CIM Group wants to build four-story office project in Culver City

Developer plans 63K sf building near tech and entertainment businesses

CIM Group Eyes Four-Story Office Project in Culver City
CIM's Shaul Kuba, Avi Shemesh and Richard Ressler with a rendering of 8960 Washington Boulevard, Culver City (Abramson Architects, CIM Group)

CIM Group has set its sights on building a four-story office building in Culver City.

The Mid-Wilshire-based developer has filed plans to build a 63,700-square-foot building at  8960 Washington Boulevard, Urbanize Los Angeles reported. It would replace a single-story commercial building built in 1930.

Plans call for a rectangular building above a three-level underground parking garage for 182 cars.

The light gray stucco building, designed by Abramson Architects in West Adams, would include a cantilevered facade with metal screens, aluminum panels and vertical floor-to-ceiling windows.

Link Landscape Architecture is also working on the project, which would include a rooftop deck and several palm trees along Washington Boulevard, according to Urbanize.

If approved, CIM would break ground next year and complete the office building in 2026.

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While the office market has collapsed in Downtown Los Angeles and other parts of the city, Culver City has remained a bright spot.

A similar four-story development at 8888 Washington Boulevard has been leased by Technicolor Creative Studios. Next to Culver City Station, a 240,000-square-foot structure is occupied by Warner Bros. Discovery

Meanwhile, Apple plans to build a 530,000-square-foot office campus at Venice and National boulevards, straddling Culver City and Los Angeles.

CIM Group has spent the last few years redeveloping West Adams, a low-income neighborhood in South L.A. that was designated as an opportunity zone. Some see it as gentrification.

— Dana Bartholomew

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