NORTHRIDGE : Newman Center Site Rezoning Approved

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a zone change to permit construction of a 45-unit apartment project east of Cal State Northridge on the site of the Newman Center, owned by the campus’s Catholic organization. Benjamin Reznik, the attorney representing the center’s zoning application, said the center needed the zoning change because it intends to sell the property to a developer. The Newman Center, which is in a converted single-family house at 17809 Halsted St., ministers to Catholic students at CSUN. The council a year ago approved a permit to allow construction of a new Newman Center on Plummer Street at White Oak Avenue.