Los Vecinos Apartments
Residential | LEED

BWE provided services for 42 one-, two-, and three-bedroom affordable apartment units ranging from 671 to 1,177 square feet and a 15,000 SF community center on the ground floor in a 3-story wood framed building with tuck-under parking. The complex implements a vast amount of energy-efficient and sustainable features such as water-saving landscaping, recycled building materials, solar panels, recycled carpets and countertops, along with energy-efficient appliances like tankless water heaters and Energy Star washer/dryers, all of which give it the highest rating for a project by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is a work force housing complex that includes a computer room and community room with a community kitchen.
Structural Engineer | BWE |
Owner | Los Vecinos, L.P.; Wakeland Housing & Development |
Architect | Rodriguez Associates – Architects & Planners, Inc. |
Completion Date | 2009 |
Construction Cost | $17.6 Million |
Awards | SDHF Affordable Housing and Community Development Awards SDG&E Energy Efficiency Award SDG&E Energy Efficiency Award Housing Project of the Year Award in the Fewer Than 50 Units category Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award |
LEED Certification | First LEED Platinum Residential project in San Diego County |