1437 6th Street

1437 6th Street is a planned 18-story residential tower on the east side of 6th Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, a few blocks from the Third Street Promenade and the Downtown Santa Monica E Line station, with 172 residences.

Developed by Madison Realty Capital, which took over the site from NMS Properties, and designed by Ottinger Architects, the nearly 195-foot building would rank among the tallest in Santa Monica. It was able to exceed the 84-foot local limit through the site's builder's remedy settlement and state density bonus law. The design splits the tower into two vertical forms offset by a recessed glass corridor: one wrapped in glass with undulating patterns meant as an abstract nod to nature, the other a solid white volume that echoes the neighborhood's rectangular plaster architecture. Its 172 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, 26 of them deed-restricted affordable, would share balconies, open space and a roof deck, with a two-level underground garage below.