZCJ-HD-MCUP-SPR-HCA
Environmental No. ENV-2021-4071-EIR
Related Case: VTT-82974-CN-HCA-1A; CPC-2021-4069-GPAJ-VZCJ-
HD-MCUP-SPR-HCA-1A
Fiscal Impact Statement: No