HQ Leads The Pack for Creative Office Space in Los Angeles
Date: 03.04.2015Los Angeles is a leader in creative office space nationally, and HQ Creative Office is proud to play a role in making Los Angeles one of the best cities in the United States. With 11 properties spanning some 120,000+ square feet of commercial space, HQ Creative Office offers tenants a variety of inspiring spaces to run their businesses.
Creative professionals require more than four walls and a roof to do their very best work. They often want more than what basic offices have to offer. Spaces designed with raw materials, exposed systems, and indoor/outdoor elements help advertising, marketing, technology, and film professionals do great work for clients and customers all over the world.
Creative vs. Basic Office Space
Many offices still feel like they were designed for the insurance agents and stock brokers of the 1950s. They have bright white walls lit from atop by fluorescent lights that suck the color from your staff’s skin. They might have cubicles in them, and you’re lucky if you can find the tiniest shred of sunlight once inside.
HQ Creative Office buys these spaces and redesigns them, paying special attention to making them great places to work for creative professionals. A combination of organic and exposed industrial materials creates an ambience conducive to top notch, soaring creativity. Companies often find the additional productivity from their staff outweighs the additional cost of renting an office designed specifically for creative work.
Demand for Creative Space is Increasing
As more and more businesses demand creative office space, vacancies decrease while rents rise. According to research completed by Industry Partners, the average rent for creative space in Los Angeles has increased slightly from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014, from $3.66/sf to $3.70/sf. Vacancies dropped from 10.4% to 8.4% during the same time period.
Both start-ups and established companies like Paramount Pictures drive demand for creative office space in Los Angeles. Even Google liked what they saw in the Helicopter Building on the Hercules Campus and leased the 15,000sf space for $4/sf. HQ Creative Office expects rents to continue to increase as more and more companies come to view it as a necessity rather than a luxury.
Benefits of Creative Office Space
A design-led approach to office layout has many benefits, chief among them enhanced productivity from creative professionals. A full 72% of media and creative professionals prefer creative office space over more traditional corporate designs. Many people make the mistake of equating a “funky” office with a design-led approach. When done poorly, “funky” offices detract from the work experience rather than enhance it. At HQ Creative we take care to design truly beautiful, gimmick-free offices that enhance your staff’s creativity and productivity.
Premium Spaces and Features by HQ Creative
If you think Google has the only offices with whimsical slides, think again. The Seward House by HQ Creative Office, home of companies like AnimalLogic and Vertigo Films, has one as well. Innovative design features convey a sense of playfulness that you won’t find in many other office buildings.
Other creative office spaces in Los Angeles offered by HQ Creative Office include The Vault on S. Sepulveda and La Peer in West Hollywood. Both properties were extensively remodeled shortly after they were purchased. The Vault features floor-to-ceiling windows, creating a connection between the interior work space and the world outside. La Peer is situated where West Hollywood and Beverly Hills meet, truly one of the best locations for creative office space in the city of Los Angeles.
