Apartment complex being built on La Cienega Boulevard

Work is underway on a $50-million apartment and retail complex on La Cienega Boulevard in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Apartment developer NMS Properties is building the five-story project called NMS@La Cienega at the intersection of La Cienega and Westmount Drive, which is near Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

The complex is intended to appeal to renters in the medical, design, entertainment and retail industries, which are active nearby, NMS President Jim Andersen said.

The 125-unit building with underground parking and street-level shops is set to open in July 2013. It will have rooftop gardens and a floating plaster facade that peels away to reveal the corners.

“We have sought to make the project a stylish residential enclave in a busy urban area,” said architect Wade Killefer of Killefer Flammang Architects.

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