Retail and Event Space at 3118 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.
about this space
This 600-square-foot commercial space is located at 3118 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Situated on the ground floor with street-level access, the property is suitable for various uses including retail, galleries, offices, showrooms, and photo shoots. The creative retail space is located in the Silver Lake area near Dodgers Stadium and is designed to accommodate pop-up stores or art exhibitions. The interior features a minimal white-box design and is equipped with essential equipment, including air conditioning, lighting, and wifi. The layout includes a counter, a fitting room, and a dedicated stock room for retail support. Functional amenities consist of a bathroom and a water closet. The storefront includes a window display for visibility along the street. For logistics and transportation, the property provides a cargo entrance and on-site parking. This 56-square-meter unit offers a versatile environment for professional or creative projects. All features mentioned, such as the ground-floor street position and integrated utilities, are available to support operational requirements within this professional setting.
the fwv take
Take this 600 sqft Silver Lake unit for a two to six week selling pop-up or a weekend sample sale, because the counter, fitting room, dedicated stock room and window display are already installed, which means you are trading on day one rather than paying to build basic retail infrastructure into a raw shell.
What makes this address work for high volume temporary retail is the pairing of ground floor Sunset Boulevard frontage with a cargo entrance and on-site parking, so a two person crew can bring rails, fixtures and boxed stock straight in without street-side juggling, then replenish through the back during a busy Saturday instead of breaking the floor in front of customers.
It reads correctly for independent to early growth contemporary labels, roughly two to six years trading, working in menswear and womenswear essentials, technical apparel, eyewear, jewellery, fragrance or homewares with a clean product-forward identity that sits comfortably beside Clare V, Buck Mason, Aesop and Le Labo, and we will be direct that a heritage maison expecting dark wood, carpet and a seated salon will find the white box underdressed no matter how much production and build is layered onto it.
In our experience Los Angeles needs eight to ten weeks of lead time here, with the autumn and December gifting windows going first on this stretch, and two operational quirks worth knowing before you enquire are the California ABC daily licence timeline if you want alcohol at an opening, which our permit guide sequences properly, and Dodgers home game evenings, which turn Sunset into a traffic problem rather than a footfall gift and should be checked against your press night date.
what's included
- lighting
- wc
- whitebox minimal
- cargo entrance
- parking
- air conditioning
- bathroom
- counter
- wifi
- ground floor street
- fitting room
- stock room
- window display
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how to book this space
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Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 56 sqm floor plan and amenities for Retail and Event Space at 3118 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, then note the window you want in Los Angeles. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
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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.
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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.
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Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
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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.
activation ideas
Pop-Up Store
This unit trades from day one because the counter, fitting room and dedicated stock room are already installed, which is rare in a 56 sqm short-term commercial space. Brands running temporary retail here typically plan a rail set of 150 to 250 pieces, a two or three person floor team and a single hero window moment rather than dense merchandising, since Sunset traffic moves between coffee and lunch. Two to six week windows work best, and the on-site parking plus cargo entrance means restocking happens out of customer sightlines. Fixture supply and till hardware can be scoped through point of sale and payments before you confirm dates.
Fashion Sample Sale
The layout handles a sample sale better than most units this size because the stock room, cargo entrance, counter and fitting room all pull their weight during a high volume day. In practice the stock room removes the need for offsite storage or a rented van sitting on Sunset, and replenishment runs through the cargo entrance between sessions. With one fitting room across 600 sqft you should plan a single entry point with the till positioned away from the door, and a Friday to Sunday format rather than a full week. Air conditioning matters here, since compact rooms heat up fast with a queue moving through.
SS/AW Seasonal Showroom
What makes this work as a showroom rental is the white box shell and controllable lighting, which let a collection read cleanly without competing finishes. Brands we place in footprints of this size schedule four to six appointments a day, using the stock room for unphotographed samples and the fitting room for on-body reviews. We would take the window display down to a discreet treatment so the street reads invitation only rather than open retail. Be realistic about scale: for a full market week with concurrent buyer previews you want more floor area, and 56 sqm suits a focused wholesale schedule instead.
Buyer Appointments and Wholesale Preview
Adequate to good for a tight buyer list, primarily because ground floor street access with on-site parking means buyers arrive and leave without navigating a building. Plan two buyers plus one brand representative per slot, with the counter working as a note-taking and order-writing station and the stock room holding carry-over or unreleased pieces. The constraint worth knowing is acoustics and sightlines in a single open room, so back-to-back appointments overlap visibly. Brands comparing a Los Angeles collection preview against a European market week often benchmark this against spaces in Paris before committing.
