Residential high-rise slated for L.A.'s Westside for first time in 40 years

A Gensler-designed 34-story residential tower currently under construction on Los Angeles's Westside is poised to become the area's first residential high-rise in nearly 40 years.  Located west of the 405 Freeway, the 376-unit tower is being spearheaded by developers Douglas Emmett and includes a 40,000-square-foot ground-level privately owned and managed pocket park designed by SWA Group.  The proposed tower (center). Images courtesy of Los Angeles Department of City Planning.Urbanize.la reports that the project construction recently went vertical on the site of the future tower, which is located adjacent to the Barrington Plaza highrises, one of which caught fire earlier this year. Renderings depicting the project's ground-level pocket park. Images courtesy of Los Angeles Department of City Planning. The under-construction tower will include a mix of studio, one, and two-bedroom units, as well as 19 affordable housing units. Renderings for the tower depict a glass-wrapped tower st...