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Southwest Mobile Storage - Best Mobile Storage & Office Containers In Warner Center, CA

Southwest Mobile Storage is a family-owned shipping container business founded in 1995. Our strength for more than 25 years comes from the specialized knowledge and passion of our people, along with serving over 24,000 commercial, construction and residential customers. Our facility and expertise in maintaining, manufacturing, and delivering corrugated steel containers is unrivaled in the industry.

While the rental side of our business is regional with branches throughout the Southwest, our container sales and modification operations are nationwide and becoming global. Warner Center, CA offers a wide selection of portable offices and mobile storage containers you can rent, buy or modify.

Our experts in container rental, sales and customization are committed to providing you the highest quality and best experience from service to delivery - our reputation depends on it.

Whether your need is for storage, office space, moving, multi-purpose or custom use, we've got your back. Here's how:

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NO MATTER YOUR NEED, WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK.

STORE AT YOUR LOCATION

We bring your storage container to you for convenient, easy access at your home, business or jobsite. Plus, you'll get more choice in storage space and better security, for a fraction of the cost of a pod or add on building, saving money and energy.

STORE AT OUR LOCATION

Not enough room to keep a storage container at your business, home or construction site? No problem - we can store it for you. Plus, you get 70% more space and better security, for a fraction of the cost of public storage units.

CUSTOM STORAGE

Need a permanent storage solution for your business, residence or construction? We sell new and used shipping containers in many sizes with a variety of add-ons. Or customize a container to your specific storage needs with our certified fabrication experts.

LOCAL MOVE

Take your time packing with our moving containers. We'll deliver to your business or home and pick it up whenever you're ready to move. So, you don't have to stress about moving or making multiple trips in one day, like if you rented a moving truck.

LONG-DISTANCE MOVE

Our moving container solutions ensure the long-distance move of your home or business is highly efficient and affordable throughout the southwest. In fact, we usually cost 20%-40% less than full-service movers.

MOVING & STORAGE

We understand move-in and move-out dates might be different. We can store your moving container at our highly secure facilities until you're ready to move to your new home or business location, and you can conveniently access it at any time.

OFFICE USE

Whether you need a workspace, conference room, or other office requirement, our ground-mounted mobile offices meet any and all of your business needs. Plus, it's faster and easier than building additions.

BUSINESS USE

If you need your shipping container to serve multiple uses, such as office-storage combos, breakrooms and even utilities, we've got you covered. We'll modify a custom container to fit your business needs and bring your business to the next level

CUSTOM USE

We'll create a custom container to fit your unique needs anywhere in the US. With our container modification expertise, we make any idea a reality. From pop-up stores to multi-story structures, our unrivaled facilities and fabrication experts do it all.

You'll get your own dedicated storage and container expert to serve as your one point of contact for easy, convenient service you can trust.
With our wide selection of intermodal containers for sale and rent, you'll find exactly what you need, from size, to type and condition.
We maintain our rental fleet to the highest standard - our integrity depends on it.
Our certified, experienced Conex container modification experts have more than 500 years combined experience modifying ISO containers.
All of our containers come with high security dual-locking system for no additional charge, so you can rest assured your stored items stay safe and that you don't have to pay extra for it.
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At our unrivaled 90,000 sq ft indoor fabrication facility, ensuring your custom shipping container is made exactly to your specifications.
With our level of service, quality and expertise, you won't find a better value anywhere else.
Our portable offices include lighting and electrical outlets, internet hookups, HVAC and were crafted by our in-house steel container fabrication experts for top-quality construction.

Premium Quality - High Security

With Southwest Mobile Storage, you get much more than a POD or typical Conex box. You also get high security, unparalleled service and unmatched container modification expertise and facilities. No other company offers that much.

Shipping containers and storage containers come in a range of sizes. The most common external lengths are 20ft and 40ft with a width of 8ft. ISO Containers are typically 8ft 6in tall, but high cube containers are 9ft 6in tall. We also have steel containers in a variety of sizes from 10ft long to 45ft long to rent or buy, and we can modify shipping containers into any size you want.

