Playa Del Oro North Rises

Get ready for more stucco clad mixed-use apartments in Westchester, as the second phase of Decon Properties' Playa Del Oro springs up on Manchester Boulevard.  The $67 million Playa Del Oro North, designed by Eduardo Cespedes Architecture, will create 260 residential units and 5,000 square feet of ground floor retail when completed in fall 2014.  The building will be served by a 515 stall underground parking garage, with amenities such as a fitness center/sauna, a "resort-style pool," a game room, a dog park, and a screening room.  The project adds to the 405 apartments and 27,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space from the first phase of Playa Del Oro, which opened in 2009.

Image from Multi-Housing News

• Playa Del Oro (Official Website)
• Press Release (Bernards)

Playa Del Oro West Topped Out, Opening in Fall

Less than one mile north of LAX, developer Decron Properties is pushing towards the finish line on a $105 million mixed-use development.  Playa Del Oro West, consisting of 260 luxury apartments and 5,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space, is topped out at 7270 Manchester Avenue, replacing a formerly vacant lot one block west of Lincoln Boulevard.  Designed by Van Tilburg, Banyard & Soderbergh (Picasso Brentwood, 3670 Wilshire), the seven-story structure will be clad in exterior materials including cement plaster and stone veneer.  The building will include a wide range of residential amenities, including a rooftop sky lounge, lap pool, gym, game room, business center, dog park and a 515-car underground garage.  The project is located in a highly walkable section of the Westchester neighborhood, with a variety of stores, restaurants and markets located nearby.  Several of those establishments occupy the ground floor of Playa Del Oro's first phase, a 405-unit complex which Decron Properties opened in 2009.  Promotional materials state that the second and final phase will open this Fall.

• Mixed-Use Apartment Project Underway in Westchester (Los Angeles Times)
• Playa Del Oro West (Decron Properties)