The AIDS Healthcare Foundation—which has grown increasingly involved in homelessness, development, and preservation battles—will move into the shuttered Orchard Supply Hardware store on Hollywood Boulevard on the border of Los Feliz and East Hollywood.
A spokesperson says the sprawling commercial building will house an Out of the Closet thrift store, as the organization’s shop at Sunset and El Centro in Hollywood stands to be demolished to make way for a 270-unit apartment complex. That store will close in November.
The former OSH space, which was built in 2017 and spans 38,520 square feet, will also hold the headquarters of the foundation’s public health division and a wellness center. AHF also has a space near Franklin Boulevard and Western Avenue in Hollywood and offices in a high-rise at Argyle Avenue and Sunset Boulevard.
AHF’s new space will be surrounded by new development. Two mixed-use apartment complexes are under construction between Normandie and Vermont avenues in Hollywood; a small-lot development is planned on that strip as well.
Comments
Wish they weren’t contributing to the gentrification of such a vibrant community…
By Joola on 10.18.19 1:54pm
That community has already been gentrified to death, and putting in a thrift store won’t make it any worse. I’d have preferred to see Amoeba Records go in there, but that’s just me.
By Mwynn13 on 10.18.19 2:04pm
My comment came with snark. I find it ironic that an anti-gentrification organization is moving into a gentrified community. I guess it’s okay so long as the damage is already done.
By Joola on 10.18.19 3:09pm
Damn! I was really hoping for Amoeba. Why can’t they sue to stop the El Centro project instead?
By LosFeliz$ean on 10.18.19 2:08pm
All they do is sue and they probably did there as well. You think anyone should just be able to sue to stop something from being built? How about homeless housing?
By LA Denizen on 10.18.19 2:20pm
It we don’t give themselves things anymore. That evil dude just hires lawyers to stop development projects!
By surfnspy on 10.18.19 6:23pm
Isn’t it better that it’s a vibrant space that is utilized soon as opposed to laying empty for years.
By Jerome Cleary on 10.19.19 7:32am
I’d say yes in almost every case but this is an exception. Fuck these people. All they do is hold the community back by suing and delaying projects through litigation.
By Campbell Sadeghy on 10.20.19 12:52am
You think this is the only tenant available? If it’s not Out of the Closet, it would have been a different tenant with the exact same amount of downtime.
By I Like Buildings on 10.21.19 12:53pm
AHF is overdue for an audit.
By HollywoodBandB on 10.19.19 12:33pm
It is good to see AHF not suing some one for something. Lets see what they do with the place. I hope they do something other than sell old things at exorbitant prices. (psst you aren’t Bloomingales" ).
By Mildred Fillmore on 10.19.19 5:52pm
I’m boycotting Out of the Closet. I refuse to give that bastard one dollar to block development in our city.
By goingup on 10.20.19 8:08pm
I want OSH back. Screw the incompetent CEO who closed it.
By enter ranting on 10.21.19 11:52am
I would much rather have a local hardware store than ANOTHER vintage clothing store in Los Feliz, but hey, not my building.
By Greyvagabond on 10.22.19 9:16am
The irony will be when half their clothing is overstock from the nearby Target…
By disqusted on 10.22.19 1:36pm