BROKERS OPTIMISTIC AFTER TOURING SITE OF FUTURE WEST HILLS OFFICE PARK.Byline: Mary Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer With its grassy courtyards, apple trees, a brook and an occasional rabbit hopping by, the former Hughes Aircraft Hughes Aircraft Company was a major aerospace and defense company founded by Howard Hughes. The group was based near Ballona Creek, in Culver City, California, USA, on the Pacific Coast. Hughes Aircraft was acquired by General Motors in 1985. Co. site would make the perfect place for companies trying to escape the concrete jungle Noun 1. concrete jungle - an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant jungle - a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival , brokers who toured the facility said Thursday. The tour was part of an open house for the future West Hills Corporate Village, a planned $25 million office park to be built on the former Hughes test site within a year. After walking the grounds and viewing drawings of what will be the 470,000-square-foot office park, brokers said they doubted there would be any trouble finding tenants for it. ``I think it's going to (draw) the office people from some of the high-rises,'' said Tim Foutz of Encino-based Capital Commercial Real Estate. ``You're coming to another atmosphere.'' About 200 Los Angeles-area commercial real estate brokers were invited to the open house, hosted by Beverly Hills-based Regent Properties and Shamrock Holdings Shamrock Holdings is the firm founded as the Roy E. Disney family investment firm and the Disney family remains a key investor. Roy is its chairman, and Stanley Gold its President/CEO. Shamrock owns a number of assets including hotels and radio and television stations. of California, the project developers. The Corporate Village will be located on about 30 acres in the southern portion of the site, which is at Roscoe Boulevard and Fallbrook Avenue. It is scheduled to open in mid-1997. Doug Brown Doug Brown may refer to one of the following people:
Regent and Shamrock shamrock, a plant with leaves composed of three leaflets. According to legend it was used by St. Patrick in explaining the doctrine of the Trinity; it is now used as the emblem of Ireland. An artificial or real shamrock leaf is customarily worn on St. Patrick's Day. announced their plan last month to buy part of the Hughes site from Coast Federal Bank, and transform four earthquake-damaged buildings from generic, blue-trimmed facilities into modernized mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. offices with black reflective windows and roomy interiors. The Corporate Village is one of three new developments planned on the site, where Coast now operates its corporate headquarters. A Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . 911 center and DeVry Institute, a private
technology college, also have announced plans to move in.
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