b'ACCO Awarded $15 Million Habitat Projectin West Los AngelesBy Hector AguilarACCO has continued to capitalize on development opportunities in Los Angeles. West Los Angeles has seen a surge in property development, providing opportunities for ACCO to showcase why it is an industry leader. One such opportunity is the ambitious Habitat project.The Habitat project, located near Culver City, will be a transit-oriented, mixed-use development site designed to create a live-work-thrive ecosystem. The 454,000-square-foot project will feature world- THIS MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT SITE WILL FEATURE WORLD-class architecture near the rapidly growing CulverCLASS ARCHITECTURE NEAR THE CULVER CITY SUBMARKET.City submarket. It will feature a 12-story residential tower with 260 multi-family units, a six-story officeACCO is best suited for those tasks, mitigating building with approximately 250,000 square feetcost risk for the owner.of creative office space and a ground-floor retail space. The residential building will include a roofThe water source heat pumps being used were amenity, an underground garage and a ground-levelspecifically requested by the owner to align the pedestrian plaza that will connect the two buildings. project with Californias move toward abandoning natural gas. LendLease wanted to use only LendLease, the owner and general contractor forelectricity for hot water consumption. In the past, the project, awarded ACCO a $15 million contractwater-source heat pumps were costly to purchase to work on the design-build of the plumbing scopeand maintain. However, as more of the industry of the project. ACCO had worked with LendLeasemoves away from natural gas, the industry has on previous projects such as the 8th and Figueroacreated more affordable heat pumps for domestic tower, a 42-story luxury residential high-risehot water systems. Although unique for a project building in Downtown Los Angeles. The technicalof this scale, these domestic systems were an expertise and professionalism ACCO exhibited onexcellent fit for the design of the buildings.this project was something LendLease sought for the Habitat project. The full scope includes theThe project is being managed by Aaron Sohegian, installation of residential plumbing, commercialProject Manager, with assistance from Ben plumbing, high-rise plumbing and heat pumpsPrunean, Project Engineer. They will be working for domestic hot water systems. It also includesalongside the Engineering, Detailing and Hydronics stormwater low-impact development (LID) holdingdepartments to ensure this project is completed to and infiltration and podium deck drainage. the plans and specifications.ACCO was brought on for the plumbing scopeThe project broke ground in December 2023 andbecause the building had several technicalis expected to be completed in the fourth quarter challenges with the structure, new meteringof 2025. requirements and water source heat pumps.ACCOLADES|7'