$20.4M Permit Filed for 93-Unit Sun Valley Apartment Building

A Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety permit filed October 11 proposes a new 93-unit apartment building on vacant lots at 8465 N Glenoaks Blvd in Sun Valley, with a declared valuation of $20.4 million. The record lists 19 affordable units and 74 market-rate units, and the filing has not been issued.

Why it matters

The permit is coded Bldg-Alter/Repair because it is a supplemental filing, tied to an earlier submission on the same parcel (permit 20010-10000-02260), covering accessibility, fire/life-safety, green-building and structural review under SB 330. The underlying work the record describes is ground-up: a 93-unit building on vacant lots, not a renovation of an existing structure. That distinction matters for anyone scanning LADBS data by permit type alone, since an alter/repair code can mask a large new-construction project. The filing also claims AB 2334 incentives, including extra height, under the state density-bonus law that lets developers build bigger in exchange for setting aside affordable units. For builders and contractors tracking the San Fernando Valley, a 93-unit project with nearly a fifth of its units affordable, at this valuation, is a meaningful pipeline addition in a submarket that sees fewer large multifamily filings than the Westside or Downtown.

The numbers

The permit carries parcel number 2404019034, sits in a C2-1VL-CUGU zone, falls in Council District 6, and is covered by the Sun Valley, La Tuna Canyon community plan. Declared valuation is $20,363,000. The city’s case status shows “PC Assigned,” meaning the filing is in plan check, not yet cleared for construction. No contractor or developer is named on the permit record as of this report.

What’s next

Plan check typically runs weeks to months before LADBS issues a permit of this size. When it does, the record usually adds a contractor of record, and a developer name tends to surface once site work begins or leasing marketing starts. The American Developer will track permit 20010-10003-02260 for issuance and update coverage if a developer or contractor is named. For more Los Angeles permit and development activity, see our Los Angeles market page.