New Brookside apartments now available at 701 Hudson building
COURTYARD for residents is a feature of the conversion of a former office building to luxury rental units.
In late September, the owner of the three-story Brookside office building at 4750 Wilshire Blvd. announced it had completed the conversion of the top two floors of the building into 68 luxury apartment residences. Leasing has commenced.
Construction took about two years. The Los Angeles Department of City Planning approved the project in July 2022, after about one year of review. The subsequent short (for Los Angeles) construction period clearly demonstrates an advantage in adapting existing buildings to needed new residential uses. Architects for the residential conversion are KFA Architects in Culver City.
Park Mile location
The building is located on Wilshire Boulevard, within the Park Mile Specific Plan area at the northern edge of the historic Brookside single-family community — between Hudson and Keniston avenues. The views from apartment windows are of Hancock Park to the north, Miracle Mile to the west, the towers of Downtown Los Angeles to the east, and Brookside’s homes and trees to the south.
RESIDENTS’ LOUNGE includes a TV / movie room.
Free garage parking
The project, which features an abundance of existing parking from its original use as the information technology headquarters for Farmers Insurance Company, provides two free garage parking spaces with each unit. There also is ample guest parking. (Plus, for bicycles, there is on-site short-term and long-term storage available.) In addition, the project includes the usual amenities of a modern, luxury apartment building. There are a landscaped outdoor courtyard, lap pool, fitness center, lounge with games tables and a children’s playroom, TV / movie room and more. The ground floor mail and storage facilities adjoin a pet-washing room for furry friends. The coworking lounge has communal worktables and enclosed offices. Perhaps the building’s greatest luxury is its location in an historic, low-density area with an established tree canopy and abundant light and open air all around the building.
The building does retain approximately 30,000 square feet of ground floor creative office space, which is 100 percent leased as of September 2024. The office space will maintain the address of 4750 Wilshire Blvd. while the apartments will have the address of 701 S. Hudson Ave.
BROOKSIDE views are among the amenities of the new 701 Hudson project.
Nine floor plans
The residences have nine different floor plans, for studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Some units offer a den that can function as a home office or additional living space. Units feature 8-foot doors and 10-foot ceilings and substantial window glass for each residence. There are screened, operating windows, but each unit also has its own central air conditioning with high efficiency heat pump.
HIGH-END FIXTURES are a feature of the new units in Brookside, along Wilshire Boulevard.
Inside the units, many with walk-in closets for the bedrooms, residents will find wood flooring and modern, high-end fixtures, including stone counters, sleek cabinetry and a washer and dryer in each unit. A few units have private, outdoor patios adjoining the main courtyard, and a few two-bedroom, two-bath units have an additional powder room.
As a luxury building in an exceptionally desirable, city-center residential neighborhood, the 701 Hudson monthly rents reflect the location, values and amenities offered. However, for those responding early, the owner is offering free rent for up to eight weeks for some units. Monthly rents vary from $2,999 for an approximately 522-square-foot studio up to $8,824 for one of the four two-bedroom, two-bath units of approximately 1,768 square feet each.
701 HUDSON is the luxury residential component of the building at the southwest corner of Hudson Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.
The property owner is Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation, a real estate investment trust led by CIM Group, which has its headquarters next door at 4700 Wilshire Blvd. CIM has been the longtime proponent of the adaptive reuse of the Farmers Insurance Tower and the construction of new, Park Mile Specific Plan-compliant residences on various surface parking lots surrounding the historic Farmers properties. Learn more about 701 Hudson, including leasing information, at 701shudson.com.
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