Long-Vacant Silver Lake Lot Getting 8 Little Houses

by Eve Bachrach

Silver Lake/Echo Park continues to be a hot zone for little houses built under the the Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance, which allows several small houses to be built on a single parcel–developer Metro Investments will be building eight little houses on a long-vacant, half-acre site in Silver Lake at 1310 Tularosa Drive (just a bit south of Sunset Junction). The property somehow resisted earlier attempts at development, possibly because its hillside location does not make for the easiest site to build on. Originally slated for condos, Metro put its plans on hold in 2008, then changed course in 2010 and revived the project as a site for small lot houses. Aimed at the “sophisticated and refined Silver Lake buyer,” the eight units will be pretty big for small lots. Art Simonian, principal of Metro Investments, says that each three-level unit will be between 2,000 and 2,200 square feet, with three or four bedrooms with open-plan living space, outdoor space, and views of Downtown.