Historic Star-News building (Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)
PASADENA – ColoradoBoulevard.net:
Los Angeles breakfast chain Wake and Late, the property’s second major new culinary tenant of 2022, signs 10-year lease of 12,000 square feet.
By News Desk
Wake and Late Restaurants has leased nearly the entire 12,000-square-foot ground floor of the historic Pasadena Star-News building. The culinary space was previously Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts’ training ground for aspiring chefs.
Wake and Late, an expanding Los Angeles-based breakfast burrito chain (coffee, tea, breakfast and brunch) , plans a new storefront location for food and coffee sales and a large-scale bakery that will supply bread, pastries, and baked goods for all Wake and Late locations. The lease announcement comes just after Greenbridge Investment Partners leased the building’s entire 7,500-square-foot 4th floor to Los Angeles-based gourmet cookie company, Last Crumb.
The landmark building, at 525 E. Colorado Blvd. in the heart of Pasadena’s financial district, is near the historic Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Civic Center, Paseo Colorado, and many of the city’s most vibrant dining and entertainment destinations.
The building’s ideal location and functionality are complemented by its eye-grabbing architecture that made it an immediate and lasting landmark since the Pasadena Star-News opened it in 1925. Designed by notable American architect Joseph Blick, much of the original exterior has been preserved. The interior retains much of the large open spaces, irreplaceable ceilings and historic stonework from the original design.
Greenbridge Investment Partners, a Los Angeles-based commercial real estate investment firm, reports that the property’s 82,509 square feet of total rentable space is pushing its way closer to full capacity as interest grows for the remaining vacancies on the 2nd and 3rd floors and the penthouse.
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Sounds like good news. This is such a gorgeous building, it’s nice to see a business come in. I loved Le Cordon Bleu’s restaurant there.