A five-story apartment building designed by the globally known firm Bjarke Ingels Group is planned for 2810 N. Hyperion Ave. in Silver Lake, where it would replace the longtime nursery and garden shop Tenants of the Trees. Property owner H for Hyperion, LLC filed an application with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning the week before October 26, 2026, proposing to clear the existing building and construct a new mixed-use structure in its place.
The proposal, first reported by Urbanize LA, calls for 28 one-bedroom apartments alongside roughly 2,200 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Five of those apartments would be set aside for lower-income renters, according to the application. Bjarke Ingels Group is designing 2810 Hyperion, and plans show a contemporary low-rise structure clad in steel.
Density Bonus Incentives in Play
The application includes density bonus incentives that would permit a larger structure than current zoning rules would otherwise allow in exchange for the affordable units. Citywide, Los Angeles density-bonus programs are designed to encourage on-site affordable housing production, and according to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, the city's Citywide Housing Incentive Program offers three separate local density bonus options that streamline review and offer incentives for eligible projects.
The Hyperion Avenue project would also use the city's enhanced administrative review entitlement pathway, per the application. That pathway does not require a separate environmental clearance or a public hearing, the report notes, a detail that could speed the project toward construction compared with more conventional review routes.
Another Local Entry for a Global Firm
Bjarke Ingels Group has a growing footprint in Southern California. The firm designed an expansion at Claremont McKenna College that has recently opened, and it is also associated with a long-planned tower complex in Downtown LA's Arts District. That Arts District project, according to the firm's own project page at big.dk, is conceived as two separate masses — a hotel and residences along the Los Angeles River, with offices positioned toward the 7th Street Bridge. The same project description notes that continuous balconies wrap the long sides of each tower, oriented toward eastern and western views.
The Silver Lake proposal is a far smaller undertaking by comparison, swapping a single existing building for a five-story structure rather than a riverfront tower complex. Still, it adds to a growing list of Bjarke Ingels Group projects taking shape across the region, from the Arts District to Claremont and now to Hyperion Avenue.