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SMS Mobile Storage Containers have these high quality features:

1/8" thick steel plate bottom side rails
High strength steel supporting cross members
1 1/8" thick hardwood floor with galvanized self-tapping screws
16-gauge corrugated steel walls
16-gauge roof
270-degree swing cargo door(s)
High security dual-locking system*
Spot-grinded, primed & repainted with a beige high-grade water reducible alkyd direct-to-metal enamel*
* Comes standard on all rental units

SMS portable workspace containers have these structural features:

High security window bars, lever & deadbolt set with lock box
Studs & R-19 Insulation covered with wood paneling
1 1/8" marine board floor is covered with a durable single part gray epoxy coating
Dual pane low-E horizontal sliding windows with screens and miniblinds
18 Gauge steel polystyrene core 3-hour fire rated personnel door
All of our workspaces are manufactured in-house and arrive new or restored to factory specifications
Exterior load center operating on 100 Amp single phase 230 Volt power
Light switch, receptacles and 4' light fixtures; all wiring is Romex 12/2
CAT-6 voice and data lines with electrical junction box
HVAC units ranging from 1 ton to 2 ton on rentals; ability to customize up to 10 tons of cooling

Having flexible storage containers options is important, but security is crucial to protect your peace of mind and your possessions.

At Southwest Mobile Storage, we don't believe in leaving things to chance. We want you to rest easy knowing your inventory, documents, tools, equipment and other items are safe 24/7. That is why we equip SMS high-security slide bolt locking systems and lockboxes on our entire fleet of rental freight containers.

EVERY ONE OF OUR MOBILE STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR RENT IN Warner Center, CA, INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY MEASURES:

High-security slide-bolt locking system and extra-long lock box, giving you twice the security and peace of mind.
No holes to ensure your rental shipping container is wind and water-tight.
No rust for your safety.
14-gauge corrugated steel for strength and reinforcement.

Contact us to speak with a helpful, friendly representative to better understand our full range of capabilities. We are happy to answer any questions you have, go over pricing and set up a time and place to deliver your Conex box. Our quotes are 100% free and you are under no obligation to pay for your consultation.

COMMERCIAL STORAGE CONTAINERS TO RENT, BUY OR MODIFY IN Warner Center, CA

When you own a business or manage one, it's crucial to have efficient, affordable ways to store inventory and supplies, whether it's to grow your business or adapt to changes in the market, like the many caused by the pandemic.

Renting storage containers to keep at your business eliminates the cost and hassles of sending your staff to offsite storage facilities. Steel containers with roll up doors make storing and retrieving items faster and easier. Auto repair shops and other businesses that need easy access throughout the workday to secure storage for tools, parts, equipment or supplies find renting shipping containers to be the best solution for their business storage needs. Southwest Mobile Storage has your back.

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Renting portable offices gives your business more workspace, breakrooms, pop up stores, security booths and more, without the cost and red tape associated with constructing building additions. Plus, a steel storage container fits neatly into one parking space and provides much stronger security than Pods and way more convenience than self-storage units.

If you have a specific need, we can modify shipping containers to build whatever you need to grow your business. Whether it's a portable workspace to run your business, like a pop-up container bar, or a durable facility for scientific research, like a container laboratory, or even a container gym, our unrivaled fabrication facility and modification experts got you covered. Our full-time, in-house staff of certified welders, engineers, electricians, carpenters and painters have over 500 years combined experience modifying thousands of container projects for just about any business use you can imagine.

WHETHER YOUR BUSINESS IS COMMERCIAL, HEALTHCARE, GOVERNMENT OR EDUCATION, OR YOUR INTEREST IS TO RENT, BUY OR MODIFY SHIPPING CONTAINERS, SMS HAS YOU COVERED:

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Offsite storage alternatives cause a mess of hassles and headaches. Expanding office space and storage capacity at your location saves time, money and hassle of making multiple trips offsite.
We offer more choice in security, size and features in steel Conex boxes or ISO shipping containers than a public storage unit or Pod for less cost and far greater service.
We offer flexible, month-to-month rental agreements and prorate by the day after your first 28-day billing cycle.
With us, you get a dedicated account manager you can rely on, so you can focus on running your business than waste time with a different person every time you call that doesn't know or care as much.
While other companies may have some staff for modifying containers, most outsource the work, so you don't know who is actually doing the modifications or how much they're marking up the price.
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When you modify a shipping container for your business, you won't have to worry about expensive, lengthy and complicated construction.
We have modified thousands of containers nationwide and internationally for more than 25 years for NASA, US Navy, GCP Applied Technologies, Helix and Sundt to name a few. And rent containers to Amazon, Walmart and many of other nationally recognized brands.
Our extensive staff makes it possible to custom build multiple projects simultaneously and our 90,000 sq ft indoor fabrication facility prevents contaminants from interfering with fabrication, which delivers better quality and precision.

HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE US TO RENT, BUY OR MODIFY A SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR YOUR HOME:

With an extensive in-house staff and 90,000 sq ft container modification facility, we're able to deliver consistently high quality and work on multiple projects simultaneously for a fast turnaround.

Other companies don't have the facility, staff or resources to modify shipping containers and will outsource the work to various shops who may not have the special experience or tools needed to modify the right way.

You can rest assured knowing your custom container is safe in our hands. Our certified weld and quality control inspectors ensure everything is structurally sound and built to your specifications through every step of the process.

Renting a moving container from us makes your move much less stressful because you won't have to rush to pack your whole house into a moving truck in one day. Instead, you can take your time packing over the course of a month.

Our ISO shipping containers are weatherproof and come with vault-like security, so you don't have to worry about theft or damage to your belongings.

You won't get that level of security from U-Haul or other moving truck companies.

Renting a storage container at your home keeps your belongings close and gives you convenient 24/7 access, so you're always able to retrieve the contents of your container when you need to.

We know move in and move out dates don't always line up. We can store your packed rental container at our secure facility until your new home is ready.

With our mobile storage containers for rent in Warner Center, CA, you can save up to 40% when compared to full-service long-distance movers, while gaining more flexibility in your schedule.

MOBILE STORAGE CONTAINERS & PORTABLE OFFICES TO RENT, BUY OR MODIFY IN Warner Center, CA

We know your needs may change suddenly. With our extensive inventory and variety of sizes of portable offices and shipping containers to rent, buy or modify in Warner Center, CA, we provide fast service and the best value possible so it's easy for you to get whatever you need when you need it.

Renting storage containers and portable offices from us gives you more flexibility when it comes to your schedule and options. If you don't have enough space at your current location or simply would prefer offsite storage, you can keep your rental storage and office containers at your location or ours - whichever is most convenient for you. You also get more options to choose from when it comes to size and features, like portable offices with divided rooms for private meetings or office/storage combos for storage and office space in one container. All while costing a fraction of the price of a pod or self-storage facility.

You can also buy new or used freight containers from us and choose from a variety of add-ons, including lights, electricity, doors and windows. Or fully customize a shipping container to save time, money and energy by skipping the expensive, lengthy process of constructing building additions. We can modify a Conex box into whatever you can imagine for any use you need, from construction tool cribs to office buildings, monitoring stations, mobile communication towers and much more. The possibilities are endless.

HERE'S HOW WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK:

You'll never face hidden fees or surprises with us. We give you transparent billing up front at the best prices.

With us, you get a reliable, dedicated point of contact, who keeps you updated every step of the way. You can rest assured knowing you'll always get what you need, when you need it.

No other company has the breadth and depth of staff and experience that we do when it comes to modifying shipping containers. Our certified welders, engineers, electricians, plumbers, carpenters and painters have more than 500 years of combined experience in fabricating custom steel containers.

We prorate your rent by the day after the first 28-day billing cycle, so you don't have to pay for a full month when you only have your mobile containers and offices for a few days.

While other companies may be able to do small container modifications, most don't have an in-house fabrication staff or 90,000 sq ft fabrication facility like we do. As a result, they outsource the work on your custom container, so you don't know who's actually building it.

Rest assured knowing your modified shipping container will be built to the highest quality standards. Our certified weld and quality control inspectors check every step of the fabrication process to ensure everything is structurally sound and built to your specifications.

HOW RENTING A STORAGE CONTAINER AND MOBILE OFFICE WORKS

Whether you're in need of a storage container for your commercial business, a portable office for your construction site, or a moving container for your home, our process is simple and straightforward.

Choose Your Container

Choose the mobile storage solution that works best for your needs. In this step, you will let us know the number of containers you need, their sizes and what types of doors to equip.

Choose Your Options

Let us know if you would like to add any of our rental options, like a folding table or shelving.

