Mar Vista Apartment Buildings

Mar Vista is Westside-adjacent LA City. That one sentence captures the pricing tension that defines every Mar Vista transaction: the demographics and demand of the Westside, combined with the regulatory regime of LA City.

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

Mar Vista apartment building sales — the closed record

Buildings closed3
Units21
Total volume$7.4 million
Price per unit range$348K – $360K

With 3 closings here, this is a range rather than a median — too small a sample to call a midpoint. The full record across every submarket is in the Sterman Transaction Index.

Every Mar Vista building in the record

AddressUnitsPriceClosed
4013 Alla Rd5$1,800,0002022-07
3201 S Barrington Ave6$2,125,0002021-08
11905 Avon Way10$3,475,0002018-11
Selling guide

Selling an apartment building in Mar Vista

Mar Vista sits between Palms, Venice, and Culver City — geographically Westside, regulatorily LA City. The submarket is predominantly pre-1978 multifamily with LA City RSO applying to most inventory. Demographics are str...

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Living in Mar Vista

Mar Vista is a Westside LA neighborhood between Santa Monica and Culver City, with a mix of post-war single-family housing, small multifamily, and increasingly dense commercial development along Venice Boulevard.

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Closings

Sterman closings in Mar Vista

4 Sterman Multifamily Group closings in Mar Vista. See the full transaction record.

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FAQ

Questions about selling in Mar Vista

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

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Michael's Take
Mar Vista sits at the intersection of Westside premium pricing and more accessible Valley-like cost structure. Small multifamily dominates. The buyer pool is diverse — 1031 exchangers, local operators, individual investors.

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