Blackwelder Culver City Case Study

Type: LECTURE
Date: 7/7/2011
Time: 8:30AM
Location: Blackwelder
Address: 3101 La Cienega Blvd.
                Culver City , California

Blackwelder is an example of the creative reuse and reinvention of industrial  space as industrial space in West Los Angeles’ Light Manufacturing District.  Blackwelder successfully preserves the industrial character of the individual structures while taking advantage of the high ceilings and wide clearances required for one of Los Angeles’ most critical industrial uses…studio and production.  Where welders, cabinet and furniture manufactures once plied their trade is now home to such entertainment companies as The Mill, Bandito Films, On Board Entertainment and Hungryman. Speakers      * Daniel Miller, Hollywood Reporter  (moderator)     * Jim Jacobsen, Industry Partners     * Mark Potter, Alcion     * Jonathan Genton, Genton Property     * Dan Duffy, Hungryman     * Robin Sheinfield, The Mill (invited)

Thursday, July 7, 2011
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Blackwelder, Culver City
3101 La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles/Culver City

Despite a mandate to provide sufficient quantities of land suitable to accommodate existing, new and relocating industrial firms, an alarmingly large percentage of the industrial stock in Los Angeles is disappearing.  More than one fourth of industrial land is already used for non industrial purposes such as retail and multifamily, according to a report published by the Department of City Planning and the Community Redevelopment more than THREE YEARS ago, suggesting that the number may be much larger today.

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