Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Hollywood developer has come up with an old-school way to try to save the movie industry — with a $450-million bet.
asserted
developer → come → bet
Commercial real estate developer David Simon is building Echelon Studios Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard, on the site of a former Sears store.
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Simon → build → store
The 600,000-square-foot campus revives the classic studio lot, rebuilt vertically to fit on five acres.
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campus → revive → acres
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The complex includes four 18,000-square-foot soundstages with 40-foot clear heights and a 14,000-square-foot flex stage with a 25-foot clear height, according to the project look book.
uncertain
complex → sign → book
Around them sit 150,000 square feet of production support, office, mill and basecamp space.
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feet → sit → support
Another 350,000 square feet is devoted to bungalows and workspace.
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feet → devote → bungalows
The signature feature is at the top: A landscaped cluster of private bungalows ringing a 25,000-square-foot elevated courtyard with views of the Hollywood Hills.
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feature → landscape → Hills
The LA Times reported tenants will also see the Hollywood sign, Griffith Observatory and downtown Los Angeles.
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tenants → report → sign
The project’s architect, Andrew Wright of RIOS, said the challenge was fitting a 10-acre studio onto a 5-acre site.
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challenge → say → site
Simon felt bungalows, a beloved fixture of classic studio lots, were essential to getting the studio feel right.
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studio → feel → lots
Soundproofing was a major engineering task because nearly 1,000 cars will sit below the stages.
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cars → sit → stages
Wright told the news outlet that builders addressed the risk of noise and vibration with layers of insulation, drywall and thick concrete.
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builders → tell → insulation
Simon began planning the project about five years ago, when streaming giants were spending heavily and demand for stage space appeared limitless.
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demand → begin → space
He is building the studio through his company, BARDAS Investment Group.
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He → build → company
It’s not only a place, it’s an industry,” he told the LA Times.
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he → ’ → Times
Simon told the news outlet that expanded state tax credits and a pending 20% federal filming credit are drawing production interest back to Hollywood, and that people in the industry would rather film at home.
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people → tell → home
A public art piece by Los Angeles artist Matthew Brandt, a collage of Hollywood skyline images on weathered stainless steel panels, will face Santa Monica Boulevard, according to The Times.
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piece → face → Times
The project sits in the heart of Hollywood’s production corridor, between Netflix and Paramount Studios, with potential tenants already touring the site and discussing leases for the studio, which will open early next year.
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which → sit → studio
The Aporia
