Large Production Photo and Video Studio in Hawthorne.
tl;dr
- Space
- A 173 sqm (1,860 sq ft) industrial production studio and brand activation space for rent at 12828 Yukon Avenue in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, with an open warehouse floor, neon cube light installation and drive-in vehicle access. The shell is move-in ready for photo shoots, showroom presentations and temporary retail without structural build.
- Best For
- Photo and video production including ecommerce and lookbook shoots, fashion showroom and wholesale appointment use with buyer previews, sample sales and trunk shows using the on site fitting room, product launches and press days for up to 180 guests, and creative workshops or masterclasses. Available to hire by the day or by the week depending on shoot schedule.
- Standout Features
- Drive-in car access through a cargo entrance lets vehicles, set pieces and full rail deliveries enter the studio floor directly, which most LA studios of this size cannot offer. Other features vetted by Fashion Week Venues include a built-in neon cube for set backdrops, a dedicated makeup station and separate changing rooms, a customer fitting room and garment racks for retail and sample sale formats, a studio lighting package on site, multiple entrances allowing split crew and guest flow, plus gated parking with additional guest spaces.
- Location
- Crenshaw and El Segundo bus stop sits 774 m away, roughly a 10 minute walk, with Hawthorne Municipal Airport under 800 m from the door and LAX a short drive west. The immediate streetscape in 90250 is low-rise light industrial with wide kerbs and easy truck turning, so crews load in without permit-heavy street closures and guests arrive by car to gated parking on site.
- Availability
- Minimum rental is one day, with brief-based pricing available on request rather than a published day rate. Book six to eight weeks ahead for standard shoot dates and twelve weeks or more around LA Fashion Week, Frieze Los Angeles and the February and September campaign shoot peaks, as production spaces at this address typically book out early in those windows.
- How to Book
- Submit a brief with your dates, format and headcount and we confirm availability within 24 hours with no charge until confirmed. Permit paperwork, crew and front of house staffing, and fit-out coordination are handled by our team, so enquire now to request availability and hold your production dates.
about this space
Located at 12828 Yukon Avenue in Hawthorne, California, this 1,860-square-foot industrial production studio is designed for photography, video shoots, and showroom use. The commercial space features high-quality production amenities, including a neon cube, a dedicated makeup area, and changing rooms. For logistical convenience, the property includes a loading area with a cargo entrance, multiple entry points, and drive-in car access. The interior layout is suitable for various professional applications such as conferences, meetings, galleries, and retail activations. Essential facilities include an on-site water closet and a fitting room to support retail-based projects. The studio is equipped with lighting and garment racks. Security and accessibility are addressed through a gated parking area and additional guest parking. This professional environment provides a total of 173 square meters of creative space. All listed features are situated within the Hawthorne facility, providing a comprehensive setting for production and event requirements.
what's included
- industrial
- lighting
- wc
- cargo entrance
- multiple entrances
- parking
- garment rack
- fitting room
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 173 sqm floor plan and amenities for Large Production Photo and Video Studio in Hawthorne, then note the window you want in Hawthorne. 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 Hawthorne.
- 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 Hawthorne.
activation ideas
E-commerce Shoot
This is the strongest use of the space, because the lighting, garment racks, changing rooms and fitting room are already installed and an on-figure e-commerce shoot can be capturing product within the first hour of call time. Brands running high volume catalogue days here typically work a crew of six to ten across the 173 sqm, keeping steaming and rail prep at the cargo end and the shooting bay clear. Drive-in access means rails roll straight from vehicle to floor.
Campaign and Editorial Brand Shoot
Works well for a campaign or editorial shoot because the neon cube gives you a finished set on arrival and the industrial shell takes paint, seamless and set dressing without negotiation. At 1,860 sq ft you can hold two lighting setups live at once, which is how most teams get a full lookbook and a social cutdown from a single day. The dedicated makeup area keeps talent and hair and makeup off the shooting floor, and our concept and direction team can pre-plan set order.
Video Production
Credible for video because the gated parking, cargo entrance and multiple entrances handle grip trucks, camera carts and crew vehicles without a street marshal or permit friction. In practice the industrial volume lets you rig lighting and shoot walk-through movement in the same footprint that would be split across two rooms elsewhere. One honest constraint: Hawthorne Municipal Airport sits under a kilometre away, so plan clean dialogue takes in blocks and expect to wait out occasional overhead aircraft passes.
