Among the television shows produced at the studio, which is at1600 Rosecrans Ave., are "Medium," "Boston Legal" and America'sFunniest Home Videos." Safai notes that Manhattan Beach Studios isone of the busiest in Southern California with occupancy thathistorically runs more than 90%.

The studio business is comparable to the hotel industry in thattenants tend to turn over frequently as new shows need productionspace and existing shows cease production, Safai points out, butsome of the tenants can be long-term if shows have long runs."Boston Legal" has been at Manhattan Beach for quite some time, and"The OC" was there for five years, he notes.

The Manhattan Beach Studios house film and television productionfacilities comprising nine 18,000-sf and five 25,000-sf soundstages; eight three-story production office buildings; a two-storyproduction office building; a four-story professional officebuilding and a storage building. In all, the buildings total570,399 sf.