An official project website offers up a new look at One Culver, LBA Realty's makeover of Sony Pictures Studio's former corporate headquarters in Culver City.

The property, located at 10000 Washington Boulevard, consists of an eight-story building that features 300,000 square feet of rentable space on its upper floors.  LBA is also converting approximately 65,000 square feet of the building's ground floor into retail space, approximately half of which the Real Deal reports been leased to Equinox Fitness.

Gensler is designing the project, building off of original work by the late architect Maxwell Starkman.  The reimagining of the previously fortress-like building includes new exterior finishes, as well as new pedestrian entrances along Culver and Washington Boulevards.  The building's terrace levels - long vacant - are being activated as amenity decks for tenants.

The renovation is expected to be completed in 2018.

A flythrough video for the project can be seen here.

• One Culver (Official Website)
• One Culver Archive (Urbanize LA)

Long-held plans to construct a mixed-use parking garage with retail and restaurant space are still alive in the Hayden Tract, according to the agenda for an upcoming meeting of the Culver City Planning Commission.

The project, which comes from Samitaur Constructs, would replace a surface parking lot at 8511 Warner Drive.  Plans call for a five-story parking structure which would feature approximately 51,000 square feet of retail and restaurant uses at its lower levels.

Eric Owen Moss, a frequent collaborator with Samitaur, is designing the proposed garage.  Renderings show an almost cathedral-like structure, highlighted by a five-story atrium.

Plans for the parking garage were first filed with Culver City in 2008.  Samitaur is currently seeking an extension of entitlements from the City's Planning Commission.

Samitaur and Moss are currently in the midst of construction on a 50,000-square-foot office building nearby on Jefferson Boulevard and have announced plans for a 17-story tower adjacent to an adjacent Expo Line station.

• Culver City Archive (Urbanize LA)

A long-vacant lot in Culver City will finally be reactivated, as construction is now underway for a residential-retail complex on the blighted property.

The half-acre development site, located at 12803 Washington Boulevard, is being transformed into a five-story building that will feature 37 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments above 7,200 square feet of ground-level retail space.  The project will set aside three units for very low-income households and offer amenities such as a roof deck and an underground parking structure.

Pleskow Architects is designing the development, which will be clad with a mix of stucco, concrete and wood panels.

The development entity, a limited liability company known as Axis Mundi RE II, is linked the family behind the Helm's Bakery complex and a firm known as James Suhr & Associates.

A smaller mixed-use building was recently completed a short distance east along Washington Boulevard.

• First Look at Proposed Culver City Development (Urbanize LA)

Pleskow Architects has unveiled updated renderings for 12803 Washington Boulevard, a mixed-use development now under construction in Culver City.

The five-story development, which is being developed by James Suhr & Associates and Tooley Interests, will feature 37 rental apartments and 7,200 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.  Plans also call for three units of very low-income housing, as well as communal amenities like a roof deck and a parking garage.

The project site, which spans a half acre between Moore and Meier Streets, has been vacant for several years.

• 12803 Washington Boulevard Archive (Urbanize LA)

Landscape architecture and design firm SWA Group has unveiled its designs for a new public plaza in Downtown Culver City, which is being built in conjunction with the long-awaited Culver Steps development.

The project is transforming a former parking lot into a 55,000-square-foot terraced plaza, connecting with the historic Culver Hotel and surrounding businesses.  A sloping green spaced called "The Hill" is cantilevered over a parking ramp, and could be programmed for outdoor performances and events.

The adjacent development, which comes from Hackman Capital Partners and architecture firm EYRC, will consist of a four-story building with 75,000 square feet of offices and 40,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

Completion is anticipated in 2020.

Hackman is also embarking on an expansion of the historic Culver Studios, which will soon become the new home of Amazon Studios, IMDB and several other subsidiaries of Amazon.

• Culver Steps Archive (Urbanize LA)

The Culver City Planning Division has published an updated draft environmental impact report for the proposed expansion of the Culver Studios campus.

The project, which comes from Hackman Capital Partners, would add approximatley 413,000 square feet of rentable space to the 14-acre property at 9336 W. Washington Boulevard.  Plans call for a the construction of seven new buildings - replacing several smaller structures - as well as the refurbishment of historing components of the campus.

A new parking garage is planned along Van Buren Place, as well as underground garage toward the north side of the campus.  The property would have toal accommodations for over 2,300 vehicles.

