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Talaria at Burbank

Talaria at Burbank

Burbank, CA

Client:

Cusumano Properties

Area:

385,650 sf – 3.86 Acres

Residential:

342,700 sf

Commercial:

50,000 sf

Units:

241 Up-Scale Apartments

Density:

63 du/ac – 2.34:1 FAR

Status:

Completed & Occupied, 2018

2019 Gold Nugget Grand Award
Outstanding Mixed-Use Project

The project included the demolition of all existing structures, along with the vacation and removal of existing streets, sidewalks, curb, gutter and utilities that exist within the Avon Street right-of-way, and alleys within the project development site. The newly developed project included two and a half levels of subterranean parking, ground level retail uses and/or a grocery store use (approximately 43,000 square feet), with a full restaurant and on-site beer and liquor sales.

Loading for the retail use is through an enclosed tunnel and dock area. Above the ground-level market is a four-level luxury residential community built around two large courtyard areas and features a broad range of amenities, such as a lap pool, a private lounge, a full gym, business center, dry-cleaning pick up and drop off and concierge services.

Talaria is the first Residential or Mixed Use project to achieve a LEED Gold certification in Burbank, CA

Expo Line Mixed-Use

Expo Line

West Los Angeles, CA

Client:

Carmel Partners

Area:

525,216 sf – 4.05 Acres

Residential:

519,698 sf

Retail:

5,518 sf

Units:

529 Market-Rate & 66 Affordable Apartments

Parking:

911 Stalls

Density:

147 du/ac

Status:

In Construction

Revitalizing this freeway-adjacent site through the demolition of an industrial cement and stone yard, the Project’s 538 apartment units, including an ‘affordable’ component, will be contained in four separate towers built above a podium deck consisting of two levels of commercial retail uses and five levels of subterranean parking.

At the southern portion of the Project, the Expo Line station will be located on the right-of-way owned by the MTA. The Project is designed as a transit-oriented development that will fully maximize the potential synergies between neighborhood-serving commercial uses, larger retail uses, a wide range of housing options, and pedestrian, bus, and light rail transit in the Los Angeles’ housing-impacted Westside.

Reata Glen Health Center

The Orchards at Reata Glen Health Center

Rancho Mission Viejo, CA

Client:

Continuing Life Communities

Lot Area:

4.5 Acres

Assisted Living Units:

59 Residential Units

Skilled Nursing Units:

41 Units / 71 Beds

Memory Care:

20 Units

Density:

26 du/ac

Status:

Construction

This project is part of a new ‘aging-in-place’ retirement community. The scope of work includes a Type V-A, 2-story Assisted Living facility and a Type-I Skilled Nursing facility as well as a Memory Care facility and Medical Health Center.

The two buildings, separated by a two-hour area separation wall and seismic joint, will include community spaces such as laundry, dining, commercial kitchen, living rooms, game rooms and outdoor courtyards to serve the elderly varying from very active and healthy to non-ambulatory.

Belmont Village Aliso Viejo

Belmont Village Aliso Viejo

Aliso Viejo, CA

Client:

Belmont Village

Lot Area:

6.9 Acres – 124,381 gsf

Building Area:

72,446 sf

Units:

157 Units / 178 Beds

Density:

23 du/ac – 0.42 FAR

Status:

Construction

Furthering the collaboration between VTBS Architects and Belmont Village Corporation, Belmont Village Aliso Viejo will provide comforting and comfortable living spaces to residents requiring assistance for mobility and memory support.

The project is a three-story, split-level Type IA concrete structure offering both Assisted Living and Dementia units with related kitchens, dining rooms, gathering spaces, support areas and offices. The average age at entry for these residents is 85 years.

Lush landscaping surrounds the property and a swimming pool enhances the elegant outdoor environment. The North Wing provides an interior courtyard at the second level.

Belmont Village Calabasas

Belmont Village Calabasas

Calabasas, CA

Client:

Belmont Village

Lot Area:

4.97 Acres – 216,493 sf

Building Area:

105,872 sf

Units:

140 Studio & 1-Bedroom Residential Units

Density:

28 du/ac – 0.49 FAR

Status:

Construction

Belmont Village Calabasas is a product of the continued collaboration between VTBS Architects and Belmont Village Corporation, providing comforting and comfortable living spaces to residents requiring assistance for mobility and memory support.

