KoningEizenberg has shared images of a new multifamily project at 500 Broadway in Santa Monica called The Park following its completion in April of 2022.

The development was realized at 299,000 square feet and includes a total of 249 market-rate units. 

KoningEizenberg says its design broke with several norms endemic to the local typology by creating a series of open public spaces at the street level that work to activate a connection to public transit using cross-grained massing. 

A one-acre rooftop garden completes the program with additional space for tenants while reducing urban heat island effects on the development. Retail spaces are included at the street level as well.

Sarah Sze, an artist whose work is heavily influenced by architecture, provided a fitting final touch to the project with the addition of her sculpture Split Stone from 2019.

The Park compliments KoningEizenberg’s award-winning 64-unit The Arroyo affordable development nearby. Also in the Los Angeles area, KoningEizenberg is working to complete its 187-unit Santa Monica Vermont Apartments supportive housing project above the Metro station in East Hollywood. 

The firm was recently announced as the co-designer of a similarly porous mixed-use project in Chicago's South Side with HED and collected a Climate Action Award for its design of The Park at the 2023 AIA California Design Awards in September.