partners/jan20/bb/6 inches/mike1st/mark2nd Payroll processing specialist Entertainment Partners is planning to develop a 90,000-square-foot Burbank office building into which it will consolidate operations from several Burbank-area sites, according to City of Burbank development officials. The company, which primarily serves the entertainment production industry, is currently headquartered on Olive Avenue in Burbank’s Media District. Entertainment Partners officials didn’t return phone calls for comment. But Jim O’Neil, special assistant to Burbank’s community development director, said he expects the city this week to approve the company’s plans to develop a new headquarters building on the vacant lot at 2835 Naomi St., near Glenoaks Boulevard. The site, formerly occupied by Ocean Technology Industries, is just east of the Golden State (5) Freeway near Woodbury University. O’Neil added that Entertainment Partners is expected to break ground on the proposed three-story building shortly after plans get final approval. Demand from the entertainment industry has filled nearly all the office space in the Media District and throughout the Burbank area. That has left companies wishing to expand or consolidate with little choice but to commit to new developments or leave the city. Brad Berton –30–
