The wrecking ball is set to fall on several historic TV homes, including both the 60s sitcom “Bewitched” and the 70s musical series “The Partridge Family” and the retro location for Marvel’s “WandaVision,” TheWrap has confirmed.
According to a source at Warner Bros. Ranch who spoke to TheWrap, demolition is scheduled for an unspecified point this summer.
Warner Bros. took over the property from Columbia Pictures in 1990. Among the many movies filmed on the road are “American Beauty,” “Lethal Weapon,” “Christmas,” National Lampoon’s Vacation,” “Pleasantville,” while TV shows include “Father Knows Best,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” according to IMDb. Eight Is Enough,” “The Middle,” “Young Sheldon” and “Animal Kingdom.”
The tree-lined, time-capsule street as well as neighboring parks, swimming pools and brownstone-fronted homes will be leveled to make way for 16 new soundstages, offices and parking. Warner Bros. Property sold to Worth Real Estate Group and the Stockbridge Real Estate Fund in 2019 and will return in 2025 upon completion of the $500 million redevelopment.
The fountain famously used in the “Friends” opening was moved from the park to the main Warner Bros. lot in 2022 and is now a part of the studio tour.
Jeff Nagler, President of Warner Bros. Worldwide Studio Operations LA Daily News in 2021 that the company “continuing to enhance our state-of-the-art studios and full-service offerings for our productions and partners is a key priority for our company, and the new Ranch Lot development will certainly meet this goal. Los Angeles area.
Jeff Worth, president of Worth Real Estate Group, described the development to the Daily News as “the largest studio development in the country” at 926,000 square feet.
