Apartment complex opens for homeless residents on skid row

Future Gateways Apartments resident Darrin Brown, 51, who has been homeless since 1986, shows his excitement as he greets visitors during Thursday’s grand opening of the $28-million apartment complex on skid row that will provide 108 units with medical and mental health services for the most entrenched homeless people in L.A. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Nov. 7, 2013 7:35 PM PT

A sleek apartment complex opened Thursday in the heart of skid row, offering what backers hope will be a beacon for the neighborhood’s homeless residents and a portal to an increasingly revitalized eastside of downtown Los Angeles.
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Anita Nelson, chief executive of SRO Housing Corp., left, and Jeff Page, Skid Row Residential Representative, Downtown L.A. Neighborhood Council, tour an apartment during the grand opening of the Gateways Apartments. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Anita Nelson, left, chief executive of SRO Housing Corp., is joined by visitors as she tours the community room during the grand opening of the Gateways Apartments. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

The $28-million Gateways Apartments complex on skid row that will provide 108 units with medical and mental health services for the most entrenched homeless people in Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Future Gateways Apartments resident Darrin Brown, who has been homeless since 1986, shows his excitement as he tours his future apartment during the grand opening of the Gateways Apartments. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)