An eight-story, 55-unit apartment building at 232 Tower Drive will move forward after the Beverly Hills City Council voted 4-0 on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, to reject a neighborhood appeal and impose new construction conditions on the project.

The council upheld the Planning Commission's October 23, 2025, approval of the Builder's Remedy development proposed by Beachside Suites LLC and Oak Investment Co. LLC, whose principal is Leo Pustilnikov. Ottinger Architects designed the 101-foot-tall building, which will replace an existing eight-unit apartment complex near the Wilshire/La Cienega Metro D Line station.

Mayor Craig Corman made clear the vote was not an endorsement. "If there was a legal ground to deny this, believe me I would take it. If there was an arguable legal ground, I would take it. But I don't see it," Corman said at the July 21 meeting, adding that a denial could trigger a lawsuit and jeopardize the city's housing element certification.

He likened blocking the project to playing "Russian roulette" with Beverly Hills' standing before the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

The project qualified for Builder's Remedy protections because the developers filed a preliminary application in October 2023, before HCD certified the city's housing element on May 1, 2024. Under that state provision, cities cannot enforce local height and density limits on housing developments that include affordable units when they lack a compliant housing plan. Beverly Hills received 16 Builder's Remedy applications during that window, according to city records.

The 55 apartments will include 17 studios and 38 one-bedroom units, with 11 reserved for low- and very low-income residents. Plans call for 8,867 square feet of outdoor balcony and rooftop space and a single-level subterranean garage with 13 parking spaces, roughly one for every four units. The site sits within half a mile of the Wilshire/La Cienega station, exempting it from local minimum parking requirements under Assembly Bill 2097.

Kenneth Dusick filed the appeal on behalf of Carthay Beverly Hills Neighbors, arguing the building would harm traffic, pedestrian safety, parking, and neighborhood character along the border with the Carthay Circle neighborhood in Los Angeles. City staff concluded the concerns did not meet the legal threshold for denial under the Housing Accountability Act.

To address residents' worries, the council added two conditions: limits on allowable construction work hours and a requirement for advance public notification before any off-hours work. The council did not specify exact hour ranges in its public motion.

Councilwoman Sharona Nazarian was absent from the vote. Councilwoman Rebecca Pynoos, who voted to uphold the approval, called the design "severely flawed" and questioned who would live in micro-units smaller than 400 square feet.

Dave Rand, representing the developers, told the council the team would consider returning with a proposal for additional parking. No construction start date has been announced.