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Like many movie palaces of the 1920s, the 1,900-seat Westlake Theatre was part of a larger commercial building that included retail and office space. Architect Richard Mortimer Bates, Jr., designed the Westlake's storefront and theatre facades in the Spanish Colonial Revival Style. Built at a cost of $500,000, it opened on 09/22/1926 and ended showing films on 06/26/1991. Long vacant, the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles bought the Westlake and neighboring buildings for $10.7 million in 02/2008; it sought a buyer who would operate the auditorium as a performing arts center and others spaces as retail and affordable housing.

Los Angeles architect S. Charles Lee completed a remodeling of the Westlake's ticket booth, portions of the lobby and marquee. Its rooftop marquee was renovated in 1987.