Beach City Capital rereleases former Bijou Movie Theater in Hermosa Beach as creative work space
by Kevin Cody Jason Muller celebrated the opening of his Local Collaborative, a 4,500 sq. ft. creative work space in the former Bijou movie theater, Wednesday evening. Guests included neighboring business owners, Hermosa Beach city officials, and employees of Marlin Equity, which has leased the entire space. Beer from Hermosa Brewing Company, across the street on Hermosa Avenue, flowed from the kitchen’s built-in keg. Local Collaborative faces 13th Street, across from the city parking structure. The space was originally the Bijou’s stage and front of the auditorium. Chase Bank, which faces Hermosa Avenue, leases the theater’s former lobby and back of the auditorium. The ornamental proscenium arch that formerly framed the movie screen now frames eight glass-walled offices. Between the offices are 50 “hot desks,” set up along five, rough hewn tables, each milled as single sheets from Oregon walnut trees. The space is lit by a 26-foot high, circular skylight. The metal beam, earthquake retrofitting is exposed and unfinished. “My dad had a machine shop in Wilmington, so I like the old, industrial look,” said Muller, who grew up in Lomita and attended Torrance High, and El Camino…
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