Civic and Community

The project involves the rehabilitation of a 108,000 square foot warehouse in the City of Bell, where the S. Mark Taper Foundation Shelter Resource Bank operates. The Resource Bank distributes donated new goods to over 200 agencies/unique projects annually, providing them with essential items for both their operations and the clients they serve. For 19 years, the Federal government provided free rent for the warehouse. In July 2007, under the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act, ownership of the warehouse and accompanying six acres of property was transferred to Shelter Partnership at no cost. The warehouse complex was built in the early 1940s and has never been significantly rehabilitated or upgraded. Although safe, it does not meet today’s building codes. This project will upgrade the major systems of the warehouse and also increase the Resource Bank’s storage capacity by more than one-third, ensuring sufficient potential for future growth.