The Long Beach plant where Boeing workers not so long ago built their last 717 passenger plane is in escrow and will become “the largest independent [film] production facility in the world.”

That’s according to the company buying the property, Long Beach Studios, LLC, and also today’s Press-Telegram, which chronicles the ongoing purchase in a three-bylined story from Kevin Butler, Paul Eakins, and Tim Grobaty.

The site, which has two hangars, eventually will feature “40 soundstages ranging in size from 12,000 to 200,000 square feet, and over 300,000 square feet of full-service rental office space.” That’s a quote from Long Beach Studios’ website.

Cal State Long Beach students could benefit from the project, too.

Craig Smith, chairman of the CSULB Film and Electronic Arts Department, told the P-T that Long Beach Studios has offered students the free use of a soundstage.

There’s no word on what this will mean to the Boeing facility’s historic “Fly DC Jets” neon sign, visible as you drive north on Lakewood Boulevard past the plant, so maybe it won’t be affected.

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