LOS ANGELES | Countywide Project Rundown Megathread - Page 3

LA21st · #41 Posted **Jan 29, 2026, 3:51 PM**

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More and more is happening on soundstages now and those can be built anywhere. So I don't necessarily share this optimism, but we'll see.

The places with soundstages like GA are redeveloping them into data centers and warehouses now. They're slowly giving up. New Mexico is saying the Netflix Soundstages arent doing well.
Theyll give up too. The Las Vegas studio thing died.

citywatch · #42 Posted **Jan 29, 2026, 6:22 PM**

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^ You can hear the Noo Yawk accent in the voices of at least one or two of the backers....lol. The LA central city assoc several yrs ago traveled to NYC to get funders based there interested in investing in LA...in dtla in particular.

LA is facing cities like....

https://youtu.be/h-cCik8wBVI?si=EwBTpC6oXpxL0uiW

https://youtu.be/w5AiypqYLFg?si=6fiOZPfiKN0eDykS

LA21st · #43 Posted **Jan 29, 2026, 7:31 PM**

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^ You can hear the Noo Yawk accent in the voices of at least one or two of the backers....lol. The LA central city assoc several yrs ago traveled to NYC to get funders based there interested in investing in LA...in dtla in particular.

LA is facing cities like....

https://youtu.be/h-cCik8wBVI?si=EwBTpC6oXpxL0uiW

https://youtu.be/w5AiypqYLFg?si=6fiOZPfiKN0eDykS

Nashvillle doesnt have anything. NYC will be in the same boat as GA and New Mexico soon. New Mexico dropped from 700 million in 2024 for productions to like 200 million in 2025. Soundstages dont mean anything if the states are gonna quit the tax credits race. Which they will.
Look at the Las Vegas Whalberg backed studio plan that failed last year. These states are dropping out, fast. It never made sense why they'd even try. Hollywood has no connection to them.
Atlanta's soundsttages are gonna be ghost towns.

London is credible, because they actually have production companies and studio offices. NYC doesnt have shit in comparison. Culver City beats NYC on its own.

craigs · #44 Posted **Jan 29, 2026, 8:12 PM**

The LA Times reports that 15,095 new multifamily housing units were completed in the city of Los Angeles in 2025.

Radio5 · #45 Posted **Jan 29, 2026, 11:54 PM**

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Nashvillle doesnt have anything. NYC will be in the same boat as GA and New Mexico soon. New Mexico dropped from 700 million in 2024 for productions to like 200 million in 2025. Soundstages dont mean anything if the states are gonna quit the tax credits race. Which they will.
Look at the Las Vegas Whalberg backed studio plan that failed last year. These states are dropping out, fast. It never made sense why they'd even try. Hollywood has no connection to them.
Atlanta's soundsttages are gonna be ghost towns.

London is credible, because they actually have production companies and studio offices. NYC doesnt have shit in comparison. Culver City beats NYC on its own.

That new netflix studio in NJ is a pretty big deal though, but yea, LA still has way more space. Trump is saying he wants to give fed tax credits to film in the US. So that will help if that actually happens.

LA21st · #46 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 3:29 AM**

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That new netflix studio in NJ is a pretty big deal though, but yea, LA still has way more space. Trump is saying he wants to give fed tax credits to film in the US. So that will help if that actually happens.

New Mexico and Vegas were supposed to be a big deal too. It all falls apart sooner or later.

patriotizzy · #47 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 4:00 AM**

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https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/01/26/govern...illion-expansion-in-southern-california/

Not skyscraper related, but Anduril, a defense technology company based in Costa Mesa, announced a $1 billion investment in a new R&D/manufacturing complex in Long Beach last week, expected to create 5,500 jobs in the area. Very exciting to see the boom in the aerospace/defense industries in LA right now at a time when entertainment industry here is in a freefall. Interestingly, its a reversal of the trends in the 90s, when aerospace collapsed while entertainment thrived.

That's great news. Anduril is as patriotic and 'America First' as it gets. Working for them would be a good reason for me to consider a move to socal

LosAngelesSportsFan · #48 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 6:30 AM**

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ffiti-tower-reaches-bankruptcy-exit-deal

Good news regarding oceanwide

kittyhawk28 · #49 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 6:58 AM**

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ffiti-tower-reaches-bankruptcy-exit-deal

Good news regarding oceanwide

Skeptical they'll be able to get this complete by the Olympics... maybe the graffiti shall be cleaned up by then, but even if they resume construction this year, it'll take 2-3 years to complete. That said the site being resumed under construction would be a far better state than the limbo its currently in... a symbol of the city finally coming back after a rough 2020s

kittyhawk28 · #50 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 7:48 AM**

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That's great news. Anduril is as patriotic and 'America First' as it gets. Working for them would be a good reason for me to consider a move to socal

LA is currently undergoing its biggest aerospace/defense manufacturing boom in decades, probably the single biggest trend and green shoot for the region right now. Between 2022-24 aerospace employment in LA County grew by 11K jobs in direct aerospace manufacturing employment (not counting engineering and other related roles), likely the highest amount of aerospace manufacturing employment in LA this century so far, with 13 million sq. ft of industrial space leased by 145 aerospace and defense companies. And I expect the numbers to skyrocket even further under the current administration's focus on space & defense investments; in 2023 LA County accounted for 36% of all DARPA contracts awarded and has been prioritized by Department of Defense as the leading county for all DoD contracts. California also receives 85% of all new capital investments in the space sector, much of it concentrated in SoCal.

