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MISSION MERIDIAN VILLAGE, SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA



A five-minute walk to the new South Pasadena Gold Line Station, Mission Meridian Village offers 67 beautiful condominiums for sale in a variety of interesting floor plans. This includes 14 artist lofts with 18-foot ceiling where natural light and panoramic views abound.

CHA is leading a public/private partnership that includes the City of South Pasadena, the State of California and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to develop a unique transit-oriented, mixed-use development adjacent to the future Gold Line light-rail station in South Pasadena (opening July 2003).

CHA’s development partner is Lambert Development of New York, along with Wells Fargo Bank. Mission Meridian Village will include 67 residential units -- 53 courtyard condominium units that are designed to mesh with the classic Craftsman-style bungalow architecture of the area, as well as 14 artist live/work lofts that will complement the brick architecture of adjacent buildings in the historic Mission Street district.

The project also will include the public parking component to serve the new South Pasadena Gold Line station with a 324-vehicle parking structure. The project will have 4,000 s.f. of neighborhood- and commuter-serving retail, including a café/ market, newsstand and a bicycle shop for storage and maintenance.

The project architect is the “New Urbanist” firm Moule & Polyzoides of Pasadena.


View of Craftsman bungalows, looking west on Meridian Ave.


View of ground-floor retail and artist live/work lofts, looking west on Meridian Ave.


View of courtyards in Craftsman duplexes

Location:           Historic Mission District, South Pasadena, Calif.

Project Value  $25 million

Land:                72,250 s.f. with 221,330 s.f. of building area

Status:             Environmental and project review.
                       Closed escrow on property on Sept. 14, 2001.
                       Planning Commission approval on Apr. 22, 2002.
                       City Council approval on Jun. 19, 2002.
                       Groundbreaking on Feb. 21, 2003.

Project size:      67 units along with a 324-vehicle parking structure and 4,000 s.f. of retail.

Contacts:          Gay Forbes, Asst. City Manager, City of South Pasadena
                        (626) 403-7220

                        Art Cueto, Project Manager, MTA
                        (213) 922-3052