| For Adaptive Reuse/ For over a decade, KFA has been at the forefront of adaptive reuse architecture in the Los Angeles region. Recent real estate and economic trends have caused a remarkable surge in the development of adaptive reuse of buildings in Downtown Los Angeles and throughout the rest of the City. This is partially due to real estate developers and builders seeking to fulfill the unmet need for housing, hospitality, and creative office space. There is also increasing enthusiasm among Angelenos for urban life, especially along developing transit corridors and a newly emergent Downtown scene, blending
old with modern. Adaptive reuse is the quickest route to market for developers looking to bring units to the marketplace. In 1999, the City of Los Angeles passed the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (ARO), which gave developers permit incentives to convert historic, usually-abandoned, commercial buildings into residential projects. Wade Killefer assisted in writing the City policies and standards that are included in the adopted ARO documents. ARO projects do not require an entitlement phase or the construction of new parking; these projects also have more flexible fire/life safety, structural, and disabled access requirements, which contributes to a more streamlined permitting phase and decreased construction costs.
Today, new construction and adaptive reuse projects are in progress all over the City. In fact, a significant percentage of KFA’s current workload continues to consist of adaptive reuse projects—creatively converting, designing, and modernizing obsolete buildings for residential and commercial use.
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Adaptive Reuse Ordinance
15 Years Later For 15 More Years of ARO/ Bob Holloway, former Captain at LAFD, has been at the forefront of the Adaptive Reuse movement since the beginning. KFAer John Arnold sat down with ex-Capt. Bob to talk shop about the ARO’s past, present and future.
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For ARO Living / Two of KFA's staff members not only work on designing and developing adaptive reuse projects in Downtown LA, but they also live in them. Read more about Tarrah and Margot's ARO lifestyle in DTLA.
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