Palms Apartment Buildings

Palms is the LA submarket most sellers underwrite wrong. It sits geographically on the Westside — tucked between West LA and Culver City — but regulatorily it is LA City, with the full weight of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance applying to most of its inventory.

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

Palms apartment building sales — the closed record

Buildings closed13
Units337
Total volume$97.7 million
Median price per unit$297K
Range$237K – $424K

Median and range are drawn from the 13 Palms 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 Palms building in the record

AddressUnitsPriceClosed
3121 S Canfield Ave9$2,135,0002026-04
10915-10921 Rose Ave20$4,975,0002024-05
10751 Rose Ave118$31,700,0002022-12
3701 Westwood Blvd7$2,700,0002020-10
3720 Midvale Ave7$2,300,0002020-08
3701 Westwood Blvd7$2,800,0002020-03
3750 Jasmine Ave40$10,300,0002019-08
3327 Livonia Ave18$7,000,0002019-03
10829 Palms Blvd17$7,200,0002018-01
1946-1954 South Bedford St32$9,500,0002016-12
2020 Preuss Rd20$6,025,0002016-10
3200 Cheviot Vista Pl24$6,325,0002016-10
3649 Midvale Ave18$4,750,0002015-12
Selling guide

Selling an apartment building in Palms

Palms is dense, walkable, and demographically attractive. Proximity to Sony Pictures, Culver City's tech employers, and the Expo Line keeps tenant demand structurally high. The submarket's pre-1978 inventory is among the...

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Living in town

Living in Palms

Palms is a dense Westside LA neighborhood between Culver City and Mar Vista, characterized by 1960s-era multifamily inventory at scale and proximity to the Expo Line.

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Closings

Sterman closings in Palms

14 Sterman Multifamily Group closings in Palms. See the full transaction record.

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FAQ

Questions about selling in Palms

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

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Michael's Take
Palms is the dense mid-Westside multifamily market. Inventory is overwhelmingly pre-1978 apartment stock. The Expo Line is a specific pricing input for buildings within walking distance of stations.

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