Downey Studios

{{Short description|American production studio}}

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The Downey Studios was a production studio in Downey, California.{{Cite web |date=2012-08-17 |title=Downey Studios, Los Angeles |url=http://www.downeystudios.com/Default.htm |access-date=2022-06-03 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817184645/http://www.downeystudios.com/Default.htm |archive-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}

The studio featured {{convert|320,000|m2|acre}} of indoor and outdoor production space including a {{convert|4,600 |m2|sqft|adj=on}} building and a {{convert|23,000|m2|sqft}} building which was home of the largest indoor water tank in North America. A suburban residential street backlot built especially for Christmas with the Kranks, with 5 complete homes and 11 facades, was also available at the studio.

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The studios were created out of the former Rockwell International plant where the Space Shuttle orbiters as well as some vehicles for the Apollo space program were assembled. The studios occupied only a portion of the former plant with the Downey Landing shopping complex, a Kaiser Permanente hospital, a park, and Columbia Memorial Space Center museum taking up the remainder of the space.

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In October 2012 demolition of Downey Studios had begun. The Promenade at Downey retail power center is located on the site today.{{cite news|author=Phillip Zonkel|title=Downey officials see Tierra Luna Marketplace as economic boon|publisher=Press-Telegram|location=Long Beach|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_19802192|accessdate=2012-11-26|archive-date=2012-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126192203/http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_19802192|url-status=dead}}