East End Studios — Glendale
Vice President - Development + Construction, East End Capital | 2021–2024
Prior-career experience of Anomaly founder Sean Lahijani
Location
1233 S. Glendale Avenue
Glendale, CA 91205 (2.5-acre site)
Program
Ground-up, 80,000 SF Class A soundstage facility; 35,000 SF of stage space; 39' floor-to-ceiling clear heights
Features
"Smart grid" rigging system, soundproofed screening rooms, divisible office layouts, production support space, covered parking/mill space, roof deck, high-speed data network
Budget
$30M+ Construction
Scope:
Day-to-day leadership of development and construction, permitting, consultant and contractor management
Purpose-built soundstages are among the most technically demanding building types in commercial real estate. The project balances acoustic isolation, extreme clear heights, heavy rigging loads, and production-grade power and data, all on a tight urban site.
As Vice President of Development + Construction at East End Capital, Sean led day-to-day efforts on this ground-up Glendale campus:
Managed and directed the full consultant and contractor team, implementing stakeholder requirements despite stringent project and site limitations
Interfaced with city officials across multiple divisions of government to move permitting forward
Developed strategies for resolving multilayered issues spanning governmental approvals, construction, and end-user operations
Managed budgets, forecasted scope and commitments to avoid cost overruns, and ran a rigorous buyout process with independent verification of contractor bids
Facilitated a first-of-its-kind solar power purchase agreement in the City of Glendale with a third-party solar developer, generating additional revenue for the project
Evaluated additional sites for soundstage and adaptive-reuse potential and supported capital improvements across other portfolio assets