Another Belmont in Westwood

Planned senior facility in what is now a church parking lot

Belmont Village is a commercial firm operating senior facilities with a business plan of opening near universities such as UCLA, offering preferences to retired faculty and others associated with the university, and taking advantage of university educational programs along with university health care services. The existing facility in Westwood has long provided an annual subvention to the UCLA Emeriti Association, for example.

The existing Belmont is at 10475 Wilshire.* According to Urbanize LA, a second facility has now been approved by the LA City Planning Commission on the opposite side of the street in what is now a church parking lot at 10822 Wilshire.** See the image above for a rendering of the proposed structure. A neighborhood group had opposed the new project, but the Commission rejected its appeal.

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*https://www.belmontvillage.com/locations/westwood-los-angeles-california/.

**https://urbanize.city/la/post/city-planning-commission-rejects-appeal-westwood-senior-housing-project. Another facility is planned in Pasadena, a short distance from Caltech, also using existing church property.