David Simon is so bullish on Hollywood he's building a new movie studio there from the ground up and renovating another one that dates to the days of silent films. They're the largest of 10 projects the real estate developer has going in Hollywood at a time when many other Los Angeles builders have paused work in the face of high interest rates and construction costs that make it harder to build profitably. Simon is banking on the lasting stamina of the entertainment industry even as it goes... Read this story
