Netflix, Amazon fuel LA office demand as streaming flourishes

Boom times: The space streaming companies like Netflix and Amazon lease has evolved from the small offices of a few years ago to the giant production facilities typically associated with traditional Hollywood studios.

House of Cards needs more room. 

Netflix Inc, the streaming service that’s home to the political drama, last month leased an entire five-story office building in Hollywood, less than three months after signing a decade-long deal for adjacent stages and production offices, bringing its total space in the Sunset Bronson Studios complex to more than 500,000 square feet (46,500 square meters) – roughly the size of five Wal-Mart stores.