Hollywood has produced many successful rags-to-riches stories, and now that theme is playing out around the country with the redevelopment of troubled real estate into thriving studio space. With the advent of streaming services, and the seemingly insatiable demand for entertainment content, the need for real estate has taken the industry well beyond Tinseltown.

New studio development typically takes place on blighted waterfronts and industrial land close to population centers, or involves adaptive reuse of abandoned warehouses, all of which present big engineering and environmental challenges.

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