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# Old McDonald’s becoming office
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/old-mcdonalds-becoming-office/
- Published: 2006-02-08T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:11:44.000Z
- Author: Ryan Hyatt
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

COLORADO AVENUE — What was once a McDonald’s restaurant a block from the beach will soon be a three-story office building with underground parking.

Demolition crews in December began dismantling the McDonald’s on the northwest corner of Colorado Avenue and Second Street. The restaurant will be replaced by a 176,000-square-foot office building, featuring ground-floor retail space and 300 parking spots.

The total cost of the project is expected to exceed $30 million, said Norman Kravetz, manager of Realty Bank Corp., the project developer. That figure includes millions of dollars spent over the course of a decade while Kravetz wrangled with City Hall on proposals and counterproposals to meet Santa Monica’s specifications.

In spite of the long road, Kravetz said he’s satisfied with what’s been achieved.

“The building will be of a unique style that takes advantage of Santa Monica’s atmosphere,” Kravetz said.

Offices will feature patios, with a courtyard planned for the second floor. A McDonald’s on the ground floor will occupy 4,500 square feet of the new site. The project is expected to be complete in the spring of 2007\. Kravetz said he’s taking applications from businesses interested in acquiring space. Confirmed tenants include financial, legal and entertainment firms.

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Construction crews work on the site at the corner of Second Street and Colorado Avenue, where a McDonald’s once sat. (Photo: Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 8, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/020806.pdf?ref=smdp.com)