Plans for an eight-story building at the corner of 6th Street and Colorado Avenue are moving forward. Last week, the Planning Commission unanimously approved the project, which is located one block from the Downtown Santa Monica Expo Line station and will replace two low-rise buildings.

The building at 601 Colorado Ave. will contain 140 market-rate apartments and developer WS Communities will satisfy the project’s affordable housing requirements by building 37 deed-restricted apartments in a six-story building at 1238 7th St. Fritto Misto, an Italian restaurant popular among locals, has occupied its one-story building at 601 Colorado Ave. for about three decades. Other tenants in the two buildings include sushi restaurant Ninjin and dance instructor Maestro Studio.