The Los Angeles City Council has voted to approve a $1-billion plan which would modernize and expand the Television City complex in the Fairfax neighborhood.

Located on 25 acres of land at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, the storied production facility is poised to add approximately 980,000 square feet of offices and production space, under the now approved project from Hackman Capital Partners.

View of mobility hub on Fairfax AvenueFoster + Partners & TVC

Foster + Partners headlines the design team for the project, which also includes landscape design firm Rios and Adamson & Associates.  The proposed makeover of the campus would activate its exterior through the addition of commercial uses and other habitable spaces along both Beverly Boulevard to the north and Fairfax Avenue to the west.

Recent design changes have also shortened the structures along the exterior of the site, while also preserving view corridors of historic buildings in the center of the property.

The proposed project is to be accompanied by approximately $6.4 million in public benefits, include funds for a traffic management plan, cycling infrastructure near the site, streetscape improvements, upgrades to nearby Pan Pacific Park, and affordable housing in Council District 5.

View looking south from Beverly BoulevardFoster + Partners & TVC

"In recent years, Los Angeles has faced significant challenges as film and television productions have increasingly shifted to cities like Las Vegas and Atlanta, and to other countries abroad," wrote City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky in a letter last year to the City Planning Commission. This exodus threatens not only our city's signature entertainment industry, but also the middle class jobs that have long supported Los Angeles' families. While other states and countries offer generous financial incentives to bring these productions to their regions, Los Angeles must make its own strategic investments to retain its competitive edge. The proposed expansion of Television City will help meet the industry's growing demand for production space, keep valuable jobs in Los Angeles, and preserve the middle class backbone that sustains our communities."

The project has faced vocal opposition from two neighboring properties, A.F. Gilmore Company and Caruso, the owners of the Original Farmers Market and The Grove shopping mall, respectively. Both had sought to block construction of the project, and had urged City officials against approving the plan by arguing that the Television City development flouts local zoning rules and environmental laws.

Hackman Capital has previously announced its intent to build the project by 2028.

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