Via an application filed with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, Urbanize LA this week revealed what might take Taix's place — a six-story development with 13,000 square feet of retail space, 170 apartments (24 of which will be restricted affordable units) and a 220-car basement garage.
First look at the mixed-use apartment building slated to rise at the site of Taix in Echo Park. The French restaurant is slated to reopen on the ground floor of the new development. https://t.co/ugANspBzP0 pic.twitter.com/xSSv3b6Kne
— Urbanize LA (@UrbanizeLA) May 18, 2020
The proposed development is comprised of two separate structures linked by pedestrian bridges. Taix will occupy a 6,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of one of them, alongside several other restaurants and retail establishments.
It's a massive change from the current French Revival-style structure which has been home to Taix since 1962.
And we have some thoughts.
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