9000 sqft Historic 1800s Post Office Space in Los Angeles.
tl;dr
- Space
- A 836 sqm (9,000 sq ft) ground floor former 1800s post office at 725 South Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles, available for rent as a single street level industrial volume with exposed nineteenth century structure and a ramped front entrance.
- Best For
- Multi day pop-up store and temporary retail runs, fashion showroom and buyer preview appointments during market weeks, sample sale and trunk show formats needing high volume throughput, press day and product launch receptions, and content studio or ecommerce shoot days that need a full floor to hire.
- Standout Features
- Cargo entrance plus passenger elevator for pallet and rail deliveries without touching the guest entrance, a complete kitchen with bar and service counter for catered receptions, and a dedicated stock room and fitting room already built for retail selling. Garment racks, integrated lighting, furniture, WiFi, a monitored security system and handicap accessible access make this a move-in ready rental with minimal fit-out spend.
- Location
- Pershing Square Metro (B and D lines) is roughly a 7 minute walk and Historic Broadway on the A and E lines is about 6 minutes, in the 90014 Historic Core of Downtown LA. The immediate block reads as gallery and restaurant territory, with 26 stores inside 600 m including Urban Outfitters, Gentle Monster and the Globe Theatre, so crews can load in from Spring Street while guests arrive on foot.
- Availability
- Day rate is on request and pricing is brief-based, scoped against your dates, guest count and build requirements, with no charge until confirmed. Book by the day or by the week with a one day minimum, allow 4 to 6 weeks lead time in Los Angeles, and move earlier for LA Fashion Week, awards season in February and the pre holiday pop-up window from October.
- How to Book
- Send your dates, format and rough guest numbers to enquire and we reply within 24h with availability and a costed proposal for this vetted Downtown LA venue. Permit paperwork, event staffing and fit-out coordination are handled by our team on your behalf, so request availability now to hold your window.
about this space
This 9,000-square-foot commercial space is located at 725 South Spring Street in Los Angeles, California. Situated in a former post office dating back to the 1800s, the property features industrial characteristics and a ramp leading to the front entrance. The unit is positioned on the ground floor with street-level access and spans approximately 836 square meters. The space is configured for various uses, including retail, office, showroom, gallery, and photography. The interior is equipped with a complete kitchen, a bar area, a counter, and furniture. Additional equipment includes garment racks and wireless internet. Practical facilities within the space consist of a bathroom, a water closet, a dedicated stock room, and a fitting room for retail support. The premises feature integrated lighting and a security system. Accessibility is supported by a cargo entrance, an elevator, and specific features for handicap accessibility. The layout is designed to accommodate meetings, conferences, and shared workspace needs. This historic building provides a versatile environment for business operations while preserving its original nineteenth-century industrial architectural elements. All listed amenities are contained within the nineteenth-century structure.
what's included
- industrial
- lighting
- wc
- cargo entrance
- elevator
- handicap accessible
- bar
- bathroom
- complete kitchen
- counter
- furniture
- garment rack
- wifi
- ground floor street
- fitting room
- stock room
- security system
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 836 sqm floor plan and amenities for 9000 sqft Historic 1800s Post Office Space in Los Angeles, then note the window you want in Los Angeles. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
- 02
Send the brief
Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. Pricing on this space is quoted on request.
- 03
Get availability and a quote
We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Los Angeles.
- 04
Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
- 05
Build and open
Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Los Angeles.
use cases
location
what's around
26 stores within 600 m, incl. Floyd's Barber Shop, Ross, Tierra Mia Coffee
brands nearby
- fashion stores
- 17
- jewellery & watches
- 2
- beauty
- 5
- department stores
- 2
- galleries
- 5
- culture
- 2
- hotels
- 1
- cafés
- 4
- restaurants & bars
- 16
- other retail
- 6
- The Hive10 m
- G72740 m
- Funculo40 m
- Infusion Gallery70 m
- Globe Theatre100 m
- Floyd's Barber Shop110 m
the neighbourhood
Independent labels, photo production crews, gallery operators and DTLA-based creative agencies make up the working population on this stretch of South Spring Street, and they have done for well over a decade. Within a two minute walk of 725 South Spring you have The Hive, G727 and Infusion Gallery, all part of the Gallery Row corridor that runs Spring and Main between roughly 2nd and 9th, plus The Landing Party a block west toward Broadway. Head south on Spring and Los Angeles Street and the fashion trade density climbs quickly: Blends, Flagship, Henry Duarte, Rogert Stuart, Sam's Leather and a run of tailoring, leather and perfume wholesalers that feed the Fashion District a few blocks east. Broadway carries the restored theatre stock, with the Globe and the State Theatre used regularly as event and shoot venues. In our experience placing brands in this neighbourhood, the tenant mix skews toward people who produce things rather than people who browse, which is exactly why a 9,000 sqft former post office reads as a credible showroom space here rather than a novelty. You can browse all spaces to compare the wider Historic Core inventory.
Scale for the money is the single clearest reason brands choose the Historic Core over the Arts District, Melrose Place, Abbot Kinney or West Hollywood. Nine thousand square feet on Spring Street costs a fraction of what a comparable footprint commands on La Brea or Beverly Boulevard, and the ceiling heights and industrial bones mean less build required to make it look intentional. The tradeoffs are real. You do not get the affluent walk-by of Melrose, you do not get the Venice weekend crowd, and you do not get the Rodeo Drive adjacency that some luxury clients still insist on. What you do get is a room large enough to run a press day, a buyer appointment schedule and an evening cocktail reception in the same footprint, plus straightforward truck access and Metro B and D line service at Pershing Square two blocks north for guests avoiding the 110. Most brands we work with here are running invite-led formats, sample sales, product launches or multi-day content shoots. Run the numbers through our budget calculator before committing to a West Side alternative.