Choose Your Security

Choose from padlocks, puck locks and other enhanced security options. All of our storage containers come standard with dual-locking, vault-like security.

Choose Your Delivery Timeframe

You can expect standard delivery within 3-5 days of your order. If you need expedited delivery, we will do everything in our power to accommodate your needs.

Pick-Up Planning

Do you need to keep your shipping container at our location? Prefer to have our team deliver your packed container to a location of your choice? Let us know, and we'll be by your side to work out the logistics.

HOW RENTING A STORAGE CONTAINER AND MOBILE OFFICE WORKS

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DETERMINE DESTINATION

Let our team know where we should deliver your mobile storage container for rent in Warner Center, CA. Be sure to let us know if there are any special conditions that might prevent our drivers from entering your chosen destination. Before you schedule your delivery, let us know which direction you would like the doors of your container to face.

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SCHEDULE DATE & TIME

Our drivers can deliver your storage container Monday-Friday, between the hours of 6AM and 2PM local time. Our two-hour delivery window is the most precise in the industry. If you desire another delivery time outside of our standard delivery options, we will do our best to accommodate your needs. As a courtesy, our driver will call you at least 30 minutes before they arrive at your drop-off destination.

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PREPARE FOR YOUR MOBILE STORAGE CONTAINER DELIVERY

Before we deliver your Conex box, prepare your delivery area by ensuring that there are no low overhangs, arches, wires, trees or any other obstacles that could interfere with your delivery. It's a good idea to mark the space where you would like your steel container placed.

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DELIVERY & SETUP

When our driver arrives, they will back our truck into the space where you would like your shipping container placed. Once we arrive, we will ensure that your container is delivered safely and securely. If placed on asphalt or pavement, we will use wood dunnage pads to make sure your ground surface is protected and the container is level.

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Latest News in Warner Center, CA

Rams owner Stan Kroenke escalates property buying spree in Woodland Hills

Rams owner Stan Kroenke has escalated his property buying spree in Woodland Hills with the $325-million purchase of an outdoor shopping center.The Village deal, which closed last week, further signals the billionaire businessman’s intention to build a second sports-centric development like the one around SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.His company, the Kroenke Organization, now controls about 100 acres in Warner Center that are expected by real estate industry observers to become part of a sprawling mixed-use complex that may i...

Rams owner Stan Kroenke has escalated his property buying spree in Woodland Hills with the $325-million purchase of an outdoor shopping center.

The Village deal, which closed last week, further signals the billionaire businessman’s intention to build a second sports-centric development like the one around SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

His company, the Kroenke Organization, now controls about 100 acres in Warner Center that are expected by real estate industry observers to become part of a sprawling mixed-use complex that may include stores, restaurants, hotels and residences, along with a training facility for the NFL football team. It could become one of the largest new real estate developments in the region.

The popular Village, completed in 2015, is next to the largely inactive Woodland Hills Promenade mall and an unoccupied high-rise office building, both of which Kroenke acquired last year.

Representatives of the Kroenke Organization declined to elaborate on their plans for Warner Center but said in a statement that “we will continue to operate The Village as an open-air lifestyle and retail destination.”

The seller of the Village was Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, a Paris-based mall operator that said in April that it would unload all its U.S. properties and bet its future on Europe, where it is the largest owner of shopping centers.

The company still owns Westfield Topanga, another mall near Kroenke’s recent acquisitions. Other prominent neighbors are the Warner Center Towers office complex and a hotel, Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills.

Los Angeles city officials are encouraging dense mixed-use development in the neighborhood that could include new housing, offices, shops, restaurants, hotel rooms and entertainment venues.

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Assembling a 100-acre parcel that would be at the center of a more urban-feeling downtown for Woodland Hills is “pretty spectacular,” said retail property broker Bryan Ley of JLL, who was not involved in the sales.

“There are not many land sites sold around Los Angeles County that are 100 acres with this kind of density and location,” he said.

In Inglewood, Kroenke controls nearly 300 acres surrounding SoFi Stadium, in what was formerly the Hollywood Park horse racing venue. When the complex is completed, it will be 3½ times the size of Disneyland and contain a performance venue, hotel, stores, restaurants, offices, homes and a lake with waterfalls.

Kroenke is a longtime real estate developer whose company owns and operates retail centers in 39 states totaling 40 million square feet, according to the Unibail statement.