Architecture firm Gensler is designing the project, which would feature buildings and production facilities up to four stories in height.

Construction of the Culver Studios expansion is anticipated to occur over approximately 32 months, beginning in early 2018 and ending in 2020.

Multiple reports have indicated that both Amazon and Apple have considered leasing space at the campus for their production arms.

Hackman is also developing an adjacent property with offices and retail space as part of the Culver Steps project.

• First Look at the Culver Studios Expansion (Urbanize LA)
• Culver Studios Expansion (Culver City)

A parking lot and a pair of small commercial buildings near the Expo Line's Culver City Station have been fenced off, signaling the start of construction for another commercial development.

The properties, located at 8888 Washington Boulevard, are slated for the construction of a four-story building featuring 68,000 square feet of offices above 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial uses.  Plans also call for an automated subterranean parking structure, with accommodations for up to 231 vehicles.

Abramson Teiger Architects is designing the low-rise structure, which is named Synapse.  A project page describe the building as featuring an exterior of custom molded glass fiber reinforced panels, giving it a glossy white appearance.  LED lighting strips will be integrated into the facade, mimicking nerotransmitters.

Runyon Group, the California-based firm behind the adjacent Platform development, is the developer of Synapse.

• More Expo-Adjacent Offices Planned in Culver City (Urbanize LA)

Local developer LIDO Equities Group has broken ground on a new rental development in Culver City, just east of Centinela Avenue.

The project, located on a rectangular site at 4025 Grand View Boulevard, will consist of 36 three-story townhomes over an underground parking level.  Each unit will feature three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.

Pleskow Architects designed the new development, features two rows of 18 townhomes arranged perpendicular to Grand View.  Renderings show contemporary low-rise structures, clad with a brick facade and wood panels.

LIDO recently completed two apartment buildings on Culver Boulevard in the Del Rey community.

• Culver City Archive (Urbanize LA)

Later this month, the Culver City Planning Commission will consider Regency Centers' proposal to construct Market Hall, a new commercial development at two corners of Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue.

The project, which would rise upon two vacant lots totaling 1.6 acres of land, calls for the construction of low-rise buildings featuring nearly 30,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

• Site A, located at the northwest corner of Washington and Centinela, is imagined as a one-story building featuring 21,605 square feet of space for artisanal food vendors, attached to a four-level parking structure with 184 vehicle stalls. 
• Site B, located at the northeast corner of the intersection, is described will feature two one-story buildings offering 5,230 square feet of commercial space, with a 20-stall surface parking lot located at the back of the property.

Renderings of the project, which is designed by JRDV Architects, portray outdoor seating along Washington Boulevard, with greenery used to mask the adjoining parking garage.

• Culver City Archive (Urbanize LA)

Amazon Studios will lease 280,000 square feet of space at the historic Culver Studios, relocating and expanding from its current facilities in Santa Monica.

The 14-acre campus, located at 9336 Washington Boulevard in Culver City, was founded nearly a century ago by the filmmaker Thomas Ince, and has been the site of several notable films and television shows, including Gone with the Wind and Citizen Kane.  Developer Hackman Capital Partners purchased the Culver Studios in 2014, and has since announced plans for a substantial expansion of the property's current leasable space.

Hackman is currently pursuing entitlements to add 413,000 square feet of production and office space to Culver Studios, including five new media buildings and two parking garages with space for nearly 2,000 vehicles.  If approved, the Gensler-designed project is expected to begin construction next year and be completed by 2020.

Amazon - which employs 700 people at its Santa Monica facility - is expected to begin moving by the end of 2018.  In addition to Amazon Studios, employees of IMDb, Amazon Video, and World Wide Advertising will also be relocating.

• Amazon Studios to Expand and Relocate to Iconic Culver Studios (Amazon)
• Fresh Renderings for the Culver Studios Expansion (Urbanize LA)

After four months of anticipation, Hackman Capital Partners has made it official: construction is now underway for the Culver Steps development.

The project, located at Downtown Culver City's long-vacant Parcel B, will consist of a four-story building featuring approximately 75,000 square feet of office space, 40,000 square feet of retail space, and a 35,000-square-foot public plaza.  The new plaza area will be integrated with a grand staircase, cascading down the side of the building to create landscaped terraces and seating areas.