SS/AW Seasonal Showroom
A workable showroom rental for a full market season, since the garment racks and fitting room mean the space already does the two jobs a wholesale showroom needs. The 173 sqm comfortably carries eight to twelve rails plus a seated appointment table and a presentation wall, with room to leave the collection hung across a multi-week booking. LAX proximity matters here for visiting international buyers, and it is worth mapping install against market dates using the activation timeline.
Buyer Appointments and Collection Preview
Suits back to back wholesale appointments because on-site gated parking and guest spaces mean buyers arrive on schedule rather than circling a retail block. The layout takes two or three concurrent appointment zones across the floor, with the fitting room available for on-body checks and the makeup area doubling as a private conversation corner. Realistically this is comfortable for two teams working simultaneously, three at a push, before sightlines and noise start to overlap.
Sample Sale and Trunk Show
Operationally excellent as a sample sale space, with one clear caveat: there is no passing trade here, so this only works as a mailing list or membership driven sale. The cargo entrance and drive-in access take pallets and bulk rail stock directly onto the floor, the fitting room covers try-on, and multiple entrances let you separate queue entry from stock replenishment. Plan a proper till bank and mobile checkout through point of sale and payments to keep throughput moving.
Press Day and Media Preview
A functional press day venue for a staggered format rather than a single crowded window, because editors and stylists here are arriving by car and appreciate parking over street presence. Thirty to fifty press across timed slots sits well in 173 sqm, with rails presenting the collection, the neon cube giving a guaranteed capture point and the fitting room supporting on-body requests. Factor in drive time for Eastside based press and issue call times accordingly.
Influencer Event and Content Day
Works well for a creator day because the neon cube, installed lighting and changing rooms mean talent can shoot, change and repeat without any additional build. What makes this work for influencer formats specifically is the privacy: forty to sixty guests move through in waves with no public spillover, and gated parking removes arrival friction. Pairing the booking with influencer marketing keeps the invite list and content deliverables aligned rather than hoping for organic posts.
Product Launch and Brand Activation
Adequate to strong for a launch, depending on how much you build, because the raw industrial shell accepts a full set and the cargo entrance takes oversized build elements in one piece. Standing capacity reaches roughly 180 across the space, though with a set, bar and seating we would plan for 100 to 120 for comfortable circulation. Multiple entrances let you run a controlled arrival route and a separate crew and stock door throughout the evening.
Workshop and Masterclass
A practical choice for a hosted workshop or masterclass, largely because on-site parking and a quiet commercial street mean participants arrive and settle without the logistics headache of a central location. The open 1,860 sq ft takes twenty to forty seated at tables with a demonstration station at the front, and the installed lighting means you can film the session for later content use. The water closet and makeup area cover break and prep needs on site.
use cases
location
what's around
1 places within 600 m
- other retail
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- The Body Shop Collision Repair160 m
the neighbourhood
Production crews, ecommerce studios, streetwear labels and aerospace fabricators share the tilt-up blocks around Yukon Avenue, and that mix defines how this part of Hawthorne actually works day to day. Within a few minutes of the door you have SpaceX on Rocket Road, the light manufacturing strip along 120th Street, cyc-wall stages and grip houses off Crenshaw Boulevard, and a steady run of sample rooms, screen printers and small garment workshops that quietly service labels headquartered in Culver City and Downtown. Stylists collect rails here. Camera rental drivers know the turnings. Casting sessions run out of neighbouring units without anyone noticing. It is a working fashion district in the industrial sense rather than the retail sense, closer in character to a supply chain than a shopping street. In our experience placing brands in the South Bay, teams who understand that distinction get real value from an address like this, and those who expected a Melrose adjacency do not. You can see how we have used comparable production addresses in our work.
Cost per square metre and vehicle access are the two reasons brands choose Hawthorne over the Arts District, Fairfax, La Brea or Abbot Kinney. A comparable content studio or showroom space in Downtown carries a meaningful premium, plus loading restrictions, metered street parking and permit friction that quietly consumes half a shoot day. Here a truck of rails, lighting and set dressing reverses through a cargo entrance into gated parking, crew park on site, and the day starts on time. The honest tradeoff is visibility and cachet. There is no organic footfall, no neighbouring concept stores to borrow audience from, and Eastside press will need to commit to a drive. What you gain is LAX proximity for international buyers and visiting production teams, easy same-day reach from El Segundo and Culver City agency offices, and a short-term commercial space budget that leaves more money for build and content rather than rent. Brands weighing that trade usually run the numbers with our budget calculator before locking a date.