Press Day and Media Preview
This functions well as a press day venue for a Los Angeles editor and stylist list, because the neutral shell photographs cleanly and the ground floor position means no lift bottleneck on arrivals. Run it as a rolling drop-in across four to five hours with 8 to 12 people in the room at any time rather than a fixed call, since 56 sqm reads crowded above that. The stock room doubles as a base for look books, samples out on loan and press kit assembly, and the fitting room lets stylists pull on the spot instead of requesting shipments afterwards.
Product Launch
Workable at around 40 to 60 guests standing with the floor cleared, and the Sunset frontage gives you natural spill for the arrival window. In practice the window display does the announcement job without additional external signage, which matters because Los Angeles sign rules restrict fascia changes and sidewalk A-frames on this stretch. Keep the counter as your drinks and giveaway point and the stock room as back of house, and note that alcohol requires a California ABC daily licence with its own lead time. Check your date against Dodger Stadium home fixtures, since evening traffic on Sunset becomes the main friction point.
Influencer Event
Strong for a compact creator activation because the white box gives you a blank canvas for set pieces and the Silver Lake location sits close to where most East Side creators already are. We would cap this at 30 to 40 guests in staggered arrival slots so the room never blocks the camera, using the fitting room for changes and the stock room for gifting inventory. Micheltorena Steps and the Silverlake Lounge are within 300 metres if you want recognisable local backdrops in the content, and audience delivery can be underwritten through influencer marketing when the date is fixed.
E-commerce and Content Studio Day
This is a practical content studio because the minimal white walls, installed lighting and air conditioning cover the fundamentals of a full shoot day without a studio hire premium. Grip and lighting carts come straight in through the cargo entrance from on-site parking, the fitting room handles talent changing without tenting, and wifi plus bathroom and separate wc support a crew of six to eight comfortably. Brands often book a two day e-commerce shoot immediately before a retail window opens so campaign assets and the storefront share the same set and the same fixture build.
Editorial Shoot and Video Production
Good for small crew editorial and short-form video, mainly because you control the room completely and the street frontage gives you an interior and exterior look in the same booking. The single open 56 sqm floor suits one set at a time, so schedule looks sequentially rather than running two simultaneous setups. Constraint worth flagging: Sunset Boulevard is a live traffic corridor, so sync sound benefits from acoustic blankets on the window line, and early morning calls are quieter than midday for anything dialogue heavy.
Art Exhibition or Gallery Showing
The white box shell and street-level window make this a credible gallery for a short exhibition run, with the neutral walls taking hanging systems, temporary panelling and vinyl without extensive make-good. Figure on 15 to 25 works depending on scale, with the stock room used for crating, packing materials and unhung inventory. For an opening night, treat the 40 to 60 standing capacity as the ceiling and use the Sunset frontage as overflow. Cultural neighbours including Upright Citizens Brigade nearby mean the local audience is already comfortable with drop-in programming on this block.
Trunk Show
Functions cleanly as a trunk show because the counter, fitting room and stock room give you order taking, try-on and inventory in one 600 sqft footprint with no build. Plan for 10 to 15 clients on the floor at once with appointment slots across a two or three day window, and use the parking for client drop-off, which is a genuine advantage in Los Angeles. Honest note: this format underuses the retail infrastructure you are paying for, so it works best appended to a longer pop-up window rather than booked in isolation.
Workshop or Masterclass
Adequate for an intimate seated workshop, with 20 to 25 people the realistic ceiling if you want the counter and stock room preserved as back of house. The counter works well as a demonstration surface, the bathroom and separate wc handle a three hour session without queuing, and air conditioning keeps a full room comfortable through a Los Angeles afternoon. Bring in seating and tables, since the unit is delivered as a white box, and expect to lose all retail display area for the duration if you want a workable sightline to the front.
use cases
location
what's around
9 stores within 600 m, incl. D.S. & Durga, Sugared and Bronzed, Stark
brands nearby
- fashion stores
- 3
- beauty
- 6
- culture
- 1
- hotels
- 1
- cafés
- 10
- restaurants & bars
- 19
- other retail
- 9
- Bandit Running10 m
- Sweetfin Poké10 m
- Chiguacle50 m
- Spoon and Pork60 m
- Candid Home70 m
- Dayglow100 m
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- Sunset & Descansobus42 m · 1 min
- Sunset & Parkmanbus195 m · 2 min
- Sunset & Micheltorenabus368 m · 5 min
- Sunset & Maltmanbus579 m · 7 min
- Sunset & Bentonbus605 m · 8 min
- Sunset & Lucillebus775 m · 10 min
street activity
high footfall.
