New Apartments Planned West of UCLA

A pair of 1950s apartment buildings in Westwood are slated to give way for a larger multifamily residential complex, according to an agenda item from next week's meeting of the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission.

The project - which comes from applicant 540 Landfair, LLC - would span an approximately half-acre site at the northeast corner of Landfair Avenue and Strathmore Drive.  Plans call for the construction of five- and six-story buildings, featuring 21 rental apartments, rooftop decks and 160 parking stalls on three