Left, Jeff Taylor owns & operates The Production Shop, a tidy, memorabilia-filled warehouse in Burien you can rent. Pictured, right, top & bottom, is the balcony, complete with pool table and sitting area overlooking the cavernous first floor, and a view from the ground floor.
Th Production Shop, a tidy, 4,877 square foot, two-story warehouse north of Olde Burien, is now renting its cavernous space to film crews, foundations, and fun-seekers. Its property owner is Fremont resident Jeff Taylor, 43, who spends more and more time living in the warehouse's upstairs apartment. The high, interior walls sport charming, auto-related neon signs, ad posters, and other memorabilia that evoke the bygone historic Route 66 era. And, Taylor said, The Production Shop is the perfect place to get your kicks. The Highline Schools Foundation's Gold Star Awards BASH was held there March 22.
Taylor explained, "We have a lot of space, 74-feet by 50-feet, with a lot of amenities. Some may believe Burien is out of the way from downtown Seattle, but I can drive here from Fremont in about 20 minutes when there is no traffic.
"My dad (Bill) was an old-car hobbyist, and the 1934 Ford advisor for V8 Times Magazine," Said Jeff. Bill passed away in 2007. "He stared his collection with the '34 (Ford) Roadster. I grew up with that car. He built this place. He hung every piece of drywall himself, and every sign.
"He and my mom were thinking of moving down to Arizona and having a motor home and parking it here (seasonally) and staying in the apartment. But once my sister had her twins there was no moving. They decided to stay.
Jeff recalled, "I remember when my dad and I stood against one of these walls and he said, 'You must be getting excited. This is going to make a great studio.' I was like,' Well, Dad, I'm having trouble getting too excited' since he was talking about passing away. Basically he was telling me, 'Do your own thing here.' I think he got a kick out of the idea of my using this space for a rental studio."
Another Fremont resident, Tony Becerra, Producer and First Assistant Director for the locally created film series, "JourneyQuest Season-2", was recently on set with cast and other crew members at The Production Shop which he said was the perfect fit for filming.
"I found The Production Shop amazing," Becerra said. "It is exactly what we needed. We have crew from both in Seattle and Tacoma, and Burien is the perfect meeting spot, the perfect meld of destination. I love it. We are building huge sets with a lot of production crew. And there is plenty of space for our actors, equipment, and food."
If interested in renting The Production Shop, contact Jeff Taylor at (206)850-1408, or by email at jeffjtaylor@mac.com
