Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building (Los Angeles, California)
Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building, located in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, was built in 1927 as a distribution center for the company's mail order department.
The building served that function until 1992, when Sears closed its Los Angeles distribution center and sold the building. Though Sears still operates a retail store on the ground floor, the rest of the enormous complex has remained vacant since 1992. The 1,800,000-square-foot (170,000 m2) complex, considered one of the iconic landmarks of LA's Eastside, has been the subject of several renovation proposals since the mid-1990s. In 2007 and 2008, Boyle Heights native Oscar de la Hoya made two bids to acquire the property, with plans to convert the complex into retail and residential space.
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