An initial study published earlier this month by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning sheds new light on a proposal to redevelop a former Greyhound terminal in the Arts District with a new studio complex.

Alameda Crossing, which is being developed by Prologis, would rise from a roughly nine-acre property covered by a range of addresses including 1716 E. 7th Street. Plans call for the construction of a four-building, 364,000-square-foot campus including nine soundstages, more than 132,000 square feet of ancillary office space, 57,000 square feet of production support space, and parking for 718 vehicles.

Site plan for Alameda CrossingSOM

SOM is designing the campus, which would include modern buildings rising up to 132 feet in height. Salt Landscape Architects is serving as the project's landscape architect.

"The public realm in the Arts District is often defined by long, simple buildings with an expressed structural or construction logic," reads a design narrative included with the initial study. "The Project draws from the varied architectural styles of the area, incorporating strong vertical articulation to create a rhythm with the massing of the building, while using materials and themes from the surrounding buildings. Additionally, layering in landscape, a decorative fence and street trees would create a human scaled edge condition at the perimeter of the studio campus."

Project elements include habitable spaces such as a commissary and cafe along the ground floor fronting 7th Street, as well as amenity terraces overlooking the Downtown skyline and looking toward the Los Angeles River.

The 8.3-acre property recently purchased by PrologisGoogle Maps

Pending approvals, construction of Alameda Crossing is expected to commence in 2027 and be completed by 2029.

Not mentioned in the initial study was an earlier alternative considered by Prologis to develop the Alameda Crossing site as a logistics hub similar to others the industrial development giant has built across the country. A representative of the project confirms that this option has been removed from consideration.

The project is one of three large studio developments in the works along the Alameda corridor in Downtown Los Angeles, following similar projects at the 6th and 8th Streets.

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