The Westside of Los Angeles has been the center of American creative industry for a century. That gravity has only concentrated in Santa Monica and West LA over the past two decades, as entertainment, tech, and media companies have clustered along Colorado Avenue, Cloverfield Boulevard, and Olympic Boulevard. The result is one of the most supply-constrained, demand-intensive creative-office corridors in the country — and the context in which Creative Edge Offices operates.
Why the Westside is LA's creative-office capital
The neighbors here are not abstract. The Cloverfield and Colorado corridors are home to some of the most consequential creative companies in the industry. Each of the following is a matter of public record:
- Amazon Studios at 1601 Cloverfield Boulevard, Santa Monica — one of the largest streaming operations in the world, occupying the former Sony Pictures campus
- Lionsgate at 2700 Colorado Avenue — the independent studio's Santa Monica headquarters
- Universal Music Publishing Group at 2100 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica
- The Water Garden at 2425 Olympic Boulevard — a multi-building creative campus with tenants including Hulu and Oracle
- Riot Games at the Colorado Center, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica — headquarters of the maker of League of Legends
- The Bergamot arts district — one of LA's most concentrated gallery and creative districts, adjacent to the Expo Line station at 26th Street
- The Expo Line 26th St/Bergamot station, opened May 2016, connecting the corridor directly to downtown LA and Culver City
These are context and neighbors, not tenants of Creative Edge. They explain why creative firms want to be in this specific corridor and why the Westside commands the creative-office market it does.
The Cloverfield / Bergamot corridor
Cloverfield Boulevard runs through the heart of the creative cluster. A short walk from the Bergamot station, the street passes Amazon Studios at 1601 before arriving at a pair of buildings with genuine architectural and cultural history.
1520 Cloverfield is the former headquarters of Frank O. Gehry & Associates — the firm's home for roughly twenty-five years, and a building Gehry himself redesigned in 1987, wrapping its 1960s brick shell in sand-blasted stainless-steel canopies: the vocabulary he would later use at the Guggenheim Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall. The full history is here.
1447 Cloverfield, a short distance south, offers a complementary creative-office option in the same corridor — raw, character-rich, and walkable to the Bergamot station.
Where Creative Edge leases
- 1520 Cloverfield
- The Gehry building — former Frank O. Gehry & Associates HQ, stainless-steel canopies, top-lit lofts. Santa Monica's Bergamot corridor.
- 1447 Cloverfield
- Creative-office space in the Cloverfield/Bergamot corridor, walking distance from the Expo Line.
- Westgate Media Park
- Creative-office campus in West LA.
- 1918 Main St
- Coming soon — creative office on Main Street, Santa Monica.
Touring creative office space here
All four buildings are available through Creative Edge Offices, with leasing handled by Lee & Associates West LA. Tours are by appointment. The buildings range from the architecturally historic to the creatively purpose-built — but all share the same commitment to open plans, natural light, and space that a creative firm can make its own.
If you are relocating to the Westside, expanding within it, or looking to put your team in a building with real character, the right place to start is a tour.
The corridor is the industry. Being in it matters.— A common view among Westside creative tenants
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Where is the best creative office space in Santa Monica?
The strongest creative-office concentration in Santa Monica runs along the Cloverfield Boulevard and Colorado Avenue corridor, between Olympic Boulevard and the Bergamot arts district. Creative Edge Offices leases architectural creative-office space at 1520 Cloverfield (the former Frank Gehry studio) and 1447 Cloverfield — both in the heart of the corridor, walkable to the Expo Line's 26th St/Bergamot station.
What companies are based in the Santa Monica / Cloverfield creative corridor?
The corridor is home to some of the most significant names in entertainment and tech. Amazon Studios occupies 1601 Cloverfield; Lionsgate is headquartered at 2700 Colorado; Universal Music Publishing Group is at 2100 Colorado; Riot Games is at the Colorado Center at 2500 Broadway; and the Water Garden campus at 2425 Olympic hosts tenants including Hulu and Oracle. These are publicly documented locations, not claims about Creative Edge tenants.
Is there creative office space near the Expo Line?
Yes. The Expo Line's 26th St/Bergamot station, which opened in May 2016, connects the Bergamot arts district directly to downtown LA and Culver City. Both 1520 Cloverfield and 1447 Cloverfield are within walking distance of the station — making them among the most transit-accessible creative-office options on the Westside.
What is the Bergamot arts district?
The Bergamot Station arts complex is one of Los Angeles's most concentrated gallery and creative districts, located at 2525 Michigan Avenue in Santa Monica adjacent to the Expo Line station. It houses a range of contemporary art galleries and creative organizations. The surrounding neighborhood — often called the Bergamot arts district — has become a significant creative-office cluster, and Cloverfield Boulevard forms its eastern edge.
How do I tour creative office space on the Westside?
Creative Edge Offices offers tours of all four buildings by appointment. Leasing is handled by Lee & Associates West LA. Request a tour here and someone will be in touch to schedule a showing at the building or buildings that fit your requirements.