940 N Highland is a renovated 1929 standalone on Hollywood's Sycamore Design District corridor — directly across the street from Holly Hunt's Los Angeles flagship. The asset is offered for lease or sale and delivers white-box, ready for an owner-user or single-tenant lease.
Built as the Hollywood Cat & Dog Hospital and operated for more than five decades by Dr. Alexander Moxley, the building's facade was the inspiration for Pluto's Palace at Walt Disney World — a quiet footnote on a property that was already a Golden Age landmark. In 2023, ownership completed a top-to-bottom renovation that respected the original reinforced-concrete bones and finished the interior with the discipline of new construction: new self-contained HVAC, upgraded electrical, modern fire and life-safety systems, and ADA compliance throughout.
The architecture is the asset. Two stories carry ±7,018 SF per level, with double-height volumes anchoring the front and rear. A pair of mezzanine catwalks frames a full-height steel-and-glass curtain wall at the rear elevation, allowing daylight to reach deep into the plate. Skylights punctuate the upper floor. The interior is an open plate, with no columns interrupting the center.
Thirty-two gated surface parking spaces sit behind the building on a paver drive — exceptional by Hollywood standards, where most creative space comes with street parking or a municipal lot two blocks away. Walk Score 94. The Hollywood/Highland Red Line is a 0.9-mile walk.
The corridor — Highland, Romaine, and Sycamore — has become one of Los Angeles's most considered design districts. Holly Hunt anchors 941 N Highland with a 9,056 SF Johnston Marklee–designed flagship across the street. Within three blocks: Apparatus, Ralph Pucci, Jeffrey Deitch, Regen Projects, Tanya Bonakdar, Galerie Ground, and Kohn Gallery.
Offered at $3.75/SF/month modified gross (full building lease) or $8,500,000 ($605/SF) for sale.
License #: CA DRE#: 01938098 | ID DRE: DB59127
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