12 places within 200 m · 18 stores · 29 cafés and restaurants
- within 200 m
- 12
- within 400 m
- 31
- within 600 m
- 49
the neighbourhood
Spoon & Pork was a restaurant specializing in Filipino cuisine. First opened as a food truck in 2017, its main location was located at 3131 Sunset Boulevard in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
- Azizam (restaurant) · 152 m
- Silverlake Lounge · 225 m
- Micheltorena Steps · 295 m
- Happy Foot Sad Foot sign · 602 m
frequently asked
Yes, this 600 sqft ground floor unit at 3118 Sunset Boulevard is available for pop-up shops and was set up with temporary retail in mind. It already has the three things a pop-up cannot run without, a service counter, a fitting room and a separate stock room, so your team is selling from day one rather than building infrastructure. In our experience handling bookings on this stretch of Sunset, brands take the space for two to six weeks and see the strongest results when they open on a Thursday and carry momentum through the weekend. You can book by the week, and the white box interior means your visual identity does the talking rather than competing with the landlord's finishes.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This 56 sqm Silver Lake unit fits independent and early growth brands with a 3 to 15 person team, roughly 2 to 6 years of trading, and an established DTC customer base in Los Angeles or a small wholesale account list. The reason is operational: 600 sqft with a counter, one fitting room and a separate stock room supports a two or three person floor team running a full retail day without renting offsite storage, and the on-site parking plus cargo entrance means a small crew can load in a full fixture set and rail stock in a single morning. Where we see mismatches is when a global brand with a 40 person activation team enquires here, because there is no room for a queue system, back of house catering or a seated press area. Equally, a brand with no existing local audience and no email list will struggle to justify a standalone lease on this stretch of Sunset when a shared pop-up format would carry less risk. Brands at this stage typically find the footfall works only if they bring their own demand, so we usually pair this listing with influencer marketing to guarantee opening weekend numbers.
Aesthetic Fit
The white box minimal interior suits brands with a clean, product-forward visual identity: contemporary womenswear and menswear basics, technical or running apparel, eyewear, jewellery, fragrance, skincare, ceramics and homewares. The neighbours tell you the register that reads correctly here, with Clare V, Buck Mason, Aesop, Le Labo, D.S. & Durga and Bandit Running all within a short walk, so a Californian, quietly designed, material-led aesthetic sits naturally in this streetscape. The window display and ground floor street position reward a single strong hero moment rather than dense merchandising. What does not work is heavy heritage luxury with dark wood, mirror and carpet expectations, because a 600 sqft white shell will read as underdressed no matter how much you spend on it. Loud club or nightlife-driven streetwear brands also tend to misfire, since Silver Lake daytime traffic is coffee, lunch and neighbourhood browsing, not late-night crowds. If the shell needs a full identity layer, that is worth costing through branded store design before you commit to dates.
Best Use Cases
First choice is a two to six week pop-up shop, because the counter, fitting room, stock room and street-facing window display give you every element of a functioning temporary retail space with no build required. Second choice is a fashion sample sale or showroom sale, where the stock room and cargo entrance handle volume and the parking makes restocking mid-day realistic. Third choice is a content studio or ecommerce shoot, since the white box walls, controllable lighting and air conditioning make it a clean, quiet set within minutes of most East Side crews. Fourth is a product launch or influencer event, workable at around 40 to 60 guests with the floor cleared and spill onto the Sunset frontage. Fifth is a press day or collection preview with wholesale appointments, best suited to a small buyer list rather than a full market week schedule. Sixth is an art exhibition or gallery showing, where the neutral shell and street visibility carry the work. Seventh is a trunk show, which functions well but underuses the retail infrastructure you are paying for. Use the ROI estimator to sanity check which of these formats actually pays back over your window.
Budget Signal
This sits in the mid tier for Los Angeles short-term commercial space, below Melrose, Abbot Kinney and the Row DTLA rates and well below a Beverly Hills or West Hollywood storefront of comparable size. What you get for that positioning is a genuinely retail-ready unit rather than a raw shell: lighting, air conditioning, wifi, wc, a counter, fitting room and stock room are already in place, which removes a meaningful slice of production cost that a bare white box on a prime commercial street would push back onto your budget. Against a hotel event space you gain daytime street trade and a real till point rather than a room booked by the hour. Against a co-working venue or shared pop-up format you gain full brand control of the window and the door, which is the difference between a brand activation and a stand inside someone else's concept. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a brand treating Silver Lake as a considered market test rather than a flagship statement, and it is worth benchmarking against other spaces in New York if a coastal comparison matters to the board.
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