Former Arthur Elrod Studio · 850 N Palm Canyon Drive
Champagne, conversation, and 4,180 SF of mid-century history.
The space is now available.
On the afternoon of June 12, 2026, Open + Range opened the doors of 850 N Palm Canyon Drive — the former studio of legendary designer Arthur Elrod — to an invited gathering of buyers, brand principals, designers, and cultural figures from across Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Presented in partnership with the Palm Springs Cultural Center, guests shared champagne beneath the original riveted entry door Elrod specified himself, in 4,180 square feet of mid-century commercial history. It was the first Open + Range event in Palm Springs — a collaboration between Windermere Commercial and Clozing CRE.
Guests moved freely through the ground-floor showroom and into the adjacent offices — imagining the space as a flagship retail destination, a design studio, a gallery, a wellness concept. Several high-quality tenant conversations began that afternoon and are continuing. The space is now available.
“You put the right people in the right room and something happens that a brochure can’t do.”
— Kate Pawlicki Bourne, Clozing CRE Principal
Arthur Elrod arrived in Palm Springs in 1947 and spent the next two decades defining what the desert interior could be. His firm shaped the interiors of the most celebrated mid-century homes in the Coachella Valley, working alongside architects including John Lautner, William Cody, Donald Wexler, and Hugh Kaptur.
850 N Palm Canyon Drive was his studio from 1968 — Elrod designed the building himself, and the original riveted entry door remains. The proportions of the showroom still reflect the design language his firm brought to the corridor and to the world. This is one of the last remaining spaces directly connected to his practice. It is ready for its next chapter.
Open + Range is a program within Clozing CRE at Windermere Commercial Palm Springs. We take vacant or transitional commercial properties and create cultural activations that introduce them to the right audience before a traditional listing can.
June 12 was the first Open + Range activation of 850 N Palm Canyon. If you have a commercial space that deserves this kind of attention, let’s talk.
The second activation in the Open + Range series at 850 N Palm Canyon is planned for Fall 2026 — a meditation and sound series inside the building Elrod designed himself. Works by artist Jenna Marie Hansen.
Get on the list: kate.clozingcre@gmail.com