The project site is located in Los Angeles County, within the Wilshire community of the City of Los Angeles (see Figure II-1, Project Location). The project site is located at the northeast corner of Crescent Heights Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard. The Community of Beverly Hills and the Miracle Mile are equidistant from the project site.

Regional access to the project site is provided by the Santa Monica Freeway (US-10) and the Hollywood Freeway (US-101). Major north-south streets serving the area containing the project site include Fairfax Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard. Primary east-west access to the project area is provided by Wilshire Boulevard, 3rd Street and Olympic Boulevard.

Local Setting

The project site is an approximately 45,155 square feet lot which is bounded to the south by Wilshire Boulevard, to the west by Crescent Heights Boulevard, to the north by Orange Street and two multifamily residences, and to the east by an office building (Wilshire Medical Arts building).

On-Site Land Uses

The project site is currently developed with a 7,117 square foot bank and associated surface parking lot (see Figure III-1 through Figure III-4). Vehicular access to the project site is available via driveways on Wilshire Boulevard and Crescent Heights.

The project site was first developed in approximately 1947. One residential structure was located in the northwestern portion of the project site, one commercial structure, with approximately six store fronts, was located in the southern portion of the project site, and one office building and repair shop located in the eastern portion of the project site. In 1976 the entire southern portion of the project site was developed with the existing commercial bank building. In approximately 1989 the residential structures located on the northwestern portion of the project site were demolished and redeveloped with a parking lot.

Surrounding Land Uses

The area surrounding the project site is developed with commercial and residential land uses, and associated surface parking lots. The property to the south of the project site, across Wilshire Boulevard, is a small retail strip mall. The property to the east of the project site is developed with the Wilshire Medical Arts Building, a six story mixed use structure containing limited retail stores on the first floor and medical office uses on the five upper levels. To the north, immediately adjacent to the project site, is

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View 1: View of project site looking west. View 2: View of project site looking east.

Crescent Heights Boulevard Heights Crescent 3 Orange Avenue

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# Photo Location PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 3: View of project site looking south.

Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2008.

Figure III-1 Views of the Project Site Views 1-3 View 4: View of project site looking east. View 5: View looking south across Wilshire Boulevard.

Crescent Heights Boulevard Heights Crescent Orange Avenue

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Wilshire Boulevard

# Photo Location PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 6: View looking west along Wilshire Boulevard.

Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2008.

Figure III-2 Views of the Project Site & Surrounding Uses Views 4-6 View 7: View looking east along Orange Street. View 8: View of multifamily residence north of project site.

Crescent Heights Boulevard Heights Crescent 7 Orange Avenue

PROJECT SITE

Wilshire Boulevard

# Photo Location PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 9: View looking north across project site at multifamily residences.

Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2008.

Figure III-3 Views of Surrounding Uses Views 7-9 View 10: View looking west across Crescent Heights View 11: View looking west along Orange Street. Boulevard.

Crescent Heights Boulevard Heights Crescent 11 Orange Avenue

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Wilshire Boulevard

# Photo Location PHOTO LOCATION MAP View 12: View looking east along Wilshire Boulevard.

Source: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates, 2008.

Figure III-4 Views of Surrounding Uses Views 10-12 City of Los Angeles August 2009

a multi-family residential neighborhood, consisting of a of small two-story multi-family buildings. To the west of the project site, across Crescent Heights Boulevard, is the two-story Comerica Bank and associated surface parking lot. Also to the west, located along Orange Street, is a two-story multi-family building. Commercial uses near the project site are primarily located along Wilshire Boulevard. Adjacent to the commercial uses, and extending to the north and south of Wilshire Boulevard are residential communities which continue for several blocks. Located approximately 1,000 feet east of the project site is Hancock Park which includes the La Brea Tar Pits and the George C. Page Museum.

B. RELATED PROJECTS

Sections 15126 and 15130 of the State CEQA Guidelines provide that EIRs consider the significant environmental effects of a proposed project as well as “cumulative impacts.” “Cumulative impacts” refer to two or more individual effects which, when considered together, are considerable or which compound or increase other environmental impacts (CEQA Guidelines Section 15355). Cumulative impacts may be analyzed by considering a list of past, present, and probable future projects producing related or cumulative impacts (CEQA Guidelines Section 15130 (b)(1)(A)).

All proposed (those with pending applications), recently approved, under construction, or reasonably foreseeable projects that could produce a related or cumulative impact on the local environment when considered in conjunction with the proposed project are included in the EIR. For an analysis of the cumulative impacts associated with these related projects and the proposed project, cumulative impact discussions are provided under each individual environmental impact category in Chapter IV of this EIR.

The list of related projects consists of 53 projects (see Table III-1). Sources for the list include the City of Los Angeles Planning Department, City of Beverly Hills, City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). This list includes all approved, proposed, or potential projects within an approximately 1.5 mile radius of the project site with applications pending. Since this list was compiled, some of the listed projects have been completed, opened or reduced in scope. The locations of the related projects are shown in Figure III-5.

