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L.A. Permits More Than 8,800 Homes in First Half of 2026, Nearly Tripling Year-Ago Pace as Economic Headwinds Build
A rebound in residential permitting pushed Los Angeles past a full year's worth of housing approvals in just six months, but new research...
Nine TV Productions Win $121MM in Tax Credits as LA Soundstages Sit One-Third Empty
California awarded $121.3 million in film and television tax credits to nine new television series on Aug. 10, steering $608 million in production...
Bardas Tops Out $450MM Echelon Studios in Hollywood, Betting 90,000 SQFT of Offices and Five Stages on a Production Rebound
Bardas Investment Group has topped out Echelon Studios Hollywood, the $450 million urban studio campus replacing a shuttered Sears on Santa Monica Boulevard,...
Netflix Closes $400MM Purchase of 1.1MM-SQFT Radford Studio Center From Goldman Sachs in Studio City
Netflix has completed its acquisition of the historic Radford Studio Center in Studio City from a Goldman Sachs-led lender group for $400 million,...
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios Bets on Smartphone Dramas to Refill Hollywood Soundstages
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios is converting an 8,000-square-foot Hollywood soundstage into permitted, prebuilt sets aimed at smartphone-first vertical dramas, a bet that short-form...
Culver City Bets $500,000 on a Production Comeback With New Film Incentive Ordinance
The “Heart of Screenland” rolls back permit fees to 2008 levels, extends a 15-year business tax suspension through 2036 and pledges free parking...
Hudson Pacific’s Hollywood Holdings Hit 100% Office Occupancy as LA Studio Market Starts to Stir
The Sunset campuses anchor HPP’s strongest region as the company prepares to wind down Quixote and ride a tax-credit-fueled production rebound. Southern California...
Hackman Capital Faces Foreclosure on $100MM Loan at 182,176 SQFT Culver City Office Campus
Lender CF CC Investor LLC moves to seize the former Sony Pictures Animation campus at 9050 Washington Boulevard after the studio landlord defaulted...
Netflix Nears $330MM to $400MM Deal for 55-Acre Radford Studio Center in Studio City
The streaming giant’s planned purchase from Goldman Sachs would value the historic lot at roughly 80 percent below its 2021 sale price, signaling...
LA Soundstages Remain One-Third Empty Even as New Facilities Open
Los Angeles soundstage occupancy has collapsed to approximately 63 percent, representing unprecedented vacancy in entertainment production real estate as major facilities sit idle...
4SBay Partners Proposes 257,000 SQFT Film Production Campus With Four Soundstages in Baldwin Hills
The six-building Stocker Street Creative project would bring sound stages, offices, restaurants, and a landscaped plaza to a site just west of Crenshaw...
East End Studios Delivers $230MM Soundstage Campus in LA Arts District Amid Soft Production Market
The 255,000-square-foot complex adds five purpose-built soundstages to the nation’s largest soundstage market, where occupancy has dropped to the low-60 percent range from...
