A developer has filed plans for a 16-story residential tower at 8240 Sunset Boulevard that would bring 115 homes to a stretch of the Sunset Strip currently occupied by commercial buildings. The project is slated to include 18 affordable housing units alongside roughly 158,000 square feet of new construction, replacing the existing retail and commercial uses on the site.
According to Urbanize LA, the proposal calls for 2,282 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and two levels of subterranean parking beneath the tower. The site sits near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Harper Avenue, a corner that has already seen plenty of turnover along the Strip in recent years.
A Long and Shifting History at the Same Address
The 8240 Sunset address has been the subject of development proposals for years, though the plans have changed considerably over time. An earlier version of the project, reported previously by the same outlet, described a 167-room hotel paired with 45 apartments, including nine low-income affordable units and 36 market-rate units, with AXIS/GFA designing seven- and nine-story buildings and nearly 7,000 square feet of indoor commercial space, per the outlet's report.
A separate description posted by the project's own developer page lists a different mix for that earlier mixed-use concept: 172 boutique hotel rooms and 46 market-rate and affordable residential units, along with 174 subterranean parking spaces, according to A.J. Khair's project page. The two accounts don't agree on the exact room and unit counts for that prior proposal, and neither has been confirmed as the project's final form.
City Records Point to a Redesign Tied to Seismic Concerns
A West Hollywood project update from August 2025 indicates the proposal at 8228-8240 Sunset Boulevard, referred to there as the Harper project, was under revision following a redesign meant to accommodate a seismic setback. That update, posted by the City of West Hollywood, noted that staff had met with the applicant about the revised project description and were awaiting submittal of a revised application.
The same city record lists 8228 Associates, whose principals include Demitri Samaha and A.J. Khair, as the project's developer. A.J. Khair is associated with a West Hollywood-based development and construction firm that previously sought to build a shorter mixed-use project combining a hotel with housing at the site. On its own project page, the firm says it is working closely with the City of West Hollywood and the community on the proposal.
How It Compares to Other Sunset Strip Towers
The 8240 Sunset proposal would join a cluster of recent high-rise pitches along the same corridor. West Hollywood's City Council approved an 11-story hotel and apartment tower at 8850 Sunset Boulevard in a 3-2 vote, a plan that includes a 90-room hotel, 78 residential units, 16 affordable apartments, and 28,000 square feet of restaurant, cafe, and bar space, according to The Pride LA.
Nearby, a proposed 24-story tower at 9034 Sunset Boulevard would add 198 residential units across roughly 378,000 square feet, with 35 apartments set aside as restricted affordable units, plus offices, restaurant space, and retail, the outlet's report notes. That site sits next to a 13-story condo and hotel complex completed on a neighboring parcel to the west in 2019.
A much larger project farther along the corridor illustrates how fast the city's skyline could change. The West Hollywood Planning Commission approved a planned 34-story apartment tower at 1000 N. La Brea Avenue, though City Council approval is still needed before it can proceed, according to the Los Angeles Times. That proposal would include 514 residential units, with 128 set aside for affordable rents, plus a connected 17-story high-rise. The Times described the site as the West Hollywood portion of the former Cemex Hollywood Concrete Plant property, which straddles the city's border with Los Angeles, and noted the current tallest building in the city is the 31-story Sierra Towers.
Open Questions on Review Status
It remains unclear what stage of city review the 16-story 8240 Sunset proposal is currently in, or whether a revised application has been submitted since the city's August 2025 update on the Harper project at the same address. It's also not established whether every detail from that 2025 update still applies to the version of the project described in the latest filing.
