Santa Monica Pushes Transit-Proximate Development

The 17,000-square-foot property is walking distance from the EXPO line.

LOS ANGELES—Developer New Urban West is converting a former and obsolete industrial facility in Santa Monica into a creative office space. The developer purchased the site in early 2015, and has gotten approval from the city to move forward on the development. Located at 1301 Colorado, the site is walking distance from the new EXPO line, and is part of the City’s push to build infrastructure near public transit.

“The building is a short walk from the metro line, which is opening next Friday, so we thought that it was an interesting opportunity to create a standalone jewel box building in Santa Monica,” Adam Browning, a principal at New Urban West, tells GlobeSt.com. “Hopefully it will ride the wave of both what is happening in Silicon Beach and what is happening with the rail line, which is really exciting. It is the first time that you will be able to hop on a train and go to Downtown L.A. or vice versa and not have to fight it out on the 10 Freeway.”