The Type I-A, concrete construction allows for three stories of Assisted Living and Dementia units with common gathering areas accommodating up to 300 occupants. Careful detail has been used in creating thoughtful housing for residents, on a 24-hour basis, who because of age, mental disability or other reasons, live in a supervised residential environment that provides personal care services. Related kitchen, dining, gathering, office, administration, and support uses are available on the ground level of the south wing.

The surrounding landscaping has been designed to offer a peaceful and beautiful outdoor experience, with pocket courtyards designated to both Memory Care as well as the more ambulatory Clients.

Parking for staff and visitors is on-grade.

Sage Mountain

Sage Mountain

Thousand Oaks, CA

Client:

Willis Development

Lot Area:

5.91 Acres – 257,440 sf

Units:

130 Senior Residences

Assisted Living:

98 Units

Memory Care:

32 Units

Density:

22 du/ac – 0.40 FAR

Status:

Construction Documents

Nestled into a peaceful hillside the project will provide both Assisted Living and Memory Care facilities for the elderly in a full-service continuing care retirement community. The three-story building will offer residents an option of living environments through studio apartments and one-bedroom units.

The facility includes common food service functions, special care and nursing services. An objective of the design team is the comfort of the inhabitants and consequently a focus of the project is to include outdoor site amenities such as a dining patio, a living area patio and a memory care patio.

Although the project requires only 33 parking spaces, VTBS has devised an additional 26 stalls in both surface parking and a subterranean garage to accommodate the residents and their guests.

6233 Variel Avenue Senior Living

6233 Variel Avenue Senior Living

Woodland Hills, CA

Client:

South Bay Partners

Lot Area:

2.7 Acres – 117,500 sf

Units:

334 Senior Residences

Independent Living:

214 Units

Assisted Living:

88 Units

Private Memory Care Units:

32 Units

Density:

23.7 du/ac – 3.0 FAR

Located in the burgeoning neighborhood of Warner Center in Woodland Hills, CA, Morningstar and VTBS have collaborated to provide an ‘age-in-place’ community to service the elder members of society. The development offers a full range of living options catering to the full spectrum of aging gracefully which includes Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care.

Rising seven stories above ground, the project is designed for non-combustible construction with the parking structure cast as poured-in-place concrete and using metal stud bearing wall constructions.

Fifth Street Apartments

Fifth Street Apartments

Santa Monica, CA

Client:

Frymer Construction

Area:

0.172 Acres – 38,520 sf

Retail:

1,000 sf

Units:

28 Moderate-Income & Senior Units

Density:

3.0 FAR

1999 Gold Nugget Award of Merit
Best Residential Project

The Fifth Street Apartment building is located in the Downtown Commercial District in Santa Monica. The area’s eclectic creative community and pedestrian orientation dictated the inclusion of an art gallery on the ground level. The building facades are articulated in color, texture and over-scaled posts and trellises; an architectural vocabulary that reflects the optimistic exuberance of the revitalization of Santa Monica’s vibrant downtown. The twenty-eight apartments are deed-restricted; twenty-two for moderate income residents and six for Seniors.

Pasadena 201

Pasadena 201

Los Angeles, CA

Client:

Greystar

Lot Area:

2.32 Acres -100,997 sf

Commercial Area:

11,068 sf

Building Area:

403,603 sf

Density:

2.25 FAR

Units:

201 Units

Status:

Design Development

This vibrant new five-story community is being developed to vitalize and enhance historic Old Town Pasadena, offering 201 new luxury residences in 16 unit configurations and 11,000 sf of neighborhood-serving retail.

Local design precedents have been employed in the form of archways, smooth stucco walls with deeply set windows, trellises, decorative tile work, tiled gabled roofs, ground level arches with “main street” storefronts, abundant landscaping, and metalwork creating a project that will integrate naturally into the existing cityscape while offering fresh amenities to an up-scale clientele.

