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Large Gallery Space in West Adams, Los Angeles.

279 m²
3000 sq ft
los angeles
90016
on request
brief-based
pop-up store
3 use cases
city
Los Angeles
area
279 sqm
day rate
on request
postcode
90016
use cases
pop up store · retail activation · showroom presentation
included
daylight · industrial · lighting

about this space

This 3,000-square-foot commercial property is located on West Adams Boulevard in Los Angeles. The space features a white-box minimal design with white walls and an industrial aesthetic. A center dividing wall is included to provide additional hanging surface area. Situated on the ground floor with street-level access, the interior is equipped with air conditioning, heating, and integrated lighting. The layout includes a dedicated bathroom and a water closet. Technical amenities such as wifi are available throughout the premises. For accessibility and logistics, the property offers a cargo entrance and is handicap accessible. The exterior features street-facing window displays, and free street parking is available in the surrounding area. This versatile space is categorized for use as a gallery, showroom, office, or retail location, and can accommodate conferences, meetings, and photo shoots. It is situated near local shops and restaurants within the West Adams neighborhood. The total area size is 279 square meters, providing a large, open environment suitable for various professional configurations.

the fwv take

Take this West Adams gallery for a week-long showroom and press day that ends in an evening trunk show, because 279 square metres of uninterrupted ground-floor white box with a centre dividing wall lets you hang two collections, seat buyers, and reset the room for 290 standing guests without building a single partition.

What makes this address work operationally is the pairing of a street-level cargo entrance with a single-level floor plate, so rails, plinths, crates and lighting kit roll straight in from West Adams Boulevard with no freight lift slot to negotiate and no stair carry, while the window displays on the frontage carry your graphic message to passing traffic and the integrated lighting reads colour accurately enough for wholesale appointments and an furniture rental layout to coexist in the same volume.

Aesthetically it belongs to independent and mid-scale contemporary labels three to ten years into trading, denim, footwear, outerwear, jewellery and object brands whose work reads against neutral walls, rather than heritage maisons needing salon detail, tiered VIP zones and back-of-house depth that one bathroom plus a water closet simply cannot service.

Los Angeles has no anchoring fashion week, so in our experience demand concentrates around February Frieze week, early June market and the September awards run, and we advise six to eight weeks of lead time because West Adams owners move slowly on short-term lease terms and any sidewalk queue, valet or window vinyl needs separate city sign-off, which the permit guide sets out before you enquire.

what's included

  • daylight
  • industrial
  • lighting
  • wc
  • whitebox minimal
  • cargo entrance
  • handicap accessible
  • air conditioning
  • bathroom
  • heating
  • wifi
  • ground floor street
  • window display

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how to book this space

  1. 01

    Check the shell and the dates

    Review the gallery, 279 sqm floor plan and amenities for Large Gallery Space in West Adams, Los Angeles, then note the window you want in Los Angeles. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 04

    Lock the contract

    Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.

  5. 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

pop up storeretail activationshowroom presentationfashion showroomfashion sample saleart exhibitiongallery showingproduct launchbrand activationpress daypress eventinfluencer eventcontent creationphoto shootvideo productionecommerce shootworkshopcreative workshopmasterclassnetworking event

location

plotting…
los angeles · 90016·34.0328° · -118.3521°

getting here & street life

nearest transit

  • Adams & La Breabus94 m · 1 min
  • La Brea & Adamsbus116 m · 1 min
  • Adams & Redondobus359 m · 4 min
  • La Brea & 23rdbus · 212433 m · 5 min
  • La Brea & Westhavenbus433 m · 5 min
  • Adams & Harcourtbus548 m · 7 min

the neighbourhood

Alta Adams is a Southern restaurant in Los Angeles, California, United States. Keith Corbin and Daniel Patterson are chefs. The menu includes "California soul food" such as black-eyed pea fritters, miso-infused oxtails, shrimp and grits, and cocktails.

frequently asked

Yes, this 3,000 square foot ground floor space on West Adams Boulevard is available for hire as a pop-up shop, and it is already categorised for temporary retail use. Street-level access and street-facing window displays give you the two things a pop-up genuinely needs in Los Angeles: a visible frontage and a door people can walk straight through. The white-box shell with white walls and integrated lighting means you can merchandise a considered edit without building a room from scratch. In our experience with West Adams addresses, brands running pop-ups here treat the centre dividing wall as a second sales wall, which keeps the front third of the floor open for circulation and queueing.

who it suits

Brand Scale

This 279 sqm space fits established independent brands and mid-market labels with a 10 to 40 person team, roughly 3 to 10 years of trading, and either a wholesale book that needs a West Coast presentation point or a DTC business doing seven figures annually. Three thousand square feet of open floor with a centre dividing wall is a lot of surface to fill credibly, and brands at this stage typically find they need at least two full collections, a lookbook shoot, and some kind of programmed event to justify the footprint. Where we see mismatches is when a first-season founder with 30 SKUs books a space this size and ends up with an empty room that reads as underconfident. Equally, a global house needing tiered VIP rooms and back-of-house staging will find a single open floor with one bathroom and a water closet operationally thin. If you are earlier stage, it is worth reviewing smaller spaces in New York or compact LA showroom formats before committing to this scale.

Aesthetic Fit

White-box minimal with industrial bones and daylight suits brands built on material, silhouette, and restraint: contemporary ready-to-wear, denim, workwear, technical outerwear, footwear, ceramics, objects, jewellery, and eyewear that photograph well against a neutral field. The white walls and centre dividing wall function like gallery hanging surfaces, so anything curated as an edit rather than merchandised as a shopfloor will land. Street-facing window displays give you one strong graphic moment from West Adams Boulevard. What will not work here is heritage luxury requiring panelling, carpet, and warm period detail, or a maximalist beauty concept that needs colour-saturated architecture, because you would be spending your whole budget building over a room that already has a point of view. Brands needing an installed environment rather than a neutral one should factor in branded store design from the outset rather than treating build as an afterthought.

Best Use Cases

First choice is a fashion showroom or wholesale appointment period, because the centre dividing wall doubles hanging capacity and the open floor lets you run buyer meetings and rail review simultaneously. Second is a gallery-format brand presentation or collection preview, since the white-box shell and integrated lighting need almost no dressing. Third is a content studio, photo shoot, or ecommerce shoot, supported by daylight, controllable lighting, air conditioning, and a cargo entrance for equipment. Fourth is a press day or influencer event, with street-level access and free street parking making arrivals simple in a car-dependent city. Fifth is a sample sale or trunk show, where 3,000 square feet absorbs queueing and fitting comfortably. Sixth is a pop-up shop or temporary retail space with window display frontage. Seventh is a cocktail reception, exhibition opening, or workshop, where the single open volume seats and circulates a crowd of around 290 without partition work.

Budget Signal

Positioned in the mid tier for Los Angeles short-term commercial space, and notably strong value per square metre against comparable footprints in Downtown, Melrose, or Abbot Kinney. West Adams trades on creative credibility rather than luxury retail rent, so the money goes into floor area, ceiling volume, and production usability rather than address prestige. Compared with a hotel event space you get multi-day dwell, cargo access, and no food and beverage minimum. Compared with a co-working venue you get a room you can actually brand, hang, and light. Compared with a shared pop-up format you get exclusive control of frontage and visitor flow. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a brand running one booking across several functions, showroom by day and event by night, and the budget calculator is the fastest way to test whether that multi-use model holds against your numbers.

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edition
vol. iv · ss27
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cormorant · plex mono
finish
gold foil 871c