Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JULY 17, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: LANDMARK UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL FOR METRO WORKFORCE HOUSING
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. RECEIVING AND FILING a Landmark Unsolicited Proposal to develop Metro Workforce Housing; and
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to proceed with Phase Two evaluation of the Landmark Unsolicited Proposal to develop Metro Workforce Housing adjacent to the Leimert Park K Line Station.
Issue
ISSUE
At its April 2023 meeting, the Board approved an amendment by Director Solis requesting staff report back on opportunities to designate new housing units for Metro workforce housing by the Metro joint development program or other appropriate mechanisms.
Treehouse Leimert PropCo LLC (the Proposer) submitted a Landmark Unsolicited Proposal to Metro for the Nathaniel Metro Workforce Housing Project (the Proposed Project or Proposal), a proposed affordable housing and mixed-use development at 4427 Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Located less than 500 feet from the Leimert Park K Line Station, the Proposed Project would create up to 100 apartments reserved primarily for Metro employees.
The Joint Development Unsolicited Proposals focus solely on projects on Metro-owned property. Because the project is not on Metro property, it is proceeding through the Unsolicited Proposals process in the Office of Strategic Innovation, and because the request is in excess of $10 million, it qualifies as a "landmark" proposal requiring Board consultation. Staff determined that early consultation with the Board would benefit this type of proposal rather than waiting until staff has determined that it should advance to implementation as the Unsolicited Proposals process typically contemplates more conventional reverse pitches that would result in a procurement.
Background
BACKGROUND
Since 2016, Metro's UP Policy has been a nimble, industr...
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