A massive 5-acre production facility the size of four football fields is slated to transform the space just south of the 6th Street Bridge in Boyle Heights.
The approximately $230 million project will bring five state-of-the-art soundstages to the Eastside neighborhood, alongside multiple production studios, offices, training facilities, equipment storage, direct-to-stage loading and more.
Known formally as East End Studio Mission, the project kicked off with a groundbreaking in July of 2024.
“Our legacy industry needs support and this campus is the type of initiative that will save jobs and help spur production in our area,” said Mayor Karen Bass at the groundbreaking ceremony last year.
Construction on the project located at 2233 S. Jesse Street is well underway, with a grand opening projected in October, according to a spokesperson for the project. It will sit alongside the Sixth Street PARC, a planned development of 12 acres of open and recreational green space directly under the 6th Street Bridge set to open in late 2026.
East End Studio Mission is expected to create 750 permanent jobs, according to a spokesperson for the project.
East End Studios is an independent studio management and development company with over 20 years of experience in stage management and film production. A smaller 96,000-square-foot production facility, its first project in Los Angeles County, was constructed in Glendale in 2024.
A much larger project named ADLA is planned just across the bridge at the intersection of 6th and Alameda Streets. The Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved that project in early February.
Such a large expansion for a small company that can’t manage to give full time work or benefits to their staff and doesn’t even adequately provide them with work schedules in a timely manner.
I want to see if they’ll actually provide permanent jobs with benefits to people or they’ll continue to take advantage of employees.