Arriving on this stretch of Yukon Avenue feels functional and quiet, which is precisely why controlled formats perform well here. Mornings bring contractor vans and crew call times between seven and nine, then the block settles into a low rhythm of roller doors, deliveries and the occasional collision shop customer a hundred metres up the road. Nobody walks past casually. Kerbs are wide, turning is easy, and guests park without circling, so a buyer appointment or press day starts when it says it will. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that the discretion is the point: an invite-only trunk show, a mailing list sample sale, a fashion presentation or a two-day ecommerce shoot all run without spectators or noise complaints. The honest limitation is walk-in traffic. This is not a pop-up shop location, and any temporary retail concept relying on passing consumers will underperform badly. Bring your own audience, or look at higher-footfall corridors when you browse all spaces.
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- Crenshaw & El Segundobus774 m · 10 min
the neighbourhood
The All Olympia Gymnastics Center or AOGC is a one-facility gymnastics gym in Calabasas. A previous location in Hawthorne, California, was closed down.
- Hawthorne Municipal Airport (California) · 792 m
frequently asked
Yes, this 1,860 sq ft studio at 12828 Yukon Avenue is available for pop-up shops, but you should treat it as an invite-led format rather than a walk-in one. The block is an industrial production corridor in Hawthorne with almost no passing consumer traffic, so a pop-up shop here works when you drive the audience yourself through mailing list, paid social or influencer invitation. The fitting room, garment racks and lighting are already in place, which means a temporary retail set up can be trading within a day of load-in. In our experience handling bookings on streets like Yukon Avenue, brands that pair a South Bay pop-up with a launch list and appointment slots outperform those relying on discovery.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This space fits a brand with a 5 to 30 person team, roughly 2 to 8 years of trading, and an existing wholesale or DTC base that already produces content in volume. At 173 sqm across a single industrial floor, with a cargo entrance, drive in car access, multiple entrances and gated parking, the layout rewards teams who move stock, rails, crew and vehicles on a schedule rather than teams who need passing shoppers. Brands at this stage typically find that loading access and on site parking save more money than a prestige address earns them. Where we see mismatches is when a one or two person label books this footprint and cannot fill it without a costly set build, or when a global house expects flagship level adjacency and consumer traffic. Neither profile is served at this address.
Aesthetic Fit
Industrial and neutral shell aesthetics perform best here, which favours streetwear, denim, footwear, activewear, eyewear, utility and contemporary womenswear labels that shoot against clean walls with controlled lighting. The neon cube gives an immediate editorial and social backdrop, while the makeup area, changing rooms and fitting room support a full shoot day or a retail experience without importing infrastructure. What does not work is a heritage luxury, couture or fine jewellery identity that depends on period detailing, tall windows, natural light or a refined retail street to carry the narrative. Softer decorative brand worlds can be constructed inside this shell, but they need a genuine fit out, so budget for branded store design if your identity leans on texture rather than volume and light.
Best Use Cases
First choice is ecommerce, lookbook and video production, because lighting, garment racks, changing rooms and a dedicated makeup area are already in place. Second is fashion showroom and wholesale appointment use, where the fitting room, rails and gated parking let buyers arrive, park and work a collection preview privately. Third is a press day or influencer event, since multiple entrances allow split crew and guest flow and the neon cube delivers a ready content moment. Fourth is a sample sale or trunk show, supported by cargo entrance stock loading for bulk rails. Fifth is a product launch or brand activation with a built environment, which is where production and build earns its place. Sixth is a gallery showing or pop up exhibition on the open floor, and seventh a workshop, masterclass or team offsite. A walk in pop up shop ranks last, as this street carries no organic footfall.
Budget Signal
This sits mid market for Los Angeles production and showroom space, and clearly below comparable temporary retail space in the Arts District, Fairfax, La Brea or Abbot Kinney. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is the brand consciously trading street visibility for square metres, vehicle access and secure parking. Against a prime commercial location you give up footfall and address cachet but gain a serviced production environment at a fraction of the per sqm cost. Against a hotel event space you gain the freedom to rig, load and shoot without hourly constraints or in house supplier mark ups. Against a co working venue or a shared pop up format you gain exclusivity, stock security and a private buyer environment. Model the all in figure including build and staffing with our budget calculator before you enquire.
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