With the simplified, streamlined take on the Mediterranean style, the building’s elevations rely on significant changes in the wall plane and overall massing modulation to provide complexity and interest to the design, not applied ornament. Enhanced breezeways interrupt the corridors in fairly regular intervals and serve as connections to the courtyards.

The mixed-use building meets the street and public realm with a combination of a pedestrian arcade and retail and restaurant storefronts defined by a complement of flat and round arches. The pedestrian arcade runs along the street edge in front of the apartment lobby and leasing space to create a transitional zone to buffer the residential use from the street edge. A tower element anchors the street level court and provides a visual sign post for the apartment lobby entrance. Resident and retail parking areas have been configured to encourage an easy and clear access to the street-edge entrances through passageways and the courtyard.

Vista del Sol

VISTA DEL SOL

Los Angeles, CA

Client:

Lee Group

Total Area:

7.29 Acres

Community Park Area:

8.5 Acres

Units:

93 Units

Density:

12.76 du/ac Single-Family
21 du/ac Townhomes & Flats

One element of the VTBS-designed Masterplan for the 46-acre Pueblo del Sol community, Vista del Sol Affordable Housing replaces an East L.A. public housing site once deeply troubled by violent gang activity and neglect. The project provides detached, individually-owned Affordable and Market-Rate two-story 3 & 4-bedroom homes, with 2-car private garages organized around secluded auto courts. Limited street parking and judicious landscaping all maintained by the HOA heighten visibility, safety and a sense of community. Semi-private villages connected by paseos relate to an even wider neighborhood by a design that updates the modernist Spanish bungalow idiom and lively color schemes of surrounding working-class homes and of the adjacent schools and church.

Vineland Avenue Senior Housing

VINELAND AVENUE SENIOR HOUSING

Los Angeles (North Hollywood), CA

Client:

Menorah Housing Foundation

Lot Size:

0.67 Acres – 29,000 sf

Residential:

44,540 sf

Units:

81 1-Bedroom (540 sf)
One 2-Bedroom (800 sf)

Parking:

42 Parking Stalls

Density:

1.5 FAR

This in-fill project was overwhelmingly approved by State, County and City dignitaries as well as eight regional senior centers and creates affordable accommodations on a vacant lot in North Hollywood, CA. Within the four-story structure, eight of the apartments are situated on the ground-floor, with the remaining dwellings arranged on three residential levels above. The ground level also provides space for two residential offices assigned to the manager and service coordinator, a lobby, a multi-purpose room with a kitchen, and secure parking garage for residents. Outdoor terraces on the 2nd and 4th Floors provide residents with a garden atmosphere throughout the project.

Project received funding commitments of $1,200,212 from LAHD‘s Affordable Housing Trust Fund and HUD’s Section 202 program.

Palazzo Westwood

Palazzo Westwood

Westwood Village, Los Angeles, CA

Client:

Casden Glendon LLC

Total Area:

4.25 Acres

Residential Area:

415,000 sf

Retail Area:

50,000 sf

No. Units:

350 Luxury Apartments

Density:

82 du/ac

Status:

Completion, 2008

Palazzo Westwood Village is a unique mixed-use residential and commercial community located in the historic Westwood Village within walking distance of prime retail, cultural attractions, business districts, the UCLA campus, and the Ronald Reagan Medical Center.

Embracing the architectural traditions of Westwood Village, Palazzo Westwood fits comfortably into the Village environment with themes inspired by the world-famous Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Unique fountains with custom, hand-painted tiles imported from around the world and lush courtyards are prominent design features found throughout the community.

Residents at Palazzo Westwood enjoy resort style living with amenities that include a world class health spa (featuring a state of the art fitness center, exercise studio, celebrity trainers, and a 30 foot rock climbing wall), edgeless infinity pool, concierge services and an executive business center and conference room.

Metropolitan

THE METROPOLITAN

Hollywood, CA

Client:

DS Ventures, Inc.

