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UDRB backs Anatomia Live Local project with conditions to refine facade and street trees
Summary
The board recommended approval, 5-1, for Anatomia — a 499-unit Live Local project that proposes 42% (210 units) affordable workforce housing — while asking the team to study reducing the exterior banding thickness and to replace proposed palms with shade trees.
The Urban Development Review Board voted 5-1 to recommend approval of Anatomia, a Live Local Act project comprised of 499 units at multiple addresses on NW 13th Terrace. Applicant representatives said the scheme includes a 42% affordable component (210 units), 100% active ground-floor frontage and an internalized service loop. The board's approval included conditions to study refining the proposed "exoskeleton" facade'banding (reduce thickness; consider metal) and to substitute deciduous shade trees for the palms shown in renderings.
Architect Albert Cordovis described the project's programmatic aims: a compact footprint with extensive amenity spaces (appx. 18,000 sq ft enclosed amenities, elevated pool deck, and a continuous running/walking track across podium levels) and liner units that wrap parking to activate the street. "We are proposing a linear diffuse lighting system throughout these ribs," Cordovis said, explaining the design intent to unify podium and tower as a sculptural element. Several board members praised the internalized service circulation and liner units but questioned the exoskeleton's material, scale and visual 'grounding.' Member comments focused on the detailing and long-term maintenance of a light-colored finish and whether the element should appear lighter or be omitted.
Motion language recorded on the public record required the applicant to study reducing the thickness of exterior banding, explore metal detailing or finer proportions, and swap palm perimeter plantings for shade trees to better support pedestrian comfort. The motion passed 5-1; staff will include the board's recommendations in the project file as the application moves toward permitting and final design submissions.
