An eight-story apartment building called The Landing is nearing completion at 939 W. Manchester Boulevard in Inglewood, replacing a car wash that once sat one block from Metro's K Line station. The 222-unit complex includes studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms, with monthly rents advertised between $2,335 and $3,985, and construction is now in the home stretch.
The project, originally called The Jefferson before its rebrand to The Landing, was reported by Urbanize LA as replacing a car wash near the K Line. The site previously housed Jet Car Wash, an automobile-oriented business once featured in roadside architectural surveys of Los Angeles, according to Lenscratch. The transformation from car-centric commercial use to high-density housing reflects the broader shift happening along this stretch of Manchester Boulevard.
That shift has been powered in large part by Metro's K Line, which opened in October 2022 as part of an 8.5-mile, $2.1 billion light rail corridor serving South Los Angeles, per Mass Transit. The Westchester/Veterans Station sits just a block from the development, and the project falls within the city's Westchester/Veterans Transit Oriented District Specific Plan, a framework created to encourage dense, pedestrian-friendly mixed-use buildings near light rail stops, according to a 2022 report from Urbanize LA (linked above).
Triangular Design Fits an Irregular Corner Lot
The roughly 200,000-square-foot building was designed by TCA Architects with a triangular footprint custom-shaped to match the irregular contours where Manchester Boulevard meets Hindry Avenue, the same 2022 Urbanize LA report notes. Fitting 222 apartments and a three-level parking garage onto the oddly shaped parcel required specialized podium planning. Amenities inside The Landing include a pool, a clubroom, a rooftop deck, and a fitness center, along with 3,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
That retail space is divided into two bays, according to commercial listings reviewed by LoopNet in July: Suite A at 1,691 square feet and Suite B at 1,727 square feet, both aimed at retail tenants along the Manchester corridor. JPI, the Texas-based developer behind The Landing, is also building similar multifamily projects next to the A Line in Monrovia and in Long Beach. JPI broke ground on the Inglewood project in January 2024 following an 18-month entitlement and permitting process with city planners, according to Wave Newspapers.
Density Bonus and Only 11 Affordable Units
The Landing received density bonus incentives that allowed for a larger building than Inglewood zoning rules would otherwise permit, and in exchange, the project sets aside 11 of its 222 apartments for affordable housing. The remaining 211 units can be leased at market rate because of California's 1995 Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which exempts newly constructed residential properties from municipal rent control caps, according to the California Apartment Association. State law prohibits local governments from capping rents on buildings built after that year, regardless of local ordinances.
Inglewood's own Housing Protection Ordinance, enacted in December 2019, limits annual rent increases to between 3% and 5%, but only for older residential properties built before February 1995, and it exempts new mixed-use developments like this one, per RentCheckMe. The city adopted those rent caps amid regional gentrification pressures near sports venues, but the protections stop short of covering the kind of new construction now rising along Manchester Boulevard.
City records show the project has cleared municipal hurdles beyond design and financing. The Inglewood City Council formally approved Encroachment Permit No. 24-166 for the 939 W. Manchester Boulevard site during its March 26, 2024 meeting, granting authorization for construction work within public rights-of-way, according to City of Inglewood records.
Backed by a Japanese Forestry Giant
JPI's capacity to expand across California and Texas got a boost in December 2023, when Sumitomo Forestry America, Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Forestry Co., acquired a 90% stake in the developer for approximately $158 million, according to a release distributed via PR Newswire. That capital backing has supported JPI's broader multifamily pipeline, including the developments near the A Line in Monrovia and in Long Beach.
The Landing is one of several housing and transit projects reshaping Inglewood as the city leans into transit-oriented development near the K Line and its sports and entertainment venues. Hoodline has previously reported on an Inglewood church's plan for 60 affordable campus apartments, as well as the city's land-use moves tied to a SoFi-area transit hub. Together, these projects illustrate how state and local rules are steering where new housing goes up, and who gets to afford it once it does.
