11029 Washington Boulevard
Redevelopment Proposals Now Being Accepted
The City of Culver City is accepting proposals for the redevelopment of 11029 Washington Boulevard through August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM PST. You can view the request for proposals including all submittal requirements on the City’s PlanetBids webpage.
Property Description
The property is a 0.2777-acre parcel containing a 4,660 square foot, one-story building with a former retail and office use built in 1953. The site is a corner lot with 20 parking spaces. The parcel is zoned Mixed-Use Corridor 1 - 35 dwelling units per acre.
On September 9, 2023, the City Council approved purchase of the property located at 11029 Washington Boulevard. Between 1953 and 2023, it was used as the Martin B. Retting gun shop. The City has repainted the exterior of the site and installed a fence to secure the parking lot. The City’s former Artist Laureate Katy Kranz installed a temporary mural project and a temporary mosaic project on the exterior of the building. The mosaic project is a ceramic tile mural installed in the five trapezoidal frames on the building wall at pedestrian-level. Public participation in the creation of the mural, led by Ms. Krantz, was incorporated into the October input-gathering community event at the building, to draw people to the event and encourage community participation. With the assistance of Public Works staff, Ms. Krantz installed the mural in December 2024.
Community Input
At the May 28, 2024 City Council meeting, the City Council discussed how to determine the future use of the property. The City Council directed staff to return to City Council with a proposal for a robust public input process to determine the future use of the property, for its consideration. Staff presented a public input proposal at the September 10, 2024 City Council meeting, which was approved by City Council. Public input took place from September 2024 through November 2024.
The City received 255 responses to the online visioning form, which exceeded the goal of 250 responses set at the September City Council meeting. At the community meeting, eight new ideas that hadn’t already been submitted using the online form were submitted. Staff also received seven emails with ideas, and some of the 125 social media comments also had ideas.
In all, the public submitted 103 unique ideas for what the City could do with the property. Attachment 4 has a complete list of all the unique ideas submitted using the online form, at the community meeting, and via email and social media. The category of ideas which were submitted most often are (with the number of individuals submitting the idea in parentheses): Affordable Housing (58), Community/Recreation Center (45), Commercial Development (restaurant, store, business) (36), Arts Center (performing and/or visual arts) (34), Park/Open Space (including gardens, community gardens, sport courts, pools) (22), Social Services (including homelessness, childcare, mental health) (18), Market Rate Housing (10), Sell/Give Away the property (10), Museum (7), and Business Incubator (3). It is important to note that this is not a scientific survey, but a snapshot of the various ideas in the community as contributed by people who chose to fill out the form.
Approximately 60 people attended the October community meeting at the property, and of those 43 people completed an evaluation form of the 83 ideas that had been submitted at the time. They were asked to check a box next to ideas that they liked. They could check multiple boxes. Staff counted the number of likes garnered by each idea, and then ranked them from most popular to least popular (see Attachment 5). The ideas that generated the most likes (with the number of likes noted in parentheses) were: Art Studio/School (18), Community Garden (16), Affordable Housing (15), Garden (15), and Makerspace (14). It’s important to note that this is not a scientific community survey, but rather an indication of the uses that would be most appealing to people attending a weekend morning art event, who chose to complete the form.
Of the 255 responses, people self-categorized themselves as follows (number of people indicated in parentheses): Live in Culver City (206), Live Near Culver City (14), Work in Culver City (12), Live and Own a Business in Culver City (5), Former Resident (4), Live and Work in Culver City (3).
At the City Council meeting on April 14, 2025, the City Council directed staff to issue a request for proposals for the redevelopment of the property.
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