Apple Campus Rises Between Mid-City and Culver City

Apple is behind the construction cranes now building a 536,000-square-foot office and production campus straddling Los Angeles and Culver City.

The Cupertino-based tech firm is constructing two office buildings around a courtyard at 8888 Venice Boulevard, officially located in Mid-City, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.

The campus, dubbed Culver Crossings, would include two four- and five-story buildings stretched across 4.5 acres between National, Washington and Venice boulevards.

Plans call for a 167,000-square-foot building and a 369,000-square-foot building, with offices and production facilities atop a parking garage for 1,200 cars. The entire complex is slated to open next year.

The new development would double Apple’s footprint in Culver City, where its streaming service is based. It would also replace an entire block of office and industrial buildings Apple bought in late 2020 for $162 million.

The U-shaped office campus, designed by Gensler, would include two copper-colored buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass divided by wrap-around balconies and topped by broad eaves, with terrace decks lining the upper floors.

The project, expected to host up to 2,400 employees, would include production studios for small-format multimedia content.

Plans call for 58,000 square feet of open space, including a 51,600-square-foot courtyard and a 7,120-square-foot public plaza facing Washington Boulevard.

Apple now occupies 500,000 square feet of space in and around Culver City, including a 128,000-square-foot building that it leases just south of the new campus site.

The company is estimated to employ more than 1,500 people in Los Angeles through Apple TV+, Apple Music and other ventures. Apple previously announced it aims to grow the Culver City office to more than 3,000 employees by next year.

Last month, Apple announced plans to invest $500 billion across the U.S. in the next four years, with facilities to expand in California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Texas, Iowa and North Carolina.

The Apple project is the latest tech and entertainment giant to set up shop near the L.A/Culver City line.

Across the street, Warner Bros. Discovery leases 240,000 square feet of offices at the $350-million Ivy Station complex, and Amazon.com occupies 600,000 square feet between the Culver Studios complex and the neighboring Culver Steps development, according to Urbanize.

— Dana Bartholomew