Article: Santa Monica Boulevard reconstruction spurs speculation. (Up Front).(Volkswagen of America Inc. buys SW corner of Little Santa Monica and Beverly Glen boulevards for $6.4 mn)

Looking three years down the road, Volkswagen of America Inc. has purchased the property at the southwest corner of Little Santa Monica and Beverly Glen boulevards for $6.4 million.

The deal, at nearly $250 a foot for the 26,000-square-foot site, marks the latest in a series of investments that will bank on improvements now underway along Santa Monica Boulevard.

While office and retail tenants already have felt the effects of the $68.5 million Santa Monica Boulevard Transit Parkway Project, a few investors are maneuvering to be in place when the 2.5-mile reconstruction is completed, now scheduled for August 2005.

At least four investors, ...

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