History Broadway Hollywood Building

broadway hollywood building north along vine street

in 1927, classical revival style building built local businessman frank r. strong b. h. dyas company department store. construction, continued 1928, marked first department store branch outside of main downtown los angeles central business district , led similar large-scale commercial developments outside downtown. due great depression, b. h. dyas had consolidate operation original store , broadway purchased 30-year lease prime location $2 million (us$31.5 million in 2016 dollars) in 1931. broadway hollywood building found niche serving hollywood s film , finance industries demand high end products.

with store s profits, able expand in 1938 52,000 square feet (4,800 m) of retail space. in 1939, eight-story modern annex designed parkinson , parkinson built west. broadway department store served tenant until 1970s. in 1980s, building reconfigured office use. 1987 building abandoned.

in 2005 , after having been vacant many years, renovation began convert 10-story building 96 loft condominiums, while adding 2 floors annex. in july 2008, residents sued bar on first floor of building noise pollution, resulting in relocation of bar in february 2009. among current , past owners of building s loft condominiums dave navarro, jason statham, danny masterson, , charlize theron.