Abakwa-Murdochs bahlela ukuthuthukisa i-$1.5-billion ku-Fox Studio Lot

I-Fox Studio Lot engokomlando, enye yezimboni zama-movie ezidume kakhulu e-Hollywood, ihlelelwe ukuthola ukuthuthukiswa okungamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.5 okungashintsha ukubonakala kwe-Century City futhi kwengeze izindawo zokukhiqiza ezintsha ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo sembonini.

Umbuso weFox osufinyelele kude manje olawulwa umndeni wakwa-Murdoch wazalelwa ku-studio yenganekwane lapho u-Shirley Temple ake adansa khona futhi u-Marilyn Monroe wabonisa ama-chop akhe ahlekisayo ku-“The Seven Year Itch.” Amafilimu e-Cultural touchstone aphila lapho ahlanganisa “Isimangaliso ku-34th Street” kanye “Nomsindo Womculo.”

I-Fox Corp., egcine ubunikazi benkatho ngenkathi i-Walt Disney Co. ithenga iningi lezimpahla zokuzijabulisa ze-21st Century Fox ngo-2019, ithumele uhlelo oluchitshiyelwe ezikhulwini zezakhiwo zase-Los Angeles ngoLwesithathu icela ukuthi kwengezwe imibhoshongo yamahhovisi, iziteshi zomsindo nezinye izinsiza ezisetshenziswa. yenza izinhlelo zethelevishini namamuvi.

Ukutshalwa kwezimali kubonisa isidingo esicishe singapheli sezigaba esivele esikhathini sikamabonakude esisakazwayo kanye nesifiso sikaFox sokuthola inzuzo eyengeziwe ngempahla yakhe ethandwa kakhulu. Izinhlelo zikaFox zihlanganisa indawo ephakeme enezitezi ezingaphezu kwezingu-30 ubude ku-Avenue of the Stars engaqashwa kubaqashi abafuna ukumba okuwubukhazikhazi emakethe yamahhovisi echumayo yase-Century City.

“Umbono wethu uwukuvikela ikusasa lendawo ngokutshala imali engqalasizinda yokukhiqiza kanye nomnyombo webhizinisi laseCentury City,” kusho uGary Ehrlich, umphathi jikelele weFox Studio Lot.

Amandla okwenza imali esitudiyo esimatasa esingamahektare angama-53 e-Pico Boulevard acaca ngesikhathi abakwaMurdochs beyiqopha esivumelwaneni sika- $71.3-billion ne-Disney esifaka. UCaptain America noWolverine eqenjini elifanayo eminyakeni emine edlule futhi kwaholela ekwakhiweni kweFox Corp.

Lachlan Murdoch, indodana endala ye-media mogul Rupert Murdoch, iphethe i-Fox Corp. njengesikhulu sayo esiphezulu futhi igcina ihhovisi endaweni kaFox eyake yathathwa umphathi westudio odumile uDarryl F. Zanuck. URupert Murdoch ungusihlalo wale nkampani.

“I-Fox Studio Lot ingenye yezindawo zokukhiqiza ezihlonishwayo nezibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wezokuzijabulisa futhi iyingxenye ecebile yomlando wethu,” kusho uLachlan Murdoch esitatimendeni. Iphrojekthi yokwandisa ehlongozwayo, uthe, “imele ukuzibophezela kwesikhathi eside embonini yethu, emphakathini wethu, naseDolobheni laseLos Angeles.”

I-Fox Corp. yenziwe ngempahla yangaphambili ye-21st Century Fox engazange ifakwe esivumelwaneni se-Disney okuhlanganisa indawo yesitudiyo, i-Fox News, i-Fox Sports, i-Fox Entertainment kanye ne-Fox Television Stations.

I-Disney iyisiqashi esiyinhloko senkatho, ehlala ehhovisi nendawo yokukhiqiza. Phakathi kwemibukiso eyikhiqizayo kukhona ochungechungeni oludume kakhulu lukaFox: “9-1-1” kanye “9-1-1: Lone Star.” Izinhlelo zezemidlalo ezifana ne-“Fox NFL Sunday,” “MLB on Fox” kanye ne-“The Herd With Colin Cowherd” zisekelwe lapho.

Inkatho ibuye iyikhaya legumbi lababhali elithi “The Simpsons,” elisakazwe kuFox iminyaka engaphezu kwengama-30.

Nakuba izikhungo eziphakeme zamahhovisi amasha beziyivelakancane e-Los Angeles emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, umsebenzi wokuqasha uphakamisa ukuthi kungase kube nesidingo sesinye isakhiwo esikhulu e-Century City esingaphakama eduze kwehhotela elivaliwe eliseningizimu ye-2121 Avenue yombhoshongo wehhovisi le-Stars. Leso sakhiwo esibomvu segwadle nengilazi besibizwa ngeFox Plaza kodwa singase saziwa kangcono kubalandeli bamabhayisikobho njengenganekwane iNakatomi Plaza, lapho uBruce Willis alwa khona namaphekula emdlalweni othi “Die Hard.”