Senior Living Asset Slated for Woodland Hills

Wisteria at Warner Center, a senior living community in Woodland Hills, has officially broken ground.Once completed, the Life Plan Community will span 17 acres at 5500 Canoga Ave.Life Plan Communities are state-recognized continuing care retirement communities. Spieker Senior Development Partners broke ground on the six-story project in late April. All of Spieker’s California communities are Life Plan Communities.Wisteria at Warner Center will have 486 homes, ranging from one-bedroom options to penthouses ne...

Wisteria at Warner Center, a senior living community in Woodland Hills, has officially broken ground.

Once completed, the Life Plan Community will span 17 acres at 5500 Canoga Ave.

Life Plan Communities are state-recognized continuing care retirement communities. Spieker Senior Development Partners broke ground on the six-story project in late April. All of Spieker’s California communities are Life Plan Communities.

Wisteria at Warner Center will have 486 homes, ranging from one-bedroom options to penthouses nearly 3,000 square feet in size. Resident amenities will include an indoor pool, fitness center, library, movie theater and performing arts center.

The project also has ground-floor retail and dining venues.

Wisteria at Warner Center, which is expected to open in 2025, will feature a health center next to the community with access to assisted living, memory care and long-term care in a skilled nursing center.

Troy Bourne, managing partner at Spieker Senior Development Partners, said he grew up in the Valley and was excited to bring a much-needed development to the area.

“I’ve known the Valley my whole life and it’s (senior housing) an unmet need,” Bourne said. “There are a lot of families that started their families here, raised their families here … and love life in the Valley.

“It’s a vibrant place, it’s a diverse place … and they’re not in a hurry to leave the Valley,” he added.

“Los Angeles has needed this community for so long, and we’re both excited and proud to bring the area’s first comprehensive Life Plan Community to the San Fernando Valley,” Wisteria Marketing Director Ernie Sandlin added in a statement. “The homes at Wisteria will be beautiful, but the real value to the area’s seniors is the combination of these new homes with best-in-class services, amenities, and access to higher levels of assistance and care if needed down the road. Thanks to the support of our forward-thinking community leaders, design and construction professionals, and future residents, we’ve reached a significant milestone in bringing this project to the Los Angeles market.”

Spieker Senior Development Partners, Bourne said, had been looking for a location in the Valley “for a long time.”

In order to build a community, he said the company needed a lot of space, not just a corner.

The Wisteria at Warner Center is a former Northrop Grumman site.

Beyond just meeting the necessary size requirements, Bourne said the site was desirable because it was a place where people “were already comfortable going to.”

He said that many already shop in the area and it’s close to many freeways, making it a good place for the development.

More than 500 families have already signed up for the development’s waitlist, Bourne said.

KTGY is designing the project, while W.E. O’Neil Construction is building it.

Spieker Senior Development Partners’ closest location is in Thousand Oaks. Bourne said the company is currently working on a project in Northern California, but does not have other Southern California projects slated. One of the biggest challenges with creating these communities, he said, is the amount of land needed. It can also take a really long time to develop a community. Even after finding land, he said, it can be 10 years before a project is completed.

“It’s a process, and it doesn’t happen quickly,” he said.

L.A. signs off on $1-billion ‘mini-city’ in the west San Fernando Valley

The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way Wednesday for a sprawling development planned for the west San Fernando Valley, signing off on a new sports arena, two hotels, a 28-story office tower and more than 1,400 new apartments.On a 14-0 vote, the council approved Promenade 2035, which is expected to cost more than $1 billion, replacing...

The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way Wednesday for a sprawling development planned for the west San Fernando Valley, signing off on a new sports arena, two hotels, a 28-story office tower and more than 1,400 new apartments.

On a 14-0 vote, the council approved Promenade 2035, which is expected to cost more than $1 billion, replacing a closed shopping mall in Warner Center with a new “downtown district” featuring a supermarket, public plazas, high-density housing and a 10,000-seat entertainment and sports venue.

Councilman Bob Blumenfield, who represents the area, said the project’s combination of restaurants, stores, homes and workspaces makes it “the future of green planning.”

Promenade 2035 will offer a “mini-city ... within this larger city,” he said, “where you can get your culture and entertainment and jobs and work — all in a smaller area for less of a carbon footprint.”

