Real estate developer KBK Enterprises has announced plans for its first West Coast project—a mixed-use, mixed-income development located in Compton.
With plans to include 290 residential units: 59 studios, 75 one-bedrooms and 156 two-bedrooms, the seven-story building will also include a gym, swimming pool, in-unit washers/dryers and more. The development will also include community serving commercial space in addition to a large Innovation Center.
According to KBK’s website, the Innovation Center will be a 44,514 square-foot campus designed to foster innovation in technology, arts, entrepreneurial concepts and more for Compton’s innovators. The center will offer both residents and community members learning labs, co-working space, “makers” labs, studios, and recreational space for artists, writers, musicians, designers and tech developers.
Design comps note that the building will be broken up into various vertical sections to bridge over Willow Street. A public pedestrian plaza will be created by closing Willow Street to non-emergency vehicle traffic. The plaza will become the focal point for the project, with hopes to feature public art, outdoor dining, mini performance spaces, mobile vendors and public seating.
Construction is expected to begin in 2022, with an early 2025 completion goal.