Skid Row Housing Trust, Michael Maltzan Architecture plan mass-timber housing tower

Skid Row Housing Trust and Michael Maltzan Architecture are planning a 150-unit supportive housing development tower in Downtown Los Angeles — made almost entirely of wood. The 14-story timber building would replace a five-story apartment structure at 609-623 E. 5th Street on Skid Row, according to Urbanize. Plans call for ground-floor case management services for residents, who would all be formerly homeless.