EYRC Architects is designing the project, which will feature an exterior of charcoal-colored brick and steel to complement neighboring historic buildings such as the Culver Studios Mansion and the Culver Hotel.

Construction is expected to take place over 18 months, with an opening anticipated by 2019.

Approval for the Culver Steps development was granted by the Culver City council nearly six years ago, but a combination of foul market conditions and the dissolution of the redevelopment agencies statewide resulted in a multi-year delay for the project.  Hackman acquired the property in 2016.

The groundbreaking comes in the wake of Hackman signing Amazon Studios and other Amazon subsidiaries to a 280,000-square-foot lease at the adjacent Culver Studios campus.

• First Signs of Work at the Culver Steps (Urbanize LA)

Karney Properties Co. is the latest developer to try its hand at a mixed-use complex near the Expo Line's Culver City Station.

Their project, known as the Wesley, would create 234 apartments, 45,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial uses, underground parking and 30,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space at 8700-8750 Washington Boulevard.  The approximately 3.6-acre site - bounded by Washington, Wesley Street and Helms Avenue - is currently improved with a collection of low-rise commercial buildings.

Los Angeles-based Koning Eizenberg Architecture is designing the project, which conceptual sketches shows as a collection of four- and five-story structures, built around landscaped paseos and courtyards.

Karney gave an initial presentation about the Wesley to community members on November 9 at the Helms Design Center, located directly across the street from the development site.

A number of similar projects are in varying stages of development on nearby properties, including the Access Culver City apartments, which were completed across Wesley Street in 2016.  Construction is currently ramping up for the $300-million Ivy Station complex at Culver City Station, while a new office building that will house HBO is gearing up to begin work across the street.  A smaller residential-retail development is also proposed for a vacant lot at 3434 Wesley.

The Wesley development dovetails with Culver City's ongoing T.O.D. visioning study, which reimagines mobility and transportation between the Downtown Culver City, the Expo Line, the Arts District and the Hayden Tract.  Washington Boulevard, in the initial recommendations presented to the Culver City Council this year, is proposed as a complete street with a mix of uses.

Karney, based out of Los Angeles since 1952, owns and operates over 100 properties between Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

• Culver City Archive (Urbanize LA)
• Wesley Culver City (Official Website)

Four months ago, developer CityView cleared away a series of commercial buildings at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Inglewood Avenue.  The Los Angeles-based firm has now commenced with construction for a residential-retail complex in their place.

The mixed-use project, known as Pennylane, will consist of a five-story edifice containing 97 studio and one-bedroom apartments, in addition to 15,000 square feet of ground-level retail space and underground parking for 200 vehicles.  Plans also call for four units of affordable housing.

PK Architecture is designing the low-rise complex, which spans across an approximately 1.2-acre site located in both Culver City and Los Angeles.  Renderings show a contemporary design, with residential units wrapping around a central courtyard.

The project follows the Oliver apartments, a smaller mixed-use development located across Washington Boulevard.

• Signs of Progress at Culver City Development (Urbanize LA)

An official project website offers up a new look at One Culver, LBA Realty's makeover of Sony Pictures Studio's former corporate headquarters in Culver City.

The property, located at 10000 Washington Boulevard, consists of an eight-story building that features 300,000 square feet of rentable space on its upper floors.  LBA is also converting approximately 65,000 square feet of the building's ground floor into retail space, approximately half of which the Real Deal reports been leased to Equinox Fitness.

Gensler is designing the project, building off of original work by the late architect Maxwell Starkman.  The reimagining of the previously fortress-like building includes new exterior finishes, as well as new pedestrian entrances along Culver and Washington Boulevards.  The building's terrace levels - long vacant - are being activated as amenity decks for tenants.

The renovation is expected to be completed in 2018.

A flythrough video for the project can be seen here.

• One Culver (Official Website)
• One Culver Archive (Urbanize LA)

Long-held plans to construct a mixed-use parking garage with retail and restaurant space are still alive in the Hayden Tract, according to the agenda for an upcoming meeting of the Culver City Planning Commission.

The project, which comes from Samitaur Constructs, would replace a surface parking lot at 8511 Warner Drive.  Plans call for a five-story parking structure which would feature approximately 51,000 square feet of retail and restaurant uses at its lower levels.

Eric Owen Moss, a frequent collaborator with Samitaur, is designing the proposed garage.  Renderings show an almost cathedral-like structure, highlighted by a five-story atrium.