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, the project’s developer, agreed to set aside 5% of the project’s housing units for very low-income families, serving households that earn less than 50% of the area median income, which is currently $77,300 per year. Another 5% would be allocated for “workforce” housing, targeting households that earn 120% to 150% of area median income, a Blumenfield aide said.

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The developer is hoping to begin construction within two years, with the work carried out in phases.

The Woodland Hills Homeowners Assn. initially challenged the project but later dropped its opposition. That left businessman Jeff Bornstein, who contends the planning department’s evaluation of the project failed to comply with state environmental law, as the remaining opponent.

Jamie Hall, Bornstein’s attorney, said planning department officials allowed the developer to make “major modifications” to the proposal, changing the number and location of the buildings without allowing the public to properly weigh in. He also said officials did not notify him of Wednesday’s council meeting until late Tuesday afternoon, when he received an email from the city clerk.

“We intend on objecting to their failure to provide the notice required by law and will be seeking a remedy from the courts,” Hall said.

Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry and Commerce Assn., offered much more favorable reviews of Wednesday’s decision, saying the project would keep Valley residents from having to drive downtown or to the Westside for entertainment.

Luis Porres, business agent for the Plumbers and Fitters Union Local 761, said Promenade 2035 will offer hope to workers during difficult times, ultimately creating more than 19,000 jobs.

“We need this project,” he said. “And we need to send a message to our other longtime businesses in the city to invest and start planning for our recovery.”

Times staff writer Roger Vincent contributed to this report.

Rams owner Stan Kroenke keeps mum on Warner Center game plan

In a year filled with high-profile L.A. real estate deals, Stan Kroenke’s ranked among the biggest.Last March, the billionaire developer and owner of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams bought the Promenade, a “zombie mall” in the Warner Center district of Woodland Hills, for $150 million. A couple months later, in June, Kroenke added an adjacent site, the 13-story former Anthem Blue Cross office tower and surrounding block, for $175 million. In December he picked up The Village, a newer outdoor mall in the same area, f...

In a year filled with high-profile L.A. real estate deals, Stan Kroenke’s ranked among the biggest.

Last March, the billionaire developer and owner of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams bought the Promenade, a “zombie mall” in the Warner Center district of Woodland Hills, for $150 million. A couple months later, in June, Kroenke added an adjacent site, the 13-story former Anthem Blue Cross office tower and surrounding block, for $175 million. In December he picked up The Village, a newer outdoor mall in the same area, for $325 million — creating a three-property, $650 million, 96-acre assemblage in a part of the San Fernando Valley that’s long been poised for major redevelopment.

In recent weeks, thanks to a new city planning application for a Rams practice facility at the Anthem site, the first iteration of Kroenke’s plan has been confirmed.

But 16 months after The Kroenke Group’s first marquee Warner Center purchase, the billionaire still hasn’t shown his cards on his vision for a development that could end up as a signature new landmark for both Warner Center and the broader San Fernando Valley.

“I assume he bought all that land not just to sit on it,” said L.A. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, who represents the area and has long championed Warner Center development. “I’m eager to see what he wants to do — I like getting things moving, and I think the investment would be very positive.”

Yet so far Kroenke — a lifelong businessman and longtime sports owner whose low-key personality once earned him the nickname “Silent Stan” — has been characteristically tight-lipped, revealing nothing of his wider plans. His firm The Kroenke Group also has not applied for any new projects and, despite widespread speculation, has not hinted at what’s to come. The firm also did not respond to an inquiry from TRD.

The recent project application did illuminate Kroenke’s plans for the team, which plays its home games at the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, about 30 miles to the southeast of the Warner Center assemblage. The San Fernando Valley location is some 20 miles closer to SoFi than the team’s current practice facility at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

The document was filed by TKG Management, a subsidiary of The Kroenke Group, last month, and calls for two adjacent natural grass practice fields on the parking lot of the former Anthem building. It also outlines plans for a new, roughly 65,000-square-foot training facility near the fields, which would connect to the office building via a series of modular structures, and calls for the demolition of one existing 9,000-square-foot visitor center and one 6,400-square-foot movie theater building that was part of the shuttered Promenade mall.

The team has said the training facility will be temporary, so the team can move in later this year while working on longer term plans. The Rams also intend to move its offices to the former Anthem building from Agoura Hills.

