New $2B LA skyscraper announced for innovative senior housing project

Seniors are heading for the skies.A brand-new $2 high-rise complex dedicated to affordable senior housing has been revealed.Wellpointe — a boutique-style residential assisted living and health care company — unveiled plans for Viva L.A.

at Warner Center.The 100% affordable housing community for seniors will be developed in four phases and is set to be posted up at 6400 Canoga Avenue — the heart of Warner Center’s downtown district.The 4.71-acre Woodland Hills site will have four high-rise towers ranging from 34 to 42 stories near the planned Rams Village.Warner Center is the commercial hub of Woodland Hills — a neighborhood in Los Angeles with over 70,000 people.Wellpointe said the new community in the San Fernando Valley will have 3,192 new affordable residential units with 61,450 square feet of non-residential uses.“Viva represents our conviction that affordable housing, paired with assisted living services as needed, can be delivered at the scale and density that California’s aging population in core urban centers actually needs,” George Kutnerian, co-founder and CEO of Wellpointe Inc.

said in a press release.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story The project comes nearly four years after Mayor Bass signed an executive directive that speeds up the permitting and regulatory processes so affordable housing and temporary shelters can be built more quickly — and at lower costs.The city now may approve completed affordable-housing applications within 60 days.The process used to take anywhere from six to nine months.

And once construction starts, permits, utility clearances and certificates of occupancy should be processed within days.In some cases, the move could take just five business days for affordable housing and two business da...