LA PLACITA CINCO
Santa Ana, CaliforniaA transformative affordable addition revitalizes a Santa Ana neighborhood.
- CLIENT Community Development Partners
- COMPLETION DATE 2021
- UNITS 51
- DENSITY 47
- SQUARE FOOTAGE 90,280
La Placita Cinco transforms a typical auto-oriented strip mall into a community-centered space with affordable housing and amenities. Located in Santa Ana’s Artesia Pilar neighborhood, the development reclaims underutilized land from a large surface parking lot and a former gas station. It creates 50 affordable apartment homes surrounding a common courtyard with community services on the ground floor. The development integrates with the existing commercial buildings, which have been revamped with new architecture, signage, and improved pedestrian access.
Original design by Urban Architecture Lab, with Architect of Record services by TCA.
AWARDS
PCBC Gold Nugget Merit Award 2021Best Affordable Housing Community 60+ DU/AC
ULI Jack Kemp Affordable Housing Award 2021Grand Winner
ASCE Los Angeles Branch Award 2022Development Project of the Year
AIA Los Angeles Design 2022 Award Affordable Housing
AIA Los Angeles 2022 Design Award Honor Award
ASCE Orange County Branch Award 2022Community Improvement Project of the Year
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