LA North Studios to Open Soundstage Hub in Santa Clarita

LA North Studios has signed a five-year lease to take more than 113,000 square feet at The Center at Needham Ranch in Santa Clarita.LA North plans to convert the space into a soundstage hub that will open early next year. It is the company’s third production facility in the city.LA North co-founders Anthony Syracuse and John Prabhu said that the company’s facilities have become a preferred location for filming.“All of our soundstages are fully committed, and this expansion allows us to meet our clients’ needs today and into the future,” Syracuse and Prabhu said in a statement.CBRE Group Inc.’s Craig Peters and Doug Sonderegger represented Trammell Crow Co. and Clarion Partners, the developers of The Center at Needham Ranch, in the transaction. Trammell Crow is a subsidiary of CBRE.Other tenants at the business park include Amazon.com Inc., beverage manufacturer DrinkPak LLC and Illumination Dynamics, an entertainment industry equipment company.