2003-2011 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405

2003 Main Street is a block south of Pico Boulevard at the northern edge of the Main St. commercial area.
The existing one-story commercial building sits on the southeast corner of Main Street and Bay Street and was built in the 1920s. It contains 4,305 SF in 3 lease spaces, two of which are currently vacant. The building is considered a cultural landmark because it housed the surf shop that sponsored the Dogtown skateboarders in the 1970s who revolutionized skateboarding. The site is 12,057 SF and, as currently configured, has 5 parking spaces.
Dogtown Coffee has been a tenant in the northernmost space for the last 10 years. It consists of an 1285 SF incidental food use retail business and has an attached patio on its north edge and close to 500 SF of outdoor seating on the parking lot. The two unoccupied commercial spaces to its south are 1480 SF and 1540 SF.
2003 Main Street Entitlements:
The City of Santa Monica and the California Coastal Commission have entitled the property for the following:
1) install a permanent roof over the outdoor seating area for the existing coffee shop
2) Install new fences and gates along the side street
3) structurally strengthen the rear wall of the two unoccupied spaces and install glazing and doors to allow more light and access into these spaces
4) pave the parking area to restore all spaces and install stormwater mitigation measures
5) construct a new 2124 SF 2-story commercial building along the east property line
All items have Santa Monica Planning, Transportation and Waste Management approval and Coastal Commission approval. Items 1, 2, and 3 are permit ready for construction. Item 4 has engineering plans ready for plan check submittal. Item 5 requires architectural and engineering drawings to be prepared and submitted for plan check. Additionally, plans for a new 800 3- phase transformer are prepared and SCE (Southern California Edison) has completed its design phase to provide the power to the site.
Important: the reported size of the spaces is the leasable area. The actual building size is different, which is based on net of exterior walls, which is the area zoning uses.