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 Playa
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Located
on 1,087 acres in West Los Angeles.
Bordered by Marina del Rey to the north, the communities
of Westchester and Playa del Rey to the south, the San
Diego Freeway (I-405) to the east and the Pacific Ocean
on the west.
Historically, only 99 acres of the Playa Vista site have
been relatively undisturbed during the 20th Century.
Everything from agriculture fields and fill from excavation
of Marina del Rey to the nations longest private runway
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In
the early 1940s, Howard Hughes acquired large portions
of the Playa Vista site and made it the home of his aviation
empire. The former Hughes Aircraft plant site was
the manufacturing center for radar and missile systems,
satellites, helicopters and airplanes, including the famous
200-ton Spruce Goose. The site remained an aerospace
facility until 1994 when Hughes Aircraft and McDonnell
Douglas relocated to other facilities.
Playa Vista is under construction south of Marina del
Rey on a former industrial and agricultural site neighboring
the Ballona Wetlands. The project has been selected by
President Bill Clinton as one of five P.A.T.H. (Partnership
for Advancing Technology in Housing) communities in the
United States for its commitment to sustainable development
under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Energy's
Building America program. Playa Vista recently received
a coveted Ahwahnee Award for recognition as a model "smart
growth" project. |
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| Playa
Vista today |
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It will include a mix of residential housing from affordable
to luxury, plus officeand commercial space. A major component
will be The Campus at Playa Vista (an entertainment, new
media and technology complex that will include sound stages
and production facilities), plus parks and recreational
amenities, all set next to a restored wetland and wildlife
preserve.
More than half of the project will be devoted to open
space, including the restoration and expansion of the
Ballona Wetlands. This restoration will improve habitat
for many species of flora and fauna, and during the first
phase of development, create a freshwater marsh and restore
a portion of Centinela Creek along the Westchester bluffs
to a natural state.
Playa Vista Phase One is fully entitled, will provide
up to 3,246 new residences in an array of housing types,
and will create thousands of jobs. Playa Vista is also
sponsoring PVJOBS, a program that matches at-risk youths
and young adults with construction jobs at the project. |
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