A Modular Update / by Valerie Puchades

AERO COLLECTIVE kicked off 400 E Adams Street in early 2022. The project is taking advantage of modular construction, and this summer, we reached an important milestone—the modules have been installed! Construction started on the building site in October of 2023, and in-factory production of the modules started in January of this year. This August, we poured the podium, and the 48 modules, each containing two fully finished units, made the 830-mile journey from Nampa, Idaho, to Los Angeles, California. It took only five days for the setter to crane in the modular units and strap them together. The next step is to roof and side the buildings and connect the utilities. We’re anticipating an early April 2025 finish date. 

About the Project: 400 E Adams

Taking advantage of Transit Oriented Community (TOC) incentives, AERO worked with the developer to design an 84-unit apartment complex in Historic South-Central that provides much-needed workforce housing to the neighborhood while still being financially viable. The contemporary design of this infill development features four levels of prefabricated modular units above on-grade parking. It contains a mix of studios and one-bedroom units aimed at the neighborhood’s working professionals. 

Eight of the proposed apartments will be set aside as affordable housing at the extremely low-income level. The remaining units will be priced for households earning between 120 and 150 percent of the area median income. Building amenities include a rooftop deck, 32 parking stalls, and 82 parking spaces for bikes.