MTA to Seek Developer for School at Red Line Station
A plan to build a middle school at a Wilshire Boulevard Red Line station moved a step forward Thursday when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board agreed to open negotiations with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The MTA will seek a private developer to build the school for the district, along with commercial and possibly residential developments.
Board members said they want a mixed-use project to move forward as quickly as possible, with the MTA retaining control.
The negotiations would establish the size and type of the school. The school district’s current plan calls for a middle school for as many as 1,300 students.
Business groups had opposed an initial plan using the entire seven-acre property at Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. Gary Russell, president of the Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce, said a school of 300 to 800 students would be acceptable, however.
The MTA board formally dropped the idea of building a high school on the Red Line station in North Hollywood. After that plan encountered considerable opposition last month, the school district switched to another site in the North Hollywood Redevelopment Project.
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