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Architect Frank Gehry attends a groundbreaking ceremony for new Veterans Affairs residences on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, on its North Campus in West Los Angeles. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Architect Frank Gehry attends a groundbreaking ceremony for new Veterans Affairs residences on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, on its North Campus in West Los Angeles. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
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World-renowned designer Frank Gehry is not only a veteran architect, he is an Army veteran and recently lent his talents to the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center in its mission to build more than 1,200 new units of permanent supportive housing.

On Tuesday, June 27, the VA moved a step closer to that ambitious goal, celebrating the groundbreaking of 374 new housing units on its North Campus. The units will be spread across the campus, including a building designed by Gehry in collaboration with housing developer Thomas Safran & Associates. The units will provide homes, with supportive services, to veterans and their families.

The 374 new units are in addition to more than 600 housing units completed or under construction on the new North Campus. Once complete, the campus will feature lots of green space, walking paths, gyms, dog parks and computer rooms, among other amenities.

Gehry was joined at the groundbreaking by U.S. congressmen Ted Lieu and Brad Sherman. Also present were representatives from Century Housing, Thomas Safran & Associates, The Veterans Collective, The Core Companies and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, which are working collaboratively to meet the 1,200-unit goal.

The groundbreaking was celebrated with a formation flyover by WWII North American AT-6 fighter planes, courtesy of the Condor Squadron.

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