Central Metro Place
Fifty-four affordable one-bedroom apartments for seniors 62 and older, directly across Central Avenue from the Baldwin Park Metrolink station. Opened in September 2026.
Units
54
Site area
About 0.79 acres across two parcels
Details
- Address
- 14513–14519 Central Avenue, Baldwin Park, CA 91706
- Approval
- Ministerial, under Baldwin Park's Downtown Edge / TOD Specific Plan objective standards — no discretionary case number or hearing
- APNs
- 8554-002-001 and 8554-002-007
- Stories
- 4
- Unit mix
- 54 one-bedroom senior apartments (age 62+), plus 1 manager unit — 55 total
- Commercial
- About 1,140 sq ft on the ground floor
- Affordability
- LIHTC + HUD Section 202; project-based Section 8; rents at 30–60% AMI
- Tax credits
- $1,224,149 annual federal LIHTC reserved (CTCAC CA-23-616)
- Cost
- About $35 million (2024 groundbreaking coverage); $24.4 million (SGV Tribune, Sept 2026) — sources disagree
- Funders
- HUD, City of Baldwin Park, RHF, Wells Fargo, Citi Community Capital
- Amenities
- Community room with kitchen, exercise room, arts and crafts, computer room, laundry, courtyard, raised planter boxes, on-site social services
What's being built
How it was financed
The site and the corridor
Where it stands
What this signals
What this means if you live nearby
Timeline
- Approved
CTCAC recommends federal tax credit reservation
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee staff recommended reserving $1,224,149 in annual federal low-income housing tax credits for the project (application CA-23-616).
Source - Under construction
Groundbreaking ceremony
Retirement Housing Foundation broke ground on the 54-unit senior building, with completion targeted for March 2026.
Source - Complete
Ribbon-cutting and open house
The foundation held a ribbon-cutting and open house with tours of the finished apartments, reported by the SGV Tribune on Sept 30, 2026. No certificate-of-occupancy number was printed in the coverage.
Source
Team
Source (state-agency-staff-report): https://www.treasurer.ca.gov/ctcac/meeting/2023/1206/staff/23-616.pdf · retrieved 2026-08-12 · last verified 2026-10-03
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