In Los Angeles, scripted television had been the backbone of many soundstages, where a boom in series greenlights during the Streaming Wars era led to increased production. Then a spending pull back beginning in 2023 halted momentum and more stages lost tenants (especially as broadcasters cut down orders and episode counts) and occupancy rates began falling.
As an average, L.A. soundstages surveyed by permitting office FilmLA were 93 percent occupied as of 2019, that number has fallen to 62 percent as of last year. With that turn, more complexes have retooled themselves as creator campuses — including, notably, Sunset Las Palmas Studios — to host influencer shoots or vertically-filmed microdramas with the aim to capitalize on one booming sector. Other campuses have placed themselves on the block (notably Radford Studio Center, which is in talks to sell to Netflix) or are considering repurposing themselves for various industrial uses.
One studio complex that’s now on the market, 3030 Andrita Street in Atwater Village, touts three existing soundstages totaling 34,500 square feet. The campus, now titled BoxCar Studios but formerly named 3030 Studios, is billed by listing agent CBRE as “an ideal fit for a studio, production company, or content creator requiring a plug-and-play facility” after what’s said to be $18.6 million in renovation upgrades.
