Quality Building Design 

• UNIT MIX: This project delivers a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom units, addressing a larger demographic with affordable housing. (Ideally, we’d like to see larger, more family-friendly units mixed into ED1 projects. However, LA ED1 applications seem to top out at 2 bedrooms, indicating for-profit developers aren’t able to generate enough margin to justify including larger units.)

• OPEN SPACE: The building also does a respectable job of providing community-building amenities, include a shared back yard and a generous roof-top deck. (There’s a full set of landscaping plans for the roof top deck if you’re curious.)

HVN Development LLC – Quality ED1 Developer

As a developer, Tommy Beadel has a highly profitable track record.

• His original venture: Thomas James Homes—a so-called “single lot” home developer—has projects throughout California (including Westchester-Playa), the Pacific Northwest, and Arizona.
• More recently, Beadel  launched HVN Development LLC (aka Haven) with the tag line: “Modern solutions for affordable housing.” HVN Development is the entity building both this project and another approved ED1 project in the Metro Veterans Station / Reading-Ramsgate area. 

This for-profit developer and his a mature operation deliver a number of ED1 project positives on the 9038 S Reading project:

• A commitment to smart open space design, thereby enhancing quality-of-life value for future residents;
• Adherence to ED1’s requirement for design variation (volume & colors) in the building’s facade;
• A track record making it more likely funding will result in the project actually getting built.