Reseda Permit Declares 275-Unit Affordable Apartment Building

A permit filed with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety on Oct. 16, 2026 covers a new 275-unit apartment building at 6650 N. Reseda Blvd. in Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley. The filing, permit number 25010-10000-01665, lists units 1 through 275 under a single new-building apartment permit and declares $8.2 million in construction value, a number that works out to roughly $29,800 per unit, well under what multifamily construction typically costs in Los Angeles.

Why it matters

A 275-unit filing is a large project for the desk to see on a single new-building apartment permit, and the address checks out independently: the architect of record, AO Architects, lists 6650 Reseda Boulevard on its own project page as a five-story, 275-unit building over a single-level podium garage on 1.37 acres, built entirely as one-bedroom units of 476 to 603 square feet for client AMG & Associates. The firm describes it as a 100% affordable community, which helps explain a lower cost basis than a market-rate project of the same size, since the units are smaller and the design is more uniform. It does not fully explain a gap this wide. Readers should treat the $8.2 million figure as the declared value LADBS uses to calculate plan-check and permit fees, not as the all-in cost of building 275 apartments, which would typically run far higher even at affordable-housing construction costs.

The permit-wire data did not carry an issued or submitted flag for this filing, so it is reported here as filed with the city as of the Oct. 16, 2026 date on the record, not as a project that has broken ground.

The numbers

The permit declares $8.2 million in construction value for 275 units, or about $29,800 per unit. The project sits on 1.37 acres, a density of roughly 200.7 units per acre, and the architect’s plans call for a five-story building over a single-level podium garage, with every unit a one-bedroom between 476 and 603 square feet. No separate developer name appears on the permit record itself; AMG & Associates is named as client on the architect’s own project page.

What’s next

The next milestone on a filing at this stage is issuance, after which construction could legally begin, and the desk will check the LADBS record again for an issued date or a start-of-construction notice. For more on fresh multifamily permit activity in the San Fernando Valley, see our coverage of the Encino apartment permit declaring $82.9 million in value, and for ongoing coverage of the market, visit Los Angeles.