Historic Tax Credits

SUMMARY OF HISTORIC TAX PROJECTS 2001-PRESENT

VARIOUS CITIES, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA

Chattel has advised numerous private, public, and nonprofit clients to obtain federal Historic Tax Credits (HTCs) reviewed and approved by the National Park Service (NPS) to support the financial cost of rehabilitation for projects involving certified historic structures. On behalf of its clients, Chattel has successfully navigated the three-part application process by evaluating historic significance of properties not yet listed in the National Register, amending existing National Register nominations, and preparing new National Register nominations, providing detailed descriptions of proposed rehabilitation work in conformance with the Secretary’s Standards, and documenting the project was completed as proposed and placed in service. At each step in the process, Chattel serves as liaison between the project team and State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) staff responsible for initial review and recommendation to NPS Technical Preservation Services staff for final review and approval. The process often involves design collaboration with project architects and developers, and communication, responding to comments as needed and ensuring state and federal reviewers have all information necessary to approve a project. Click below for the summary list of HTC projects.

Historic Westside SchooL
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Westside School campus was an important educational institution in the predominantly African American Westside neighborhood in Las Vegas. The two buildings on campus, a 1923 school designed by Los Angeles-based Allison & Allison and a 1948 annex designed by a local architect. The school closed in 1967, and the 1923 building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) in 1979. Chattel amended the National Register listing to include the 1948 annex in 2015.

Far East Cafe Building
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California

Working with the non-profit developer Little Tokyo Service Center Development Corporation, Chattel prepared the Historic Preservation Certification Application for the Far East Cafe building, a contributor to the First Street North National Historic Landmark District in Little Tokyo. The rehabilitation project involved conversion of a three-story mixed-use hotel, a single-story connector and a rear building into food service, institutional, and senior housing uses. The $3.7 million project used Historic and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.

Boyle Hotel
boyle heights, Los Angeles, California

The Boyle Hotel/Cummings Block is the last remaining commercial building from the early development of Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1880s. When the Boyle Hotel was constructed in 1889, it reflected expansion and growth outside the commercial core in Los Angeles and represents the end of the nineteenth century transition from a bucolic town to a burgeoning city center surrounded by suburban neighborhoods.