Decade-Long Project Finally Breaks Ground in Echo Park

The Alexan South Echo is a 200-unit mixed use project with more than 21,000 square feet of ground floor retail.

LOS ANGELES—Trammell Crow Residential has broken ground on the Alexan South Echo, a 200-unit mixed-use development in Echo Park. The project was approved a decade ago by a previous owner, Axiom Real Estate Investments. Trammell Crow purchased the property earlier, giving life to this long-awaited development. It is now slated for completion in 2018.

“TCR purchased the property with permit-ready plans, but is looking to put some fresh ideas into the project,” John Readey, a development associate at Trammell Crow Residential. “Most importantly the project will continue the activation of Temple Street just west of Glendale Blvd with approximately 22,000 square feet of new ground floor retail space, along with new sidewalks and street trees that will greatly improve the pedestrian experience from the previous lightly-used industrial warehouse. The construction of this project also clears the way for a financing effort by an affordable development specialist of the 46 unit affordable project located in the adjacent lot to the South of the project facing Court Street.”