The road to Beverly Center and Cedar Sinai might get a little tougher

The tricky junction of La Cienega and San Vicente boulevards, 3rd Street and Burton Way is not too much fun most of the time (especially with the Beverly Center/Cedar Sinai/Beverly Hills traffic). But Curbed L.A. reports -- surprise -- the city is considered another one of those dense mixed-use development there (one that Curbed says has ties to Rick Caruso). Details:

Something called the Burton Way Mixed-Use Development Project--to be located at Burton Way and La Doux Road--is working its way through the city's Planning Department website, and while we've covered all those new apartment buildings cropping up on nearby Wilshire Blvd, there hasn't been too much new residential development in this pocket of the city. According to the documents, a group called Century Investments, Inc. has proposed putting up 13,500 square feet of retail space and 88 apartments (35 one-bedroom, 53 two-bedroom units), and 223 parking spaces.

Some might remember that crossing was home to that lovely Fatburger for years. (More on that if you are interested).

--Shelby Grad