10 Universal City Plaza

Skyscraper in Universal City, California March 2025 February 2025 10 Universal City Plaza Universal City, Comcast-NBCUniversal Headquarters New.jpg 260px 10 UCPGetty Oil BuildingMCA-Getty Building 10 Universal City PlazaUniversal City, California 34.13802 -118.3616 region:US-CA_type:landmark it Complete 1984 Commercial offices 154.23 m on flip 35 76,180 m2 on flip Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Hathaway Dinwiddie losangeles lacmta losangeles B Universal City/Studio City Comcast ComcastNBCUniversalUniversal Filmed Entertainment Group 3707https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116589 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022006/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116589 usurped March 6, 2016 Emporis building ID 116589 Emporis130320002392 10 Universal City Plaza (10 UCP) is a 36-story, 154.23 m ft on flip rhombic skyscraper in Universal City, California, near Los Angeles. It is the headquarters of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. The tower was completed in 1984 by Hathaway Dinwiddie to a design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and contains 820000 sqft m2 off us of office space. It is the tallest building in the San Fernando Valley. French conglomerate Vivendi Universal sold the building to CarrAmerica Realty Corporation and Beacon Capital Partners in 2003, for $190 million. CarrAmerica have owned 80% of this building, while Vivendi and NBCUniversal owned the remainder. The building was sold to Broadway Partners in December 2006.Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC http://www.broadwaypartners.com/portfolio.php?a_id=56&show=asset https://web.archive.org/web/20090210085343/http://broadwaypartners.com/portfolio.php?show=asset&a_id=56 February 10, 2009 dead March 31, 2009 The firm lost control of the building in March 2008 in an auction to a partnership between Normandy Real Estate Partners and Five Mile Capital Partners for $306 million after Broadway failed to service its massive debt load.Half-Price Sale: Boston's Hancock Tower https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123851237251273961 The Wall Street Journal https://web.archive.org/web/20090505064638/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123851237251273961.html May 5, 2009 live March 31, 2009 Lingling Wei April 1, 2009 On October 3, 2013, it was reported by the Los Angeles Times that NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast Corporation had purchased the building for about $420 million.Comcast purchases Universal City tower for about $420 million Miller Daniel https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-comcast-purchases-10-universal-city-plaza-for-about-420-million-20131002-story.html October 3, 2013 Los Angeles Times October 3, 2013 Tenants The building was originally built to be the headquarters of Getty Oil. When Getty was acquired by Texaco in 1984/1985, the building housed the West Coast offices of that company for several years until that company merged with Shell, into Equiva/Equilon/Motiva and relocated their headquarters. MCA bought the building that year, and used it to house Universal Pictures. Ever since NBCUniversal was founded in August 2004, the building has also been home to the company's Cable Entertainment properties including Esquire Network, Bravo, Universal Cable Productions, and Wilshire Studios. Other NBCU businesses such as Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and its joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Studio Distribution Services, HRConnection, and corporate functions are also housed here. The property is home to The Terrace Studios at 10UCP, a broadcast facility housing two sound stages and their accompanying facilities. Entertainment news programs E! News, Access Hollywood and Access Daily began broadcasting from this facility in June 2015. The tower is home to the show's offices and newsroom facility. The tower is also home to the main studio for Universal Animation Studios, while the other studio is located on the Glendale campus of DreamWorks Animation. See also Architecture Los Angeles List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles Universal Studios Lot References Category:1984 establishments in California Category:Mass media company headquarters in the United States Category:NBC buildings Category:NBCUniversal Category:Office buildings completed in 1984 Category:Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Los Angeles Category:Towers in California Category:Universal City, California Category:Universal Studios Lot