Ngesikhathi lapho izikhungo eziningi zamahhovisi okuhlanganisa nedolobha iLos Angeles zithola ukwehla kokuqashisa okubangelwa ngokwengxenye ukushintsha kwezinkampani emsebenzini okude nokwesaba umnotho ohamba kancane, indawo yaseCentury City igqama njengemakethe eqinile elawula ezinye zerenti ephezulu kakhulu. esifundeni.

“Cishe iyimakethe yamahhovisi eqine kunazo zonke eSouthern California,” kusho umthengisi wezakhiwo uCarl Muhlstein wase-JLL, ogxile kumadili ezindawo zokuzijabulisa.

Only 8.5% of offices in Century City are unleased — compared with 19.4% countywide — according to brokerage CBRE, and landlords there ask for rents 50% above the county average. There are few locations left in the neighborhood to build big office buildings. Last year one of Hollywood’s leading talent agencies, Creative Artists Agency, agreed to become the anchor tenant in a 37-story tower being built on Avenue of the Stars, where construction activity is still mostly underground. Other businesses have agreed to move in when it opens in 2026. “The CAA tower hasn’t even risen above sea level,” Muhlstein said, “and it’s already 50% leased.” Upgrades on the Fox lot would add nine soundstages, bringing the number of stages to 24. The additional stages would be equipped with the latest technologies for modern film, television and content creation, Fox said. Also planned is an office building more than 20 stories tall that would be designed specifically for people working for companies based on the lot. It would rise along Olympic Boulevard west of Avenue of the Stars. 

I-Fox lot namuhla iphethe i-hodgepodge yezakhiwo ezindala nezintsha ezakhelwe zombili izinsizakalo zokuphatha nezokukhiqiza, okubandakanya izigaba ezine zokufaka amaphuzu nokuxutshwa, izitudiyo ezimbili zokusakaza, amathiyetha, izindawo zokuhlela nezinye izinsiza zokukhiqiza. Inamabhilidi angama-96 anenani elihlangene lamamitha-skwele ayizigidi eziyi-1.8. Intuthuko ehleliwe izongeza amamitha-skwele ayizigidi eziyi-1.6.

Ukwandiswa okumenyezelwe kukaFox kuza ngemuva kokunye ukuguqulwa okukhulu okuhlongozwayo kwembulwe ngenyanga edlule ngabanikazi beRadford Studio Center eStudio City. AbakwaHackman Capital Partners bathi bahlela ukusebenzisa u-$1 billion ukuthuthukisa isikhungo sangaphambili se-CBS Studio esinezinyawo eziyisikwele ezifinyelela ku-1 million weziteshi zomsindo ezintsha, izindawo zokukhiqiza namahhovisi.

Ukwenyuka kokusakaza kukhuphuke isidingo sesiteji somsindo nezinye izikhungo zokukhiqiza kanye igqugquzele ukwakhiwa kwezitudiyo ezintsha endaweni yase-Los Angeles.

Ama-soundstage akhona e-Los Angeles County acishe aqashwa ngokuphelele iminyaka, okungenza kube nzima ukuthi imikhiqizo emisha ithole izindawo zokusebenza, ngokusho kuka. IfilimuLA, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ephethe izimvume zefilimu esifundeni.

“There’s just this unmitigated demand for not only stages but all the production support that goes with mounting productions at a particular location,” Ehrlich said. 

Izitudiyo zisebenza eduze nomthamo we-100% ngohlu lokulinda inqobo nje uma ukukhiqizwa kwefilimu emihlanu kujule kulezo zikhala, umeluleki wezezimali uDeloitte. kusho embikweni ka-2021.

“Ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo esikhulayo, ukunikezwa kuzodinga ukuphinda kabili eLos Angeles County” eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, kusho uDeloitte. Amaphrojekthi ahleliwe esikhala sestudiyo esengeziwe asilela kakhulu kulokho.

I-Fox Studios ilandelela uhlu lwayo kumsunguli munye uWilliam Fox owathenga ngo-1924 amahektha angama-99 phakathi kweSanta Monica nePico boulevards evela ku-Janss Investment Co., abathuthukisi beWestwood Village. I-Fox Films ihlanganiswe ne-20th Century Pictures ngo-1935, yakha i-20th Century Fox.

Indawo yakhula yaba nkulu yaze yafinyelela kumahektha angama-285 ukuphakama kodwa yagcina inciphile yafinyelela kusayizi wayo wamanje njengoba isitudiyo sashaywa ngoxhaxha lwama-flops, okuhlanganisa nemoto kaRichard Burton kanye no-Elizabeth Taylor “Cleopatra,” isabelomali sayo sase sibhalulwe ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwayo ngo-1963. . Beswele ukheshi, abaphathi besitudiyo badayisele usomabhizinisi uWilliam Zeckendorf kanye ne-Aluminium Co. of America cishe amahektha ayi-180 ngo-1961 ukuze kuthuthukiswe i-Century City.

Inqubo yokugunyazwa kwedolobha yezinguquko zakamuva ezihlongozwayo kusitudiyo ingaba yinde, kusho u-Ehrlich, kodwa uFox unethemba lokuthi uzoqhubeka nokuthuthukiswa okusha eminyakeni embalwa ezayo.