Table III-1 Related Projects

No. Location Land Use Size City of Beverly Hills 1 50 N. La Cienega Boulevard Medical Office Conversion 14,000 sf 2 9001 Olympic Boulevard BMW Dealership 39,700 sf 3 8536 Wilshire Boulevard Medical Office 24,890 sf Condominium 21 du 4 8600 Wilshire Boulevard Retail 4,800 sf 5 8601 Wilshire Boulevard Condominium 37 du 6 8767 Wilshire Boulevard Office/Retail 75,000 sf Condominium 53 du 7 9200 Wilshire Boulevard Retail 8,400 sf

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Table III-1 (Continued) Related Projects

No. Location Land Use Size Restaurant 5,600 sf. 8 143-149 N. Arnaz Drive Condominium 23 du 9 216-220 S. Arnaz Drive Condominium 16 du 10 155-157 N. Hamilton Drive Condominium 11du Condominium 53 du 11 225 S. Hamilton Drive Apartment (removed) -14 du 12 156-168 N. La peer Drive Condominium 16 du 13 140-144 S. Oakhurst Drive Condominium 11 du 14 115 N. Swall Drive Condominium 3 du City of West Hollywood Office 39,178 sf 15 8900 Beverly Boulevard Condominium 8 du Office (removed) -14,945 sf 16 8783 Bonner Boulevard Office 1,000 sf Condominium 11 du 17 612-616 N. Croft Avenue Apartment (to be removed) -2 du 18 310 Huntley Drive Private School 170 students Condominium 4 du 19 547 N. Kings Road Single Family (removed) -1 du Condominium 6 du 20 632 N. Kings Road Single Family (removed) -2 du Condominium 18 du 21 825 N. Kings Road Single Family (removed) -1 du 22 329 N. La Cienega Road Private School 140 students 23 8448 Melrose Avenue Retail 4,000 sf Office 9,206 sf 24 8525 Melrose Avenue Single Family (removed) -2 du Retail 9,995 sf 25 8584 Melrose Avenue Retail (removed) -6,475 sf Retail 6,905 sf 26 8588 Melrose Avenue Retail (removed) -3,523 sf 27 312 N. La Cienega Boulevard Wholesale Showroom 15,000 sf City of Los Angeles Condominium 6 du 28 146 Clark Drive Retail 500 sf Condominium 62 du Apartment 177 du 29 100 N. La Cienega Boulevard Restaurant 38,739 sf Retail 316,279 sf Auto Body Shop 8,080 sf 30 1016 S. La Cienega Boulevard Restaurant 2,704 sf 31 1461 S. La Cienega Boulevard Fast Food Restaurant 1,600 sf 32 1742 S. La Cienega Boulevard Fast Food Restaurant 3,160 sf 33 5985 W. Pico Boulevard Drug Store/Pharmacy 15,379 sf 34 6120 W. Pico Boulevard Mini Mall 7,929 sf Apartment 39 du 35 8525 W. Pico Boulevard Retail 11,327 sf

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Table III-1 (Continued) Related Projects

No. Location Land Use Size Bais Chaya Mushka Chabad 36 9051 Pico Boulevard 360 students School for Girls 37 145 S. Robertson Boulevard Convenience Market 2,500 sf 38 6411 Wilshire Boulevard Apartment 130 du 39 145 N. La Brea Avenue Shopping Center 18,610 sf 40 1604 S. La Brea Avenue Fast Food Restaurant 3,076 sf Apartment 93 du 41 801 S. Fairfax Avenue Retail 15,826 sf Apartment 288 du 42 5600 W. Wilshire Boulevard Retail 8,500 sf Restaurant 4,000 sf 43 5500 W. Wilshire Boulevard Apartment 175 du 44 7600 W. Beverly Boulevard LA Holocaust Museum 8,400 sf Condominium 118 du 45 101 S. La Brea Avenue Retail 26,400 sf Restaurant 3,000 sf Office 28,800 sf 46 725 S. Curson Avenue Restaurant 800 sf Apartment 60 du 47 5863 W. 3rd Street Retail 5,350 du Office 7,000 sf 48 5900 W. Wilshire Boulevard Restaurant 19,113 sf Condominium 260 du SE Corner of 3rd Street and Ogden 49 Senior Housing 43 du Drive Retail (removed) -35,800 sf Apartment 562 du Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea 50 Retail 37,000 sf Avenue Restaurant 8,000 sf Condominium 165 du 51 5550 Wilshire Boulevard Retail 15,000 sf 52 8th Street and Masselin Avenue Apartment 60 du Apartment 173 du 53 5155 Wilshire Boulevard Retail 10,500 sf Restaurant 2,500 sf Source: Hirsh/Green Transportation Consulting, Inc., March, 2008.

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Source: Hirsch Green, February 22, 2008.

Figure III-5 Related Projects Location Map