Expansion of Disney 'creative campus' approved by Glendale

Glendale officials have approved a major expansion of Walt Disney Co.’s "creative campus" in the city.

The 338,000-square-foot project includes a six-story office building walled largely in glass and a landscaped area with palm trees and a park-like area that would provide a shaded space for outdoor activities.

“It’s a beautiful project,” Councilwoman Laura Friedman, chair of the Glendale Redevelopment Agency, said during a public hearing on the development Tuesday. “It’s going to look terrific and certainly improve the area aesthetically.”

The new building, in which Disney expects to house 1,200 workers, would be coupled with a six-story parking garage with an array of photovoltaic solar panels. The office building is to include the main six-story wing and a five-story wing with a basement.

Disney representatives said they expect to break ground in September.

“This project will not only enable the physical transformation of the San Fernando Road corridor, but will also provide fiscal benefits that will contribute to the vitality [of the area],” said Neil Jurgens, vice president of design and delivery for Disney.

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-- Zain Shauk, Glendale News-Press

Comments

[chuck O]

“It’s a beautiful project,” Councilwoman Laura Friedman, chair of the Glendale Redevelopment Agency as she walked away with a briefcase full of Disney Dollars.

[C Cliveden]

More palm trees? When will it stop? Enough already.

[David Blimmo]

And how much is this socialism for the rich corporate pigs costing the taxpayers? Who is paying for all the street and freeway work? What happened to the public park on Flower? It's time for the people to rise up and rid our land of capitalist parasites.

[sara connors]

Chuck, "briefcase full of disney dollars"?

Care to back that up in some way?

Hey people, without JOBS none of you could afford the computers you're typing on. Disney is a heck of a lot better neighbor than the old aerospace industry that polluted that area for years.

And they are renovating a park in the area. It's under construction now. They're also making a new bike/pedestrian path along the river, and building two new horse arenas in the Glendale part of the rancho. So, those disney dollars are doing some good after all.