“Our long-term vision is to build a permanent practice facility at the Woodland Hills site that Stan Kroenke purchased over the past year,” a team spokesperson recently told the L.A. Daily News.

The practice facility plans have both political and business support. Last month Blumenfield sent out an enthusiastic letter to constituents that promised to help “ensure their review gets rolling so the Rams can call Warner Center home as soon as possible.” The West Valley Warner Center Chamber of Commerce CEO has said the facility will offer an economic boost and “bring prestige to Warner Center.”

Kroenke’s grander development vision could have a much larger impact.

Warner Center, a special district that was created decades ago within the neighborhoods of Woodland Hills and Canoga Park, was originally envisioned as a higher-density “downtown” for the mostly suburban San Fernando Valley. In 2013, Blumenfield helped push through the Warner Center 2035 Plan, which created a development-friendly blueprint, including a streamlined environmental impact report process, for 14 million more square feet of commercial building and 20,000 residential units.

“Projects get approved in Warner Center faster than anywhere else in the city,” Blumenfield said.

And because Kroenke’s assemblage is entirely within the district, which has very few development restrictions, the owner could have wide leeway to create a new commercial district, the councilman pointed out. While Kroenke hasn’t spoken about his plans, since he started buying up the parcels analysts have speculated that he intends to build a Rams-centered complex that resembles a smaller version of his Hollywood Park at SoFi, where plans ultimately include a near 300-acre “unparalleled sports and entertainment destination” featuring shops, office space, a hotel, apartments and outdoor space.

At Warner Center, the Rams owner could decide to take advantage of entitlements that are already in place. In late 2020, before the French firm Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield ended up selling the Promenade site to Kroenke’s group, the L.A. City Council unanimously approved a plan, called Promenade 2035, to repurpose the derelict mall into a major mixed-use complex with around 1,400 residential units, 280,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, over 700,000 square feet of office space, two hotels and a 10,000-seat entertainment center.

That project amounted to the largest ever proposed in Warner Center, and generated plenty of excitement and criticism, including from residents who saw a new invigoration for the West Valley and others who worried about traffic congestion and affordability.

Kroenke’s larger development plans, whenever they come to light, are likely to reignite the same emotions.

“We lived through the entitlement process and went through the slings and arrows,” Blumenfield said of the Promenade 2035 plan. “But since Kroenke has been so silent about what they’re going to do, and whether they’re going to [follow the Promenade plans] or do their own thing, it hasn’t become an issue.”

“I’m more just eager to see how this is going to play out,” Blumenfield added. “That Promenade site has been sitting vacant for a very long time.”

Former Warner Center Rocketdyne site could one day be a residential neighborhood — once it’s toxin-free

A massive Warner Center parcel that formerly housed a manufacturer of rocket engines that propelled American astronauts to the moon has been in escrow since April as the owner of the Mall of America has been trying to purchase the site.The 47-acre parcel, owned by United Technologies Corp., is being marketed as a high-rise urban neighborhood, according to real estate data firm CoStar, and is expected to cost about $150 million. CoStar’s spokeswoman, Megan Sweat, said the sale is expected to close in early 2019.Representat...

A massive Warner Center parcel that formerly housed a manufacturer of rocket engines that propelled American astronauts to the moon has been in escrow since April as the owner of the Mall of America has been trying to purchase the site.

The 47-acre parcel, owned by United Technologies Corp., is being marketed as a high-rise urban neighborhood, according to real estate data firm CoStar, and is expected to cost about $150 million. CoStar’s spokeswoman, Megan Sweat, said the sale is expected to close in early 2019.

Representatives for Triple Five Group Ltd., the owner of the Mall of America, did not have an immediate comment.

But state officials say it could take years and millions of dollars to clean up the property, which is polluted with cancer-causing chemicals, including trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), left from decades of rocket testing.

“It all comes down to conditions of the site, in terms of geology and what kind of soils there are and whether groundwater moves easily or not,” said Arthur Heath, an environmental program manager at the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. “Depending on the technology, it can take years to clean it up. You can’t clean it up in a day or year.”

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Heath added that he didn’t know the exact cost of the cleanup but said it could range from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Officials acknowledge the cleanup process is complicated because the toxins seeped into the soil and groundwater, at approximately 15 to 19 feet below the surface. Soil and groundwater cleanup activities are currently ongoing at the site, according to the Regional Board’s website.

