William Gallagher
Four years after Apple bought land in Culver City, Los Angeles, construction on the foundations for two new production studios are complete and work has begun on the visible buildings.
It was in July 2021 when it was first reported that Apple TV+ was searching for a site for dedicated studio and office space. Then in October 2021, it bought a total of 550,000 square feet along National, Venice, and Washington Boulevards in Culver City.
It took until 2023 for Apple to gain planning permission, but now according to Urbanize, construction is finally beginning. The magazine reports that two cranes have appeared on the site at 888 Venice Boulevard.
The site is on the border of Culver City, and is ultimately to consist of two buildings. They're said to feature a combined 536,000 square feet that will be used for offices and production space, above a 1,200 vehicle car parking space.
Apple's new buildings will consist of one four-story and one five-story construction. Each building is to have terrace decks on the upper floors.
Various shuttle bus drop-off points have been planned, as have multiple entries at street level.
A further 58,000 square feet is reportedly planned for open space around the campus. This section, described as a small park-like alcove, is immediately adjacent to 8777 Washington Boulevard, where Apple TV+ already occupies 129,000 square feet of office space.
Overall, Apple has said that it expects its Los Angeles offices to seat over 3,000 employees by 2026. The news of expanded office space follows a report that Apple TV+ budgets are being cut because the service is losing Apple money.
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Nah, Apple won't buy Ubisoft. Ubisoft has a lot of problems and undoubtedly the Guillemot family will ask too much for it yet insist on control.
Apple does not let any of its corporate acquisitions call the shots.
But this article is about a television studio not a videogame studio. It'll be interesting to see what comes out of this facility when it is done (likely five years from now).
Wonder if they’ll have an apple store on the street level.