Hollywood Apartment Buildings

Hollywood is the LA submarket where more institutional capital has consistently been deployed, for longer, than almost anywhere else west of downtown. It is also one of the submarkets where the July 2026 RSO rewrite lands with full force.

Jurisdiction
LA City
Rent control regime
LA City RSO (pre-1978) + Costa-Hawkins (post-1995)
Sterman closings here
24 transactions
Typical sale
With tenants in place

Hollywood apartment building sales — the closed record

Buildings closed24
Units562
Total volume$153.2 million
Median price per unit$283K
Range$158K – $458K

Median and range are drawn from the 24 Hollywood buildings in the Sterman Transaction Index — Michael Sterman's own closed book, not a market-wide estimate. Per-unit pricing tracks building size as much as location, so compare against buildings of similar unit count rather than against the submarket average.

Every Hollywood building in the record

AddressUnitsPriceClosed
5665 Franklin Ave5$1,025,0002026-07
1820 Grace Ave10$1,775,0002025-11
1301 N Orange Dr3$1,046,0002025-06
1784 N Sycamore Ave42$8,600,0002023-08
1212 N Gower St16$7,325,0002022-06
2030 Ivar Ave16$7,000,0002022-03
6700 Franklin Ave42$17,072,0002022-02
5870 Franklin Ave38$8,512,5002022-01
1757 N Serrano Ave34$8,600,0002021-11
2030 Ivar Ave16$6,150,0002020-07
7467 Hollywood Blvd7$2,900,0002019-02
1756 N Gramercy Pl18$3,750,0002018-11
1310 N Gardner St16$5,450,0002018-06
1006-1008 N El Centro Ave29$4,580,0002018-04
1400 N Gardner St20$5,875,0002017-10
5200 Hollywood Blvd20$3,400,0002016-08
1444 N Vista St18$5,625,0002016-05
1325 N Gardner27$9,100,0002016-02
1255 N Orange33$10,513,5002015-11
1522 N Vista24$8,526,0002015-11
1310 N Gardner St16$3,500,0002015-01
1134 North Sycamore Avenue75$14,000,0002013-06
5455 Lemon Grove Avenue16$3,200,0002013-02
2104 N Cahuenga Blvd21$5,700,0002012-11
Selling guide

Selling an apartment building in Hollywood

Hollywood is dense, urban, and transit-proximate. Walk Score elevated, Metro red line throughout, proximity to employment corridors from Burbank to West LA. Tenant demand is structurally high, and so is the rent concessi...

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Living in town

Living in Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, globally synonymous with the US entertainment industry. Mid-city urban core, intensely commercial along its boulevards, increasingly residential north and south...

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Closings

Sterman closings in Hollywood

25 Sterman Multifamily Group closings in Hollywood. See the full transaction record.

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FAQ

Questions about selling in Hollywood

4 common questions about selling an apartment building in Hollywood — answered.

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Michael's Take
Hollywood is the classic pre-1978 LA City submarket with the full RSO rewrite exposure. The mid-city location, transit access, and entertainment-industry demand base keep the buyer pool deep even through repricing. It's an active transaction market in every cycle.

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