Reimagining El Segundo’s Industrial Soul
Where Innovators, Builders and Creators Break New Ground
Why Smoky hollow?
Smoky Hollow fuels bold ideas with space for creativity, adaptability, and growth.
Featured business
Electric Goddess
Specialized battery consulting and advanced validation lab testing.
SpaceX, Liquid IV and Beyond Meat all share a common origin – El Segundo’s Smoky Hollow District. A launchpad for ambitious startups to grow into global industry leaders. Today, the next generation of firms are riding waves of venture and institutional capital—with several achieving “unicorn” valuations of $1 billion or more — as they push the envelope in aerospace, energy, robotics, unmanned aerial systems and a lot more. Whatever you’re building, you’ll find the brainpower, community, and momentum right here.
Smoky Hollow fuels bold companies with proximity to capital, talent and infrastructure to scale.
what is Smoky hollow?
Smoky Hollow is an eclectic incubator district of creative, innovative, and dynamic businesses.
Nestled between Grand Avenue and the Chevron Refinery, Smoky Hollow is a century-old industrial zone shaped by manufacturing, energy, and aerospace. What once powered machine shops, foundries and early flight programs now anchors a concentrated innovation district.
Adaptive commercial and industrial buildings, business-friendly policies, and smart zoning support high-growth technology, R&D, advanced manufacturing, and creative enterprises.
Here, you’ll find teams designing propulsion systems, AI-enabled technology, next-generation manufacturing platforms, and even cloud-seeding drones. With an abundance of adaptable spaces just short walk from Main Street and minutes from LAX, founders can create hybrid light-industrial and creative office spaces, making it easy to establish roots, expand operations, and scale over time.
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Found your dream. Find Your Future HQ.
A Hotbed for “Hard Tech”
What is hard tech? Think scientific discovery meets advanced engineering. Or in other words, “sci-fi becoming reality.” Hard Tech describes a new generation of engineering-first firms that seek to re-shape the real world from categories spanning aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, clean energy and more. And – following in the footsteps of SpaceX, founders are putting down roots in Smoky Hollow.
Explore the Map
Explore Smoky Hollow, Block by Block
Meet the Neighbors
A Diverse Ecosystem in a Compact Footprint
Smoky Hollow is home to:
- Venture-backed startups
- Aerospace, defense & other hard tech firms
- Creative agencies, law firms and other professional services
- Glass blowing and ceramics studios
- Cafés, breweries and steps to downtown
Getting Around
Everything’s Closer than you Think
- Steps to Downtown El Segundo
- 7 mins to LAX
- Walkable, bikeable, and full of character
- Zoned for innovation (light industrial + office)
- Surrounded by like-minded talent and founders
What’s Happening in Smoky Hollow
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Bring Your Vision to Smoky Hollow
Whether you’re founding, growing, scaling up, there’s a place for your business in Smoky Hollow. Let’s talk.
Interested in a city tour?
Contact City Manager
Darrell George
Expanding or Relocating?
Contact Deputy City Manager
Barbara Voss
Available property inquiries
Contact Sr. Management Analyst
Cristina Reveles
