Eight Detached Homes Proposed at 17917 Chase Street in Northridge

Historical listing photograph: CRMLS / Redfin. Subdivision plan: supplied project document. Original property shown before demolition.

A residential property at 17917 W. Chase Street in Northridge could become eight separate home sites. A new Los Angeles City Planning application calls for eight detached single-family homes on eight lots, following a $1.025 million property sale earlier this year and issuance of a permit to demolish the existing house and attached garage.

Quick facts

• Address: 17917 W. Chase Street, Northridge
• Proposal: Eight detached single-family homes on eight separate lots
• Applicant: Igor Latsanovski, 17917 W Chase, LLC
• Representative: Camille Zeitouny, Zeitouny & Associates, Inc.
• City case: VTT-85309-SH-HCA, filed October 5, 2026
• Sale price: $1,025,000; recorded March 27, 2026, according to the supplied property-history record
• Demolition permit: 26019-20000-01839, issued June 15, 2026
• Planning status: No action date listed; case marked as not on hold when checked October 13, 2026

The original property in October 2025, before the June 2026 demolition permit. Image: Google Street View.

Eight homes on individual lots

The City Planning case summary describes an eight-unit subdivision in the property's RA-1 zone, with a detached single-family dwelling on each fee-simple lot. The proposal would divide the site into individually owned residential parcels.

City Planning identifies Igor Latsanovski of 17917 W Chase, LLC as the applicant, with Camille Zeitouny of Zeitouny & Associates, Inc. serving as representative. The public summary does not specify the homes' floor areas, bedroom counts, heights or parking arrangements.

The supplied subdivision plan shows eight lots and a central common-access lane connecting to Chase Street.

A $1.025 million sale earlier this year

The supplied property-history record lists a $1,025,000 transfer to 17917 Chase LLC from the Kellenberger Trust, Anne E. Kellenberger. That transaction row carries a March 11, 2026 sale date and a March 27 recording date; the listing-history section shows the property sold on March 27.

The property sold March 27, 2026, for $1,025,000, according to its Redfin sale history. Redfin records a March 4 listing at the same price and a March 11 contingent status before the sale. The listing describes a 1951 house with approximately 2,002 square feet of living space on a roughly 0.44-acre lot.

The original home before demolition

Historical listing photograph of the original home. Photo: CRMLS / Redfin.

Front exterior before demolition. Photo: CRMLS / Redfin.

The original home and backyard garden. Photo: CRMLS / Redfin.

A longtime owner with a CSUN connection

Before the sale, the property was associated with longtime owner James Kellenberger. Kellenberger is a professor emeritus of philosophy at nearby California State University, Northridge, with interests in philosophy of religion and ethics. CSUN's faculty catalog lists him as Bertram J. Kellenberger and dates his university appointment to 1967.

Redfin records an earlier sale of the property on December 15, 1972, for $32,000, more than 53 years before the March 2026 sale. That sale-history entry does not identify the buyer. The supplied property-history screenshot names Bertram James Kellenberger in a 2026 transfer and shows an earlier Kellenberger trust transfer dated January 30, 1990, documenting the family's connection to the property for more than three decades.

A 1972 newspaper advertisement

A supplied clipping identified as the Van Nuys News of June 25, 1972, page 64, offers a glimpse of the property several months before its recorded December sale. The advertisement promoted a California ranch on a 117-by-163-foot lot, with a circular driveway, two bedrooms and a fireplace in the main house, plus a guest house connected by a breezeway.

The advertised asking price was $33,450. Redfin records the later December 15 sale at $32,000. The clipping captures how the property was marketed around the time of that purchase, without identifying the eventual buyer.

Supplied clipping identified as Van Nuys News, June 25, 1972, page 64. The advertised asking price differs from the later recorded sale price.

Demolition permit pulled June 15, 2026

A permit to demolish the existing house and attached garage was pulled on June 15, 2026. The supplied Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety record confirms that demolition permit 26019-20000-01839 was issued that day for 17917 W. Chase Street. The work description calls for demolishing a single-family house with an attached garage and requires a sewer cap and pedestrian protection fence.

Igor Latsanovski is listed as owner and applicant on the permit page. The original property has since been demolished, according to the site update supplied for this post. June 15 is the permit issuance date; the reviewed record does not establish the date demolition took place.

Latsanovski is also the applicant behind the 10 homes with junior ADUs proposed at 9537 Lemona Avenue in North Hills, which SFV Blog covered October 11. That filing names him through 9537 Lemona, LLC, and also lists Camille Zeitouny as representative. The two proposals share an applicant and representative while involving separate properties and project companies.

Where the proposal stands

Case VTT-85309-SH-HCA was filed October 5, 2026, and assigned to staff October 9. As of October 13, the public summary showed no accepted-for-review date, hearing date or action date, and marked the case as not on hold. The subdivision remains a proposal, with no construction start or completion date identified in the reviewed records.

The filing follows other proposals to divide larger residential properties in Northridge. In July, SFV Blog covered a six-home subdivision with ADUs proposed at 18220 Superior Street. That earlier coverage describes a separate project and its status at the time of publication.

For more Valley housing proposals and property histories, visit the Development & Architecture page.

Location of the Chase Street property east of Lindley Avenue. Image: Google Maps. Aerial imagery date has not been established.

Explore the Chase Street location

Google Street View: October 2025 imagery, showing the property before demolition.

Sources

• Los Angeles City Planning: VTT-85309-SH-HCA — project summary and case status, checked October 13, 2026.
• Redfin: 17917 Chase Street — sale history, property details and historical listing photographs.
• CSUN Philosophy emeritus faculty and archived faculty catalog — university affiliation and appointment of James Kellenberger.
• SFV Blog: 9537 Lemona Avenue — earlier coverage identifying Igor Latsanovski as applicant.
• Supplied eight-lot subdivision plan — proposed lot arrangement and common-access lane.
• Supplied Van Nuys News clipping — identified as June 25, 1972, page 64; advertised asking price of $33,450.
• Google Street View image — October 2025 imagery date supplied for this post.
• Supplied property-history screenshot and LADBS demolition permit 26019-20000-01839 — ownership transfers and June 15, 2026 permit issuance. Direct document links were not supplied.

Subsequent demolition status was supplied for this update; the reviewed permit does not establish the demolition completion date.