FIRST, ONE of Hollywood's most enigmatic stars gave a voice to unrepresented screenwriters and short-film directors. And now he's bought them a Los Angeles work-live space in which to hang their baseball caps.
In 1997, Kevin Spacey formed Trigger Street Productions, a fully funded production company, to create low-budget feature films and independent products. The cast and crew from each production share in the gross sales of the film.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 47 words Type of Material: Correction
Hot property: An item in the Hot Property column in Saturday's Home section reported that Polaroid was the owner of a Carbon Beach oceanfront property in Malibu listed for sale at $32 million. The house is privately owned and was rented to the Polaroid Corp. for parties.
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Los Angeles Times Saturday, September 20, 2008 Home Edition Home Part F Page 4 Features Desk 1 inches; 45 words Type of Material: Correction
Beach house: An item in last Saturday's Hot Property column incorrectly reported that Polaroid was the owner of a Carbon Beach oceanfront property in Malibu listed for sale at $32 million. The house is privately owned and was rented to the Polaroid Corp. for parties.
Spacey bought the Triggerites a nifty new unit in the Biscuit Co. Lofts downtown. Sales price: $1.2 million, according to the Multiple Listing Service, down from the asking price of $1,335,000. The 2,400-square-foot space has three bathrooms and an open-floor plan, as currently configured.
The eight-story Biscuit building was constructed in 1925 and remodeled into 104 lofts in 2006. Units have soaring ceilings, views and lots of light and original details. There are 1-inch-thick maple floors, exposed brick walls, industrial-scale windows and copper doors. There is a pool and ground-level bars and restaurants, a market, gym and retail shops. It is next door to the Toy Factory Lofts.
Trigger Street is a reference to a street in Chatsworth where Spacey spent his boyhood and where Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (and Roy's horse, Trigger, for those born yesterday) had their ranch.
The company's film credits include "Fanboys," a comedy adventure about "Star Wars" fans slated to be released in November. The company also co-produced the Emmy-nominated HBO movie "Recount" and the Spacey-starring "21," released earlier this year.
Spacey won Oscars for his lead role in "American Beauty" (1999) and his supporting role in "The Usual Suspects" (1995).
His purchase solidifies the hip factor of the Biscuit, which has also attracted actor Nicolas Cage to lease with an option to buy the penthouse unit.
Billy Rose and H. Blair Chang of Prudential California Realty, Beverly Hills, had the listing, according to the MLS.
Cookies seal deal for the tanned one
It seems that actor George Hamilton hungers for more than just a perpetual tan.
Hamilton, who recently bought along the Wilshire Corridor, wrote into the purchase offer that the seller -- who runs a popular bakery -- had to keep him in cookies for a year.
Now why didn't I think of that?
Details about the unit that Hamilton bought are sketchy. The strip of high-rise condos along Wilshire is hot right now, and units in the luxury building in which he purchased are listed for up to $5 million.
