In the 1920s, land was zoned in Brentwood Place; 26th Street and
San Vicente Boulevard was reserved for commercial construction. The
Herbert M. Baruch Corporation, a construction company that existed from the early 1920s until the mid 1950s, originally developed the country mart. Louis M. Sentei and A.L. Levin were the original owners of the mart. Their mission was to create a "one stop shopping" center in the heart of Brentwood. Architect
Rowland Crawford, famous for designing the
Santa Monica Sears Department Store, and phase two of the
Los Angeles Times Building, designed a commercial building with a country feel to it. Sentei and Levin aimed to create a similarity to the
Fairfax District Farmers' Market, a place containing a grouping of fresh food eateries. His design embodied the rural atmosphere of Brentwood at the time. The Country Mart included a post office, shoe repair, and barbershop, which are still present today. He restored the property architecturally, and reinstated many of the Mart's original offerings, such as a post office, food courtyard, barber shop, toy store, and shoe repair shop, as well as a rotating series of pop-up shops such as Kule and Rowing Blazers. J.S. Rosenfield and co. leased the property from John E. Anderson (the namesake of UCLA Anderson School of Business). ==Celebrity sightings==