The building, on what is now the Sony Pictures Entertainment lot, had been sitting vacant since 2017, when longtime tenant and backdrop rental company J.C. Backings moved out.

That backdrop from The Sound of Music was 15 feet tall and 30 feet wide, and other backings – the trade term for backdrops – could be two or three times that, ...

The two backdrops aren’t expected to stay there forever, as Sony or other outside parties who use the event space will be able to swap out the scenery if needed to match the theme of their events.