One of Los Angeles' biggest soundstage owners aims to lure productions that have left the region for cheaper locales with a custom-built film-and-television production studio in Sun Valley.
Sunset Glenoaks Studios, California has been selected by a panel of real estate professionals as the winner of the 2025 CoStar Impact Awards commercial development of the year for Los Angeles.
"I like that this project is located in a somewhat depressed community that needs all the new investment it can get," said judge Elan Shore, director of economic development at the DTLA Alliance.
The $200 million Sunset Glenoaks Studios, comprising approximately 241,000 square feet on over 10 acres, is the first large-scale, purpose-built studio development in Los Angeles in more than 20 years, according to its developer, Hudson Pacific.
With seven sound stages totaling over 122,000 square feet, 119,100 square feet of production office and support space and 446 parking stalls, Sunset Glenoaks Studios at 11070 W. Peoria St. is designed to offer maximum efficiency for today's leading content producers.
Production and support spaces are located directly adjacent to soundstages. A separate entrance accommodates trucks for deliveries.
About the project: The studio appeals to sustainability-minded creatives with 100% carbon neutrality, a goal to divert at least 90% of waste from landfills and high-tech air filtration systems.
What the judges said: "Brave move by Hudson Pacific," said Rob Le Moine, director of acquisitions at The Festival Cos. It would be "so easy to look at enlarging their Hollywood footprint but instead they chose to tackle that tradition."
They made it happen: Chris Barton, executive vice president at Hudson Pacific Properties; Zenith DeRosier, vice president at Snyder Langston; and Jim Kier, director of architecture at Bastien and Associates.