Area:

2.1 Acres

SITE A: Metropolitan Creative Offices

Lot Area:

1.0 Acres

Commercial:

44,000 sf

FAR:

1.0

SITE B: Metropolitan Apartments Tower

Lot Area:

.05 Acres

Apartments:

52 Units, 46,000 sf

FAR:

2.2 – 104 du/ac

SITE C: Metropolitan West Apartments

Lot Area:

.6 Acres

Apartments:

79 Total Units, 87,000 sf
5 Live/Work
74 Apartments

FAR:

3.3 – 132 du/ac

Located on historic Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood, VTBS is renovating an existing 1971, 2-story commercial building consisting of 38,000 sf with the addition of 14,000 sf by adding third and fourth floors. The building exterior shall be renovated to include new store frontage and cladding while the interior takes advantage of an open office plan with exposed structure throughout.

The project also includes two additional phases entailing the conversion of the 12-story Metropolitan Hotel Tower into 52 open-plan loft apartments as well as the construction of a new 5-story, Type-III, 29-unit apartment building over Type-I parking on the neighboring site.

Glendon Manor – Palazzo Westwood

Glendon Manor – Palazzo Westwood

Westwood, CA

Client:

Casden Properties

Lot Size:

0.3 Acres

Residential Area:

14,000 sf

Health Club Area:

7,000 sf

Units:

11 Luxury Lofts

Unit size:

800 sf – 1,550 sf

Density:

1.6 FAR – 36 du/ac

Embracing the architectural traditions of Westwood Village, the mixed-use development of Palazzo Westwood fits comfortably into the village environment with themes inspired by the world-famous Alhambra in Grenada, Spain.

Incorporated into the newly designed community, on the southerly edge, is a 1920s vintage apartment building that has been preserved and re-imagined as a world-class health spa and gym facility featuring a state of the art fitness center, exercise studio, celebrity trainers, and a 30 foot rock climbing wall.

Eleven luxury townhouses and flats overlook the edgeless infinity pool, unique fountains with custom, hand-painted tiles imported from around the world, and lush courtyards featured throughout the community.

The Groves @ Fairway Ranch

THE GROVES AT FAIRWAY RANCH

Dublin, CA

Client:

Charter Properties

Lot size:

20 Acres

Density:

46.5 du/ac

Units:

304 Family Units – For Sale
304 Family Units – Rental
322 Senior Units
930 Total Units

Status:

Completed, 2007

Designed in the Craftsman Style and located on 20 acres of rolling terrain in the Livermore Valley 35 miles east of San Francisco, The Groves at Fairway Ranch offers a variety of market-rate and affordable housing options. The Groves is comprised of a combination of 322 senior units and 608 family units as well as 8,300 sf of neighborhood-serving retail. Family apartments surround community pools, pathways and tot-lots, while senior podium buildings enclose an elevated plaza deck with fountains, benches and private spa. Each component allows for three types of integrated housing servicing low-income, medium-income and market-rate families and seniors.

Triangle Square

TRIANGLE SQUARE

Hollywood, CA

Client:

McCormack Baron & Salazar

Lot size:

0.85 Acres

Offices/Community:

31,000 sf

Residential:

80,000 sf

Units:

104 Apartments

Unit Size:

540 sf to 830 sf

Density:

123 du/ac

2008 Gold Nugget Award of Merit
Best Infill, Redevelopment or Rehab Site Plan

This Elderly Housing Development is a 100% affordable housing project catering to the Alternative Lifestyle community, situated in the heart of Hollywood’s redevelopment and entertainment district. Triangle Square is the nation’s first affordable, multi-cultural housing development supporting the needs of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) elders. Affordable monthly rentals ranging from $350-$1,000 are designed as compact one and two-bedroom units placed in two four-story buildings enclosing a central podium-level courtyard. The facility has 10 apartments over covered parking, with an outdoor courtyard, pool, and resident lounges on every floor. One-third of the units are designated for seniors with HIV/AIDS, homeless, or at risk homeless. The ground floor includes retail, GLEH offices and an Activity Center open to residents and non-residents. GLEH is a non-profit organization operating affordable, non-discriminatory residential communities and centers. The Activity Center includes social services, classes and cultural events.