Plans for the parking garage were first filed with Culver City in 2008.  Samitaur is currently seeking an extension of entitlements from the City's Planning Commission.

Samitaur and Moss are currently in the midst of construction on a 50,000-square-foot office building nearby on Jefferson Boulevard and have announced plans for a 17-story tower adjacent to an adjacent Expo Line station.

• Culver City Archive (Urbanize LA)

A long-vacant lot in Culver City will finally be reactivated, as construction is now underway for a residential-retail complex on the blighted property.

The half-acre development site, located at 12803 Washington Boulevard, is being transformed into a five-story building that will feature 37 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments above 7,200 square feet of ground-level retail space.  The project will set aside three units for very low-income households and offer amenities such as a roof deck and an underground parking structure.

Pleskow Architects is designing the development, which will be clad with a mix of stucco, concrete and wood panels.

The development entity, a limited liability company known as Axis Mundi RE II, is linked the family behind the Helm's Bakery complex and a firm known as James Suhr & Associates.

A smaller mixed-use building was recently completed a short distance east along Washington Boulevard.

• First Look at Proposed Culver City Development (Urbanize LA)

Pleskow Architects has unveiled updated renderings for 12803 Washington Boulevard, a mixed-use development now under construction in Culver City.

The five-story development, which is being developed by James Suhr & Associates and Tooley Interests, will feature 37 rental apartments and 7,200 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.  Plans also call for three units of very low-income housing, as well as communal amenities like a roof deck and a parking garage.

The project site, which spans a half acre between Moore and Meier Streets, has been vacant for several years.

• 12803 Washington Boulevard Archive (Urbanize LA)

Landscape architecture and design firm SWA Group has unveiled its designs for a new public plaza in Downtown Culver City, which is being built in conjunction with the long-awaited Culver Steps development.

The project is transforming a former parking lot into a 55,000-square-foot terraced plaza, connecting with the historic Culver Hotel and surrounding businesses.  A sloping green spaced called "The Hill" is cantilevered over a parking ramp, and could be programmed for outdoor performances and events.

The adjacent development, which comes from Hackman Capital Partners and architecture firm EYRC, will consist of a four-story building with 75,000 square feet of offices and 40,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space at the corner of Washington and Culver Boulevards.

Completion is anticipated in 2020.

Hackman is also embarking on an expansion of the historic Culver Studios, which will soon become the new home of Amazon Studios, IMDB and several other subsidiaries of Amazon.

• Culver Steps Archive (Urbanize LA)

HSH Management Group, LLC has unveiled new renderings for its proposed mixed-use project at 6221 Bristol Parkway in Culver City.

The proposed development, which would rise just south of the Westfield Culver City shopping center, calls for up to 762 residential units (including 712 standard apartments and 50 live/work units), 960 parking spaces, and approximately 21,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.  Though similar in scale and scope to the project initially presented in September 2017, minor tweaks to the plan include a slight decrease in the total number of residential units, as well as a decrease in the overall massing by roughly 80,000 square feet.

R&A Architecture and Design is designing the six-acre project, which would feature an array of low-rise structures, interspersed with landscaped courtyards, roof decks, and meandering paseos.  Per a project representative, over 50 percent of the development site would be set aside as open space under the current plan.

A neighborhood group known as the Fox Hills Alliance has expressed its opposition to the project, citing common objections such as density and parking.  In response, a project representative notes that the developer has increased the total parking by 20 percent, and has also engaged Sam Schwartz Engineering to develop a transportation demand management plan, which recommends unbundled parking, on-site car share services, access to micro shuttles, bicycles facilities, and various pedestrian safety measures.

• Apartments and Retail Planned South of Westfield Culver City (Urbanize LA)

After six months of digging, developer Lowe Enterprises is now going vertical at the Expo Line-adjacent Ivy Station development in Culver City, with the addition of two tower cranes to the project site.

The mixed-use development - a joint venture with AECOM Capital and Rockwood Capital - will consist of multiple five- and six-story buildings featuring 200 apartments, a 148-room hotel, 210,000 square feet of offices, and 36,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

A design team of Cuningham Group, EYRC Architects, RELM Studio and Killefer Flammang Architects has oriented Ivy Station around its adjacent rail stop, with a mix of pedestrian walkways, open space, and a transit plaza.

Completion is anticipated in 2019.

• Ivy Station Archive (Urbanize LA)