“It’s going to be a long-term cleanup,” said Ana Townsend, a water resource control engineer with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, adding that her team is currently evaluating the vapor data submitted by the landowner as part of the cleanup plan.

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Developed in the mid-1950s, the property, near the 101 Freeway and bounded by Canoga Avenue, Vanowen Street, Owensmouth Avenue and Victory Boulevard, was used for machining, welding, metals plating, painting and engine assembly, according to the regional water quality board.

Between 1956 and 1960, one of the buildings at the corner of Owensmouth Avenue and Vanowen Street was occupied by Atomics International and housed two small nuclear reactors, known as L-47 and L-77, used for the Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power, or SNAP, program which developed nuclear power systems for NASA, according to the U.S. Department of Energy website.

In 1960, Atomics International moved to another facility on De Soto Avenue in Canoga Park, and all radiological activities were transferred to the new site, the U.S. Department of Energy website said. Years later, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmed that the reactor operating licenses for L-44 and L-77 were appropriately terminated by the Atomic Energy Commission. The Vanowen building was demolished in 2006.

Before United Technologies acquired the site in 2005, it was owned by the United State Air Force, Rockwell International and The Boeing Company. Numerous environmental investigations and cleanup activities have been conducted across the site since 1984 that have identified elevated levels of tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene and total petroleum hydrocarbons from historic manufacturing activities at the site, according to the Regional Board’s website.

In 2016, the former Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power plant, which once housed tens of thousands of scientists and engineers from across the San Fernando Valley, was razed. For several months in 2017, work crews removed nearly 8,900 tons of impacted soil with tracked excavators and deposited them off-site, according to the September letter.

But officials with the Regional Board said that the cleanup did not address remediation of elevated concentrations of toxins found above the groundwater, or in the vadose zone, soil vapor at the site, according to the document.

Meanwhile, experts say toxins found underneath the site can cause some serious health problems.

“Some of the chemicals such as tetrachloroethene and trichloroethane are known human carcinogens that damage the liver and kidney,” said Jill Johnston, an assistant professor of preventive medicine in the environmental health division of USC’s Keck School of Medicine. “If they are exposed to really high levels, people feel dizziness, headaches and can get respiratory irritation.”

Bonnie Klea, a West Hills resident and former worker at the Canoga Park facility, said she was not surprised when she heard about the pollutants found underneath the Canoga Park property. She worked for Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power plant, as a secretary in the early 1970s and experienced headaches every time she visited the site. Then in 1995, she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. Klea soon found out that she was one of many former Rocketdyne workers who were battling the deadly disease.

Nearly 878 cases were filed by former workers of the Canoga Park facility who suffered from cancer. About $55.5 million has been paid out, according to the United States Department of Labor’s website.

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Klea added that she was concerned about communities that live around the site.

“I am very hesitant about the development there,” she said. “I know what happened in the past and that’s’ awful.”

Jane Williams, the executive director of California Communities Against Toxics, said United Technologies, the landowner needs a long-term plan to remediate groundwater underneath the site to protect current and future residents who live nearby.

“The groundwater can take centuries to cleanup,” she said. “But development companies get in, develop, get their money and go home. They are not designed to do these long-term cleanups.”

But state officials say the polluted groundwater is “fairly deep” to put residents who live near the facility at risk.

“In order to be exposed to the contaminants in the groundwater or soil, you need to be able to breathe and touch them,” said Heath of the regional board. “In this case, the groundwater is at the point where — the contaminated part of it — no one is directly exposed to it.”

Over the years, the groundwater has traveled off-site and is now being remediated, Townsend said, adding that no drinking water wells have been impacted.

Earlier this year, United Technologies asked the Regional Board to begin tackling the soil vapor issues and install vapor mitigation systems beneath all future on-site buildings.

But before the landowner moves ahead with the process, the company needs to file a remedial plan by Jan. 20 with “feasible remedial technologies” to cleanup soil vapor, according to correspondence filed with the Regional Board. Townsend said once United Technologies completes the soil cleanup, the company may move on with developing the site even while the groundwater cleanup efforts are still underway.

“Once they get a closure — depending on what kind of closure they get — they can build even though they are remediating the groundwater.”

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