For reference, Hollywood lost 40K jobs between 2022-24. So even though the aerospace boom has only picked up recently, its already providing a decent cushion for the region as entertainment struggles.

ChelseaFC · #51 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 5:08 PM**

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Good news regarding oceanwide

Curious who the new investor is.

patriotizzy · #52 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by kittyhawk28

LA is currently undergoing its biggest aerospace/defense manufacturing boom in decades, probably the single biggest trend and green shoot for the region right now. Between 2022-24 aerospace employment in LA County grew by 11K jobs in direct aerospace manufacturing employment (not counting engineering and other related roles), likely the highest amount of aerospace manufacturing employment in LA this century so far, with 13 million sq. ft of industrial space leased by 145 aerospace and defense companies. And I expect the numbers to skyrocket even further under the current administration's focus on space & defense investments; in 2023 LA County accounted for 36% of all DARPA contracts awarded and has been prioritized by Department of Defense as the leading county for all DoD contracts. California also receives 85% of all new capital investments in the space sector, much of it concentrated in SoCal.

For reference, Hollywood lost 40K jobs between 2022-24. So even though the aerospace boom has only picked up recently, its already providing a decent cushion for the region as entertainment struggles.

Thanks for the insight kitty! Not too surprising given California has a strong arm on the technology sector and the talent it brings. Also hard to beat California salaries (that's not even reaching into beneficial work/life balance the incredible weather brings to the table). Hopefully some of this investment trickles into the bay area *crosses fingers.*

City and state officials just need to get their heads on straight in regards to housing... but that's beating a dead horse at this point.

ChelseaFC · #53 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 8:48 PM**

LA Convention Center underway... 30 months to go until the Olympics

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kittyhawk28 · #54 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:16 PM**

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Curious who the new investor is.

2 years ago I heard AEG was one of the original interested bidders for Oceanwide, going so far as to retain the original architects.

Regardless of who takes over, I hope they keep the original plan for LED signage at the base of Oceanwide Plaza. Its complements very well with the LED screens at Circa and Moxy, giving the entire Figueroa corridor adjacent to the Convention Center a Times Square feel

38 Geary · #55 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:21 PM**

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LA Convention Center underway... 30 months to go until the Olympics

Nice! Did anyone else register for ticket draw? I just signed up for the LA28 Ticket Draw a few weeks back. I think there should be a Locals Presale one too.

sopas ej · #56 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:38 PM**

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Nice! Did anyone else register for ticket draw? I just signed up for the LA28 Ticket Draw a few weeks back. I think there should be a Locals Presale one too.

I did, on the very first day that the ticket draw opened. I only had to wait a half hour.

Did you list preferences? I listed 5:

Diving
Soccer
Gymnastics
Track & Field
Swimming

Diving and soccer are really close to me in Pasadena (Rose Bowl Aquatics Center and Rose Bowl, respectively). Gymnastics is not far, in downtown LA (Crypto.com Arena) and Track & Field is at the Coliseum, both just an easy Metro Rail ride away. Swimming, however, will be all the way in Inglewood at SoFi Stadium.

Some other close venues to me would be Dodger Stadium for baseball and Santa Anita Park in Arcadia for equestrian, but I don't really have an interest in seeing those in person.

scania · #57 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:39 PM**

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ffiti-tower-reaches-bankruptcy-exit-deal

Good news regarding oceanwide

This is awesome!

citywatch · #58 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:52 PM**

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LA Convention Center underway... 30 months to go until the Olympics

this was in 1991, 7 yrs after the last Olympic games in LA....

flickr.com, lafdhs

this was before 1984...

losangelesrevisited.blogspot.com

If ppl say today's dtla is in worse shape than in 1984 or even longer ago, they're rewriting history.

sopas ej · #59 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 10:19 PM**

Incidentally, the Los Angeles Convention served as the main press center during the 1984 Summer Olympics.

For 2028, it'll be the venue for Judo, Taekwondo, Fencing, Wrestling, and Table Tennis.

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I remember when those old apartment buildings still existed, before the convention center's early 1990s expansion. I was actually sad those old buildings had to go, and of course people were displaced.

38 Geary · #60 Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 11:55 PM**

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I did, on the very first day that the ticket draw opened. I only had to wait a half hour.

Did you list preferences? I listed 5:

Diving
Soccer
Gymnastics
Track & Field
Swimming

Diving and soccer are really close to me in Pasadena (Rose Bowl Aquatics Center and Rose Bowl, respectively). Gymnastics is not far, in downtown LA (Crypto.com Arena) and Track & Field is at the Coliseum, both just an easy Metro Rail ride away. Swimming, however, will be all the way in Inglewood at SoFi Stadium.

Some other close venues to me would be Dodger Stadium for baseball and Santa Anita Park in Arcadia for equestrian, but I don't really have an interest in seeing those in person.

I don't recall, but I think definitely I would put swimming, diving, gymnastics, basketball. Maybe beach volleyball?