Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who has voiced support for a controversial development that would bring a large medical complex and hundreds of residences to a West Los Angeles neighborhood, softened his position Thursday on the Bundy Village & Medical Park project.
"I support this project proposal in concept,” Rosendahl said in a statement released by his office. “Los Angeles in general and the Westside in particular have a pressing need for medical services and for senior housing. Additionally, building a project like this along a transit corridor with a planned Expo Line stop makes good sense.
“However, I share the worries of many Westside residents who are concerned about the size and scale of the project, and its traffic impacts,” Rosendahl said.
City planning commissioners are expected Thursday to recommend approval of the 11.5-acre development, which would include 385 homes, many for elderly residents, and more than 500,000 square feet of commercial space at the northwest corner of Bundy Drive and Olympic Boulevard.
Most of the commercial space would be devoted to medical facilities. Plans also call for more than 3,200 parking spaces.
Engineers say the development would result in 21,000 additional daily car trips to the area.
The project would replace a vacant Teledyne building, three low-slung brick office buildings and a large parking lot.
If planning commissioners approve "this project today, I am committed to working with the developer to make sure that community concerns are addressed, that the project is scaled back, and that additional traffic mitigations and community benefits are secured," Rosendahl said.
[Updated at 3:15 p.m. In a surprise action, the Los Angeles Planning Commission voted Thursday to postpone a decision on the proposed Bundy Village & Medical Park.]
— Martha Groves