Grand Central Creative Campus

the Grand Central Creative Campus (also known as Disney Glendale Studios and Offices) is a name of a Disney commercial real estate project on a 60-hectare former industrial wasteland in the city of Glendale, California. It should accommodate many Disney companies focused on creativity and new technologies. In 2011, the name Grand Central Business Center appears in some official documents.

History
In 1961, Walt Disney purchased land for the design and construction of theme parks, WED Enterprises renamed Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) in 1984. Walt had chosen this site for its proximity to the Walt Disney Studios of Burbank accessible by the highway as well as the park of Disneyland. in 1985, Walt Disney Feature Animation reached the site, as.

Between 1996 and 1999 Disney began to buy several land near the premises of WDI for a total area of 50 ha despite a 16% increase in real estate prices. In 1999, Disney built new studios for the Californian channel KABC-TV in order to free the premises occupied on the site of Disney Prospect Studios in anticipation of the renovation of the latter. The channel was installed in December 2000 in its new premises.

In September 1999, the press announced the Disney projects for the campus. An important file is on line in October 2000 on the site of the city of Glendale.

In 2002, the Walt Disney Television Animation production studios moved into a building north of the property on Sonora Avenue.

On December 17, 2004, Disney lays foundation stone of the first phase of the complex with two buildings totaling 250,000 square feet (23,226 m 2 ) and to be delivered in December 2006.

On 25 July 2008, Disney reaches agreement for the construction of a center for children of employees named Disney Day Care of 23,426 square feet (2176 m 2 ) on lots 1300-1320-1326 Flower Street, just In front of Walt Disney Imagineering, renamed Disney's Children's Center.

On 12 May 2010, the city of Glendale allows the progression of Grand Central Creative Campus Disney project with the construction of 338,000 square feet (31,401 m2) of space including a main building with five floors with A four-floor wing and a six-level car park topped by solar panels. It hosts the offices of Disney Parks Global Marketing. This expansion is considered Phase 2 of the project.

On February 12, 2011, according to a report by the City of Glendale, a project to renovate the 35,260 square foot (3,276 m2) hangar at 900 Grand Central Avenue to accommodate Walt Disney Imagineering Then located in North Hollywood, is being finalized 1. An extension of 20,765 square feet (1,929 m2) is also planned on the current 932 Grand Central Avenue parking lot, the building was destroyed and is replaced with a a parking.

On June 8, 2013, Disney gets permission to renovate the Grand Central Air Terminal, a historic monument in the Grand Central Creative Campus in Glendale 11. On May 7, 2013, Bento Box announced that it had moved to 5161 Lankershim Blvd, premises previously used by the Walt Disney Internet Group, which had moved to Grand Central Creative Campus 12. Disney Interactive occupies 1200 Grand Central Avenue.

On January 16, 2014, Disney asked the city a permanent license to serve alcohol on campus instead of a permit application to each event, an average of 35 per year.

Disney Entities present
Here is a non-exhaustive list of Disney entities that have or have had premises in this area:


 * KABC-TV at 500 Circle 7 Drive
 * Disney Interactive Studios at 521 Circle Seven Drive
 * Circle 7 Animation
 * ABC Studios Costume Department at 545 Circle Seven Drive
 * Marvel Animation at 623 Circle Seven Drive
 * Disney Consumer Products at 1201 Flower Street
 * Walt Disney Imagineering at 1245 Flower Street
 * Mickey's at the Glendale, employee shop
 * WDI Workshop at 900 Grand Central Avenue
 * Disney Day Care Center at 625 Paula Avenue (or 1300 Flower Street) to accommodate 200 children
 * Disney Animation Research Library at 1402 Flower Street with a 12,000 square foot (1,114.84 m 2 )
 * Disney Interactive Media Group at 1200 Grand Central Avenue
 * Disney Parks Global Marketing at 1201 Grand Central Avenue
 * DisneyToon Studios at 833 Sonora Avenue, 85,000 square feet ( 7,897 m 2 ) renovated in 2011 by Lever Architecture to accommodate 600 people 14 . The official website of Sunrise mentions a project to transform an aeronautical industrial building in the 1960s and its parking lot into a creative studio with two cinemas, recording studios, a fitness center and cafeteria 15 . The exterior was designed as a tree-lined street and exterior halls converging toward the main covered entrance, consisting of a 12,000 square foot (1,115 m 2 ) wooden terrace 15
 * Disney Television Animation at 811 Sorona Avenue
 * Marvel Studios
 * Turner Entertainment

Stages
in 2020, there are announcements for the stages announced, as Disney could number 10 stages.