A seven-story mixed-use apartment building is taking shape at 5566 Pico Boulevard in Mid-City, and framing on the structure is now complete. The project calls for 40 apartments stacked above 1,350 square feet of ground-floor retail space, with podium parking built in for 25 vehicles.
According to Urbanize LA, four of the studio and one-bedroom units are being set aside as affordable housing for extremely low-income households. The publication reports the project broke ground in 2025 and is designed by Khal Khaireddin Architects, with renderings showing a contemporary look for the building at 5560-5566 W. Pico Boulevard.
Transit Incentives Behind the Extra Height
The project received Transit Oriented Communities incentives, which, per the same account, allow for a larger structure than standard zoning rules would otherwise permit. Los Angeles's citywide Transit Oriented Communities Incentive Program is designed to encourage construction of affordable housing near bus and train stations, according to Los Angeles City Planning.
Who exactly is building 5566 Pico Boulevard remains unsettled in the record. The Urbanize LA report identifies APPA Real Estate as the developer in one reference, while also naming M. Reinis Development as the developer elsewhere — a discrepancy the outlet's own reporting does not resolve.
A Familiar Face on the Block
APPA Real Estate has a track record in the mixed-use space; the developer previously built a similar mixed-use building in unincorporated East Pasadena, the report notes. Just across Curson Avenue from the Pico Boulevard site sits another comparable mixed-use project, this one developed by Wiseman Residential, putting two similarly styled buildings essentially face to face on the same stretch.
With framing now finished, the Mid-City project marks another entry in a wave of transit-incentivized housing rising along L.A.'s major boulevards.