Brookdale Northridge

Brookdale Northridge

Northridge, CA

Client:

Marriott Brighton Gardens

Area:

6 Acres – 87,000 sf

Assisted Living:

90 units – 57,500 sf

Skilled-Nursing:

45 beds -18,100 sf

Special Care:

25 units – 11,400 sf

2003 Gold Nugget Award of Merit
Best Senior Housing

Brookdale Northridge was designed to provide different levels of care for the elderly in a residential environment. Originally developed by Marriott Senior Living Services, each facility is custom-designed for its own site within the needs and prototypical requirements of its tenants. Offering 90 assisted living units, 45 skilled-nursing beds and a 25-bed special-care unit, this project is comprised of studio apartments, 1-bedroom, and 1-bedroom with den units, as well as congregate and social spaces.

St. Andrews Grand

St. Andrews Grand

St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

Client:

Wasserman Real Estate Capital

Units:

23 Luxury 4-bedroom Condos

Area:

1,400 – 1,930 sf per unit

The former Grand Hotel commands a prominent view of the Old Course at St. Andrews, known to many as the birthplace of golf. The design involves a careful conversion of this historic building into twenty-three luxury condominiums with full-service health club and exceptional services. An essential goal of the design team was to create a state of the art residence facility wrapped in a richly embossed historic envelope. The individual unit-plans range from 1,400-1,900sf and generally provide four bedrooms and four bathrooms. The concept here is to provide luxury accommodations for the traditional foursome. The two primary facades, classically detailed in Dumphries red sandstone will be shored in-place, while the balance of the structure is demolished and re-constructed. The renovation called for the two primary facades, classically detailed in Dumphries red sandstone, to be shored-in-place, while the balance of the structure was demolished and re-constructed. The work also maintains, in situ, the grand stair and several ground-floor public rooms.

“At St. Andrews Grand, I saw the talents and skill of VTBS as essential to the mix of world-class Architects and Designers in this most significant and historical building. They represented the ‘across the pond’ view of western sensibilities and expectations applied to a project occupied by world leaders in business, entertainment and sports.”
~ David Wasserman, Principal
Wasserman Real Estate

Playa Del Oro

Playa del Oro &
Playa del Oro West

Westchester, Los Angeles, CA

Client:

Decron Properties

Phase I: Playa del Oro

Area:

5.9 Acres

Units:

405 Luxury Apartments

Retail Area:

27,000 sf

Density:

79 du/ac – 3.1 FAR

Status:

Completed, 2009

Phase II: Playa del Oro West

Area:

3.03 Acres – 131,943 sf

Units:

260 Luxury Apartments

Unit Size:

550 sf to 1,725 sf

Retail Area:

5,000 sf

Density:

85 du/ac – 1.97 FAR

Status:

Completed, 4th Qtr 2015

Providing luxury housing a ten-minute drive from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and five minutes from the beach, Playa del Oro is sited at the junction of Lincoln Boulevard and Manchester Avenue, two highly-traveled transportation routes. Available to residents within the complex are a resort-style pool, exercise facility and relaxing spa complete with sauna & steam room. The redevelopment also accommodates the surrounding neighborhood with an infusion of popular retail destinations.

550Q

550Q

West Palm Beach, FL

Client:

Wasserman Real Estate Capital, LLC

Lot Area:

3.42 Acres

Retail:

30,000 sf

Residential:

732,000 sf

Units:

335 Luxury Condominiums

Unit Size:

1,152 sf to 3,860 sf

Density:

92 du/ac – 5.1 FAR

The design for a vibrant, mixed-use project located in the heart of Palm Beach County. The ten-story structure offers loft style and conventional residential designs, along with top-floor penthouses having eleven-foot high ceilings and wrap-around terraces. Ground floor spaces provide 30,000 sf of retail use, along with significant entrance lobbies for the housing above. 550Q has been designed to appeal to those who want an urban lifestyle combined with the activities and relaxation of a resort. Two rooftop pools and large sundecks provide spectacular views of the Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Beach Island, and the Atlantic Ocean.

”We reached out to VTBS Architecture so they could bring Santa Monica style, a modernist sensibility, and mixed-use experience to an exciting collaboration of Architects and Artists. They were critical to the mix and the project.”
~ David Wasserman, Principal Wasserman Real Estate Capital