Steve Hansen, president of TrueCar, in the company’s headquarters in Santa Monica’s Clock Tower building. Standard office space can make creative thinkers feel constrained, he says. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Jacqueline Livingston, left, executive assistant, and Pamela Putian, senior partner development manager, in TrueCar’s Santa Monica headquarters in the Clock Tower. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
TrueCar President Steve Hansen works in a lounge area of the company headquarters. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Some tenants of the landmark Clock Tower building in Santa Monica easily pay twice what prime office space in downtown Los Angeles brings. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Occupants of the Clock Tower include online deal-of-the-day company LivingSocial, Advertising.com and post-production company Famiglia Di Vendetta. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