Arrivals on this block feel workmanlike rather than polished, and brand teams should plan for that. South Spring between 7th and 8th is a mix of restored 1900s commercial stock, ground floor wholesale, creative offices upstairs and a genuine residential population in the converted lofts above. Mornings are quiet until around ten, then the coffee traffic picks up toward Tierra Mia and Verve and the delivery vans start working the kerb. Afternoons bring gallery visitors and the DTLA lunch crowd heading to Terroni, Peking Tavern and Funculo. Evenings around Broadway get busier and louder, which suits an opening night well. The ramp entrance, cargo access and elevator make load-in genuinely easy, and the fitting room, stock room and garment racks mean less kit hire, though we would still recommend reviewing your production and build requirements early given the raw finish. Honestly, this is not the address for high-volume tourist retail or spontaneous walk-in trade. Passing footfall is local and transactional, not discretionary shoppers, so any brand relying on street visibility alone will be disappointed here.
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- Pershing Squaremetro654 m · 8 min
- 7th Street/Metro Centerrail736 m · 9 min
- Spring & 7thbus36 m · 1 min
- 7th & Springbus · 35 E81 m · 1 min
- Broadway & 7thbus · 30 35 38 40119 m · 1 min
- 7th & Mainbus128 m · 2 min
street activity
high footfall.
28 places within 200 m · 32 stores · 20 cafés and restaurants
- within 200 m
- 28
- within 400 m
- 60
- within 600 m
- 60
the neighbourhood
The Van Nuys Apartments is an apartment building in Los Angeles, California, United States. It consists of 299 apartments and 5 retail stores. It is a HUD subsidized, project-based Section 8 property; catering to seniors over 62 years of age and individuals with disabilities. The 26,528 sq ft (2,464.5 m2) building features an 11-story steel frame with masonry-clad walls; its primary facades facing Spring street and 7th street.
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frequently asked
Yes — 9000 sqft Historic 1800s Post Office Space in Los Angeles is a vetted pop-up ready space in Los Angeles, 836 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This space is built for established brands with 25 to 150 staff, seven figure annual revenue, and an existing wholesale book or a DTC audience large enough to fill 9,000 square feet without the room reading empty. Nine thousand square feet on a single ground floor with cargo entrance, elevator, stock room and fitting room is warehouse scale infrastructure, not boutique scale, and the honest test is whether you can programme it. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a US or international label running a multi day Downtown LA activation that stacks functions: retail floor at the front, wholesale appointment zone in the middle, content studio at the rear. Brands with a 5 to 10 person team and a single capsule drop will find the volume works against them and should look at 100 to 300 sqm temporary retail space instead. Equally, a global flagship house wanting a controlled architectural shell will find the nineteenth century post office fabric too characterful to erase. If you are still scoping scale, our budget calculator is a fast reality check before enquiring.
Aesthetic Fit
Industrial, raw and archive driven brand identities land hardest here. The 1800s post office structure, exposed industrial detailing and street level entry ramp on South Spring Street suit denim, workwear, streetwear, technical outerwear, sneaker and skate labels, jewellery with a heavy material language, and contemporary womenswear with a directional or deconstructed point of view. Art and object brands also read well given the five galleries within 250 metres. What does not work is polished minimalist luxury that depends on seamless plaster walls, gallery white lighting and acoustic silence. The building has its own texture, and covering it fully means a full build cost that erases the reason you booked it. Soft, pastel, romantic beauty and bridal positioning also struggles against the hard surfaces. If your concept needs a controlled shell rather than an inherited one, our production and build team will tell you honestly whether the overlay is worth the spend.
Best Use Cases
First choice is a large format fashion sample sale, because the stock room, garment racks, fitting room, counter and cargo entrance mean you can run high volume stock turnover without hiring a full retail infrastructure. Second is a multi day pop-up shop or retail experience with a bar and hospitality programme, using the complete kitchen and bar area already in place. Third is a fashion showroom and wholesale appointment run, where the square footage lets you separate buyer meeting zones from open rail merchandising. Fourth is a press day or collection preview, with the historic architecture doing the storytelling work in editor photography. Fifth is content creation, ecommerce shoots and video production, given the depth of the floor plate and the varied surfaces. Sixth is an art exhibition or gallery showing, supported by the surrounding Downtown gallery cluster. Seventh is a product launch or cocktail reception for 300 plus. Eighth is workshops, masterclasses and team offsites, using the meeting and shared workspace configuration.
Budget Signal
On a cost per square foot basis this sits in the mid tier for Downtown LA and well below equivalent volume in Melrose, Abbot Kinney or Beverly Hills, which is exactly where the value is. You are trading prime retail footfall for scale, infrastructure and architectural character. Against a hotel event space you get multiple days rather than a single evening, plus the ability to sell, ship and store on site. Against a co-working or shared pop-up format you get exclusive brand control of a whole floor and a security system rather than a corner of someone else's identity. Where we see mismatches is when brands budget for the rental and forget that 9,000 square feet needs staffing, lighting design and merchandising density to feel intentional. Brands comparing this against other US markets often run it alongside spaces in New York before committing, and that comparison usually favours LA on square footage per dollar.
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