Work Begun on Mixed-Use Development

Construction is under way on the Village on Canon, a $35-million, 93,000-square-foot mixed-use development at the northwest corner of Canon Drive and Dayton Way in Beverly Hills.

About 62,000 square feet of the development at 321 N. Canon Drive will be office space, according to Edward Okun, general partner in Lerner/Okun Joint Venture, developers.

Gensler & Associates, Century City, is the architect of the three-story Italianate-French Mediterranean structure featuring a circular courtyard with a two-story high cascade and a waterfall. The design also includes a domed rotunda.

The complex continues the upgrading of Canon Drive that has begun in recent years, according to Moses Lerner, the other development partner. The office leasing agent is Julien J. Studley Inc., while Gilbert Dembo & Associates is in charge of retail leasing. Keller Construction Co. is the contractor.