Santa Monica’s largest affordable housing developer selected UBC to construct 48 apartments on Pico Boulevard across the street from Santa Monica College.

Community Corporation of Santa Monica is demolishing a church at 1819 Pico Blvd. to construct a four-story building for low-income renters. In addition to apartments, the 46-foot-tall building will house a food hall and community room on its ground floor, according to an Architectural Review Board report. Community Corp. plans to include 49 underground parking spaces and 109 bicycle stalls in the project.

In 2016, Los Angeles voters signed off on a ballot measure (Proposition HHH) setting aside more than $1 billion for construction of permanent housing to alleviate the city's homeless crisis.

On Monday, more than three years later, local officials celebrated the opening of the first five dozen affordable apartments funded by the measure. Residents began moving into the South LA housing complex, called 88th and Vermont, in December 2019. The property is now 100% occupied.