J Allen Radford

Just how far could the entertainment industry's momentum take North Hollywood? A developer who has proposed a 43-acre studio complex in the area stands poised to find out. While a production boom has prompted developers throughout Los Angeles to dream big, real estate experts say making such a project pencil out will not be easy. J.

A shopping center developer is quietly pursuing plans to build a 43-acre studio complex in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood that would rival in size Los Angeles's largest film and television studios. The proposal drafted by J. Allen Radford, of Santa Monica-based JARCO/SLG&G, would turn a crushing demand for studio space in Los Angeles into a force for transforming the industrial area surrounding the yet-unfinished North Hollywood subway station.

A Santa Monica shopping center developer is quietly pursuing plans to build a 43-acre studio complex in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood that would rival in size L.A.'s largest studios. The proposal drafted by J. Allen Radford of JARCO/SLG&G would turn a crushing demand for studio space in Los Angeles into a force for transforming the industrial area surrounding the yet-unfinished North Hollywood subway station.