West Hollywood Developer Bringing 1,200 Units To Carson Mobile Home Site
West Hollywood developer Faring is moving ahead with plans for a major redevelopment of a mobile home park and a former landfilll that would bring 1,200 new housing units, retail and public outdoor space to the South Bay city of Carson.
The developer got the green light for the project on one of the parcels, the Carson Country Mart, in the spring and is awaiting approval for the Imperial Avalon project, which could come in the next few months, Faring Chief Investment Officer Brendan Kotler told The Daily Breeze.
"With the outlet mall development being back on track, we are excited to see the synergy between three top national national developers bringing high-end stores and restaurants to Carson,” Carson Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes told the Breeze in a written statement.
Faring's Imperial Avalon project will rise on the site of Imperial Carson Mobile Home Park, while its Carson Country Mart project would rise on the former Cal Compact landfill.
The Avalon will bring 680 apartments, 180 senior apartments, 380 townhomes, more than 7,500 SF of restaurants and around 2,000 parking spaces to Carson. The Country Mart project "is dining-focused, with outdoor amenities and 30K SF of restaurant and eatery space."
The two projects will be about a mile apart, but are intended to work in concert to create a new mini-neighborhood in Carson, Kotler said.
"By mixing different types of housing, incorporating oversized outdoor amenities and gathering spaces, as well as pocket parks and greenspaces, we are trying to create a walkable, micro-community within the larger Carson community," Kotler told the Daily Breeze.
The development of the Cal Compact landfill would be a long-awaited change for the site, which has been slated for other projects including an NFL stadium before but has proven to be a difficult site. But redevelopment of the mobile home park is more fraught for many Carson residents who worry what the loss of this de facto affordable housing site will mean for those who called it home.
The projects could serve as a complement to a pending project from Simon Property Group and Macerich to build an outlet mall on another part of the shuttered landfill, Kotler told the Daily Breeze. Carson is also attracting attention from other developers bringing large-scale projects to the city.
Texas-based JPI is planning to turn a one-time car dealership into more than 1,000 housing units, 15K SF of stores and restaurants and a 200-room hotel, Urbanize reported in 2019.
