The Normandie a 1960s Era Mid Century Modern Apartment Community Featuring Newly Renovated One, Two-, and Three-Bedrooms, Begins Leasing

United States, 17th Apr 2025 – VF Developments, LLC, a minority and female owned and run company, has begun leasing “The Normandie” a 1960’s midcentury modern apartment community.  The attractive infill Los Angeles multifamily rental community offers fourteen newly renovated rental homes with one-, two-, and three-bedroom floorplans.  

111 N Normandie Avenue, located in the heart of central Los Angeles, features a 14-unit, two-story low-rise building with exterior enhancements that include a 1960s retro dingbat sign that complements the natural materials used. Blood red accents the original style wood façade along with main entry doors. VF Developments, LLC acquired the Los Angeles multifamily property with the plan of repositioning and adding capital improvements.

A renowned LA designer carefully restored and designed these late 1960s modern luxury rental homes featuring keyless entry door locks to spacious one, two and three-bedroom floor plans with newly renovated kitchen and bathrooms. The kitchens boast sparkling white stone quartz countertops with brand new self-closing cabinetry and high-end stainless-steel refrigerators with matching gas cooktop with oven and microwave. iRing doorbells with a smart home video security camera are also included. Bathrooms feature porcelain tiled bath tubs and glass shower doors. Each rental home also includes central A/C cooling and heating with recessed lights with luxury style cellular shade window blinds and distressed wood plank floors.  There’s a community washer and dryer on site.  111 N. Normandie Avenue, located just minutes from the 101 Freeway and Larchmont Village, features a fourteen-unit, two-story low-rise building with enhanced modern architecture and a gray cement shade base and accents of earth tone colors.

Inspired by midcentury Modernism architecture, these newly renovated rental homes are located in the heart of Koreatown, and minutes to hip Echo Park and Silverlake, Hollywood, and thriving Downtown Los Angeles. This location is Very Walkable with a Walk Score of 86 out of 100, so most errands can be accomplished on foot. 111 North Normandie Avenue is a 14-minute walk from the Metro B Line (Red) at the Vermont / Beverly Station stop. This location is in the Wilshire Center – Koreatown neighborhood in Los Angeles. Nearby parks include South Serrano Avenue Historic District, Wilton Historic District and Shatto Recreation Center.

The apartment homes are featured on https://www.drakereg.com/for-lease as well as VF Developments’ website https://vf-developments.com/ and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vfdevelopments/ and on Zumper https://www.zumper.com/pros/vf-developments-llc/vfdevelopments.  The apartments community is managed by Drake Property Management.

VF Developments LLC, led by Victoria Vu, restored these rental homes to its original 1960s condition with upgraded enhancements and features. Ms. Vu, managing partner of VF Developments, LLC, is a fashion designer turned real estate developer specializing in distressed multifamily apartments throughout Los Angeles and Orange County. Ms. Vu graduated from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. 

Ms. Vu stated “We are excited to begin leasing these new rental homes.  We really enjoyed restoring a 1960s era apartment community to its original condition. These luxury rental homes feature key-less entry door locks entering you into spacious one, two, and three-bedroom floorplans.  There are bold designer touches throughout from the white stone quartz kitchen countertops upgraded with high-end stainless steel Whirlpool refrigerators with matching appliance package. Our bathrooms have been fully renovated with the spa as inspiration. Pebble floors complement the brand-new oversized tubs with glass shower doors and designer gold hardware. This property is truly a gem with its central location to hip Echo Park and Silverlake, Hollywood, and thriving Downtown Los Angeles, and everything that Los Angeles has to offer.”

James L. Kemple, a U.S military veteran, general contractor, and the owner of Patriot Painting & Construction, Inc., completed the exterior and interior renovations. He noted “We were able to legally reconfigure the original studio, one-, and two-bedroom floor plans to one-, two-, and three-bedroom layout like our project at 920 Everett Street in Chinatown and 1980 Park Grove near USC.  This greatly helps maximizing the space for our future residents and assisting with the housing shortage. The team that completed the renovations on the units were entirely locally based minority vendors, employees, and contractors. This was the same team we used on the reconfigurations at 920 Everett Street near Chinatown and 1980 Park Grove near USC.  We are proud to create jobs in the USC and DTLA area for minorities, significantly improve the community, and provide more affordable housing.”

Victoria Vu commented, “We are truly grateful for the opportunity to complete the renovations on 111 N Normandie, bring the property to market, and lease it up to provide much needed affordable housing to the city of Los Angeles. This project was similar to our project at 920 Everett Street near Downtown Los Angeles in the Chinatown area where we were able to legally convert a two bedroom to a three bedroom to maximize the space for our future residents. We strive to provide our residents with class A building finishes at affordable rents. As a first generation Asian American, myself and the team strive to enhance the communities around us and create modern living spaces for our future residents to call home.” 

Kim Vu, renovation and maintenance manager for VF Developments, LLC, added, “After successful renovations at 920 Everett Street in Chinatown and 1980 Park Grove near USC we are excited to bring these units to market and welcome in our future residents to enjoy the space we have created. The apartment homes are high-quality finish with all new appliances.”

Established in 2015, VF DEVELOPMENTS, LLC, a minority and female owned and run company, has acquired over $77 million in multifamily properties with a portfolio consisting of 40 properties and 272 units located in Los Angeles and Orange County. VF Developments strives to provide neighborhoods in gentrifying areas of Los Angeles and Orange County Class A building design finishes at accessible and affordable market rents to future tenants. VF prides itself on the opportunity to create and provide modern living spaces to add value to its communities. With properties ranging from condominiums to multifamily residences in gentrifying areas throughout the greater Los Angeles area and Orange County. VF manages a multitude of processes including closing on unique, off market opportunities, syndication, interior and exterior renovations, and design using unique architecture and interior compositions transforming distressed properties into contemporary, market-ready homes and apartment communities. VF seeks value-add investment opportunities and creates significant value for clients and investors. VF Developments specialized in acquisitions, renovations, and multi-family management in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.  The company targets under-performing and mismanaged multifamily properties in gentrifying areas of these counties. VF completes significant renovations that modernize and transform dated properties into cutting edge, high quality, best in class living environments – ultimately creating substantial value enhancement for its investors.  Videos of these stunning communities can be viewed here – https://www.youtube.com/@vf-developments