Culver City Move.Viant Corp. has signed a lease for 50,000 square feet in a converted warehouse building at 3562-82 Eastham Drive in Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. . The new digs will reflect the consulting company's culture -- no titles, a flat hierarchy and an open, collaborative operating style and multi-disciplinary approach. That's expressed architecturally by a lack of private offices and the same, unostentatious furniture for all employees, said Lance Trebesch, general manager for Viant in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . "Our Culver City space will be a direct reflection, but we're even taking it to a higher level (with the envisioned tenant improvements)," Trebesch said. The space will have an open floor plan with "collaborative pods inter-dispersed throughout the office," he said. Gensler is designing the space. The 70,0000-square-foot building, owned by PAS Trust, is currently under renovation. The eight-year lease is valued at about $10 million. Boston-based Viant provides strategic consulting, creative design and technology services for companies seeking to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the Internet. It will be moving its 18-month-old L.A. office from interim space in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . Trebesch said the company has 83 employees today, but could grow to as many as 125 in Culver City. Ian Strano of First Property Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate) REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real Property. Corp. represented the landlord. Jim Fish of Travers Realty/ONCOR International represented the tenant. |
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