Labubu is officially in the building. Pop Mart, the Chinese toymaker behind the wildly popular blind‑box character, has leased the Slash office building at 3534 Hayden Avenue in Culver City and is turning it into its Los Angeles corporate hub. The move drops the brand directly into the Hayden Tract, a hot pocket for creative and entertainment outfits on L.A.’s west side.
According to CoStar, Pop Mart has taken the entire building, with brokers from JLL and Cushman & Wakefield attached to the deal. CoStar also points out how the property picked up its "Slash" nickname from a literal cut running through the facade.
Inside the Slash Building and Who’s Handling It
The property is marketed as "Slash" at 3534 Hayden Ave in JLL, which lists Gabriel J. Brown as the broker on the site. Public records and market listings on LoopNet size the building in the low‑20,000s of square feet and highlight its creative, warehouse‑style interiors that tend to attract media tenants.
Pop Mart’s Westside Play
Pop Mart has been pushing overseas as Labubu and the blind‑box format go global, even while the company rides out market swings and regulatory scrutiny. Bloomberg reported that state‑media commentary in China rattled investor sentiment around blind‑box toys, while CNBC has detailed the rapid jumps in revenue and profit that are helping bankroll Pop Mart’s expansion abroad.
Culver City’s Hayden Tract has turned into a magnet for content and tech players. The Los Angeles Times recently covered Apple Music’s new studio in Culver City, and local commercial coverage has underscored the neighborhood’s concentration of media and production tenants. That mix of warehouse‑style spaces and proximity to production ecosystems is what brokers say keeps brands like Pop Mart circling this corner of the Westside.
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