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Downtown Los Angeles landmark once known for rice cakes reopens as apartments

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A nonprofit converted a former mochi rice cake factory in downtown Los Angeles into housing for low-income and homeless families. (CoStar)
A nonprofit converted a former mochi rice cake factory in downtown Los Angeles into housing for low-income and homeless families. (CoStar)
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October 8, 2025 | 7:44 P.M.

A former rice cake factory in downtown Los Angeles is now serving up affordable housing for hundreds near one of the city’s largest homeless populations.

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