Skyline Locations Opens Location Service for Film Production in Boston, Massachusetts

Initially offering 23 class-A properties as film and television locations in the greater Boston area

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During the last three years, a substantial amount of film production and television production activity, historically based in Los Angeles, has moved to Boston, Massachusetts and more recent trends indicate that Boston's influx of filming activity is here to stay. Skyline Locations (www.skylinelocations.com) – a Los Angeles based location service for film production – responded this month to this dramatic evolution in the film and television industry by opening a full-service version of its operation in Boston (www.skylinelocations.com/boston) with a portfolio of 23 class-A office and mixed-use properties for filming and anticipates that film production demands will support an even greater portfolio. Skyline Locations anticipates that its Boston portfolio will more than double within the next 60–90 days.

Skyline Locations serves as the agent for property owners desiring to avail their properties to the film production industry to maximize revenues through short-term licensing as filming locations for film production, television production, commercials and photo shoots. Skyline Locations offers its services to property owners through unparalleled experience and professionalism in film and television production as well as commercial property development and management – a unique blend of experiences affording Skyline Locations an unmatched ability to manage film-related activities within these real estate environments without disrupting normal business activities. Lead by D. Sinclair Anderson II, principal (www.skylinelocations.com/bios), Skyline Locations opened its doors to the Los Angeles market in 2004 as a subsidiary of SHM Partners (www.shmpartners.com), a real estate development and management company whose list of accomplishments includes the development of Los Angeles Center Studios – a full service film studio campus in downtown Los Angeles.

According to the Massachusetts Film Office (www.mafilm.org), Massachusetts has been home to more than 25 projects filming in Boston and throughout the state over the last three years. Film production through 2008 includes such titles as “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” “Bride Wars,” “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” “Pink Panther II,” “Gone Baby Gone,” and many more. There are more than ten features currently filming or in various stages of production in Boston plus a series of television productions, commercials and still photo projects. One of the largest contributing factors to the influx of production activity is a very aggressive Film Tax Credit (www.mafilm.org/tax-credits) which, according to the Massachusetts Film Office, has attracted more than $675 million in new direct spending within Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Tax Credit affords filmmakers who meet certain requirements a tax credit equal to 25 cents for every new dollar of spending that they bring to Massachusetts plus a 100% sales tax exemption on any production related items purchased in the state.

D. Sinclair Anderson II says, “Skyline Locations will remain committed to the Los Angeles region as the home to film and television production. At the same time, we have to recognize that many factors are changing the landscape of our industry and we need to grow with these trends. I firmly believe that Skyline Locations’ establishment as the premier provider of location services in markets such as Boston will foster synergies that will allow us to realize sustainable growth in the Los Angeles and Boston marketplaces simultaneously.”

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