Citrus Commons’ landscape design respects and builds upon its iconic status of the historic Sunkist Headquarters Building to create strong connections with its surrounding neighborhood and the Los Angeles River.

IMT Sherman Oaks is a new development that respects and builds upon its iconic status and historic character to build strong connections within the neighborhood and with the Los Angeles River.

Duane Border
Principal

The mixed-use development, anchored by the historic Sunkist Building, includes a redesign of the landmark office building, as well as, new commercial, residential components and new parking structure, all designed by Johnson Fain. 

Duane Border, leading the Duane Border Design (a BMLA Company) team, provided landscape master plan and detailed design for the 8.5 acre site to reposition the iconic property beginning in 2013, including redesign of the existing building’s open-air atrium, residential garden courts and all public and private green spaces.

The property will develop vibrant streetscapes along the active Riverside Drive corridor and Fashion Square Mall on Hazeltine. The eastern boundary of the site also includes a greenbelt to support community connections from the Van Nuys / Sherman Oaks Recreation Center two blocks north of the project with the future Los Angeles River Pedestrian and Bike corridor along the southern property line.

Flanking the historic architecture of the former Sunkist Headquarters are linear gardens to carry pedestrians and bikers through the site and expand outdoor creative office use.