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940 Highland AveLos Angeles, CA 90038
940 North Highland Avenue
Asset ClassOffice
Square Feet14,036
# Stories: 2Parking Spaces: 32 SpacesYear Built: 2023Access Data Room
Renovated 1929 Standalone — 14,036 SF in Hollywood's Sycamore Design District
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Overview

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.

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Investment Highlights

Square Feet
14,036
Year Built
2023
Parking Spaces
32 Spaces
  • Renovated 2023, white-box delivery. Reinforced-concrete shell with new HVAC, upgraded electrical, modern fire protection, and ADA compliance — a finished envelope ready for tenant-selected flooring, finishes, and build-out.
  • Architecturally distinct. Double-height volumes front and rear, mezzanine catwalks, full-height steel-and-glass curtain wall, and skylights. The kind of space architects specify in their own drawings.
  • 32 gated parking spaces. 2.28 stalls per 1,000 RSF on a private paver drive — uncommon in Hollywood and decisive for a single-tenant occupier.
  • Sycamore Design District location. Directly across from Holly Hunt's LA flagship; surrounded by Apparatus, Ralph Pucci, Jeffrey Deitch, Regen Projects, Tanya Bonakdar, and Kohn Gallery within three blocks.
  • Provenance. A 1929 Hollywood landmark whose facade inspired Pluto's Palace at Walt Disney World — character that new construction cannot reproduce.
  • Walk Score 94. Coffee, dining, hospitality, fitness, and the Hollywood/Highland Red Line all within a five-minute walk.
  • Ideal users. Design firms, furniture and lighting showrooms, fashion or beauty flagships, contemporary art galleries, production and post-production companies, and creative-industry owner-users.
  • Dual mandate. Available for lease at $3.75/SF/month MG or for sale at $8,500,000 ($605/SF) — the rare asset where the right tenant can convert lease economics into equity.

FEATURED STATISTICS

VALUE
Building Size
14,036 SF (two stories · ±7,018 / floor)
Land Area
13,504 SF (0.31 acres)
Year Built - Renovated
1929 / 2023
Parking
32 gated spaces (2.28 / 1,000)
Walk Score
94 (Walker's Paradise)
Vacancy
100% (immediate delivery)
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940 Highland AveLos Angeles, CA 90038

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Brad McCoyCo-President

License #: CA DRE#: 01938098 | ID DRE: DB59127

(310) 418-1692brad@bradmccoy.com
Kieth FieldingPrincipal

License #: Lic# 01729915

(310) 899-2719kfielding@leewestla.com
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