BUILDINGS/VENICE/1620 VENICE BLVD
/// BUILDING FILE · ROLL 2025

1620 VENICE BLVD.

Los Angeles, CA 90291 · APN 4236-006-025

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UNITS

31

BUILDING SF

24,106

SF / UNIT

778

YEAR BUILT

1988

BEDROOMS

46

BATHROOMS

58

USE · CODE 0500

5+ UNITS

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/// ASSESSED VALUE
LAND$1,448,328
IMPROVEMENTS$5,011,692
TOTAL$6,460,020
LAND BASE YEAR2003

PROP 13 ASSESSED VALUES, USUALLY WELL BELOW MARKET ON LONG-HELD BUILDINGS.

/// LAST TRANSFER
RECORDEDOCT 29, 2002

No market sale detected on this parcel since 2021. The last recorded transfer may have been a refinance, trust move, or family transfer that didn't reset the Prop 13 base.

/// RENT CONTROL

LIKELY UNDER AB 1482 STATE CAP

Built 1988, inside the City of Los Angeles. Construction after 1 October 1978 is outside the RSO, so the statewide cap applies instead: 5% plus regional CPI, never more than 10% in a year.

AB 1482 VS RSO →INFERRED FROM THE ASSESSOR ROLL, NOT AN LAHD DETERMINATION. CONFIRM WITH LAHD / ZIMAS BEFORE RELYING ON IT.
/// ZIP 90291

Estimated sales nearby.

SALE DATES ARE RECORDED TRANSFERS; THE NEWEST HERE IS DEC 30, 2024.

PRICES ESTIMATED FROM ASSESSOR REASSESSMENT AT SALE (ASSESSED VALUE DEFLATED 2%/YR), NOT VERIFIED CLOSING PRICES.

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/// SUBMARKET

This building sits in Venice.

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/// COMMON QUESTIONS · 1620 VENICE BLVD

The short answers.

Is 1620 Venice Blvd rent controlled?

Built 1988, inside the City of Los Angeles. Construction after 1 October 1978 is outside the RSO, so the statewide cap applies instead: 5% plus regional CPI, never more than 10% in a year. This is an inference from public assessor records, not a determination. Confirm the certificate of occupancy date with the LA Housing Department or ZIMAS before you rely on it for pricing or notices.

How many units does 1620 Venice Blvd have?

County records list 31 units at 1620 Venice Blvd, classified as 5+ units across 24,106 square feet of building area, averaging about 778 square feet per unit. Unit counts on the roll can lag permitted conversions and unpermitted additions in both directions.

When was 1620 Venice Blvd built?

The assessor roll gives a build year of 1988, which is after the 1 October 1978 RSO cutoff. The ordinance turns on the certificate of occupancy rather than the roll's build year, so a building finished either side of that date is worth confirming with LAHD. Age drives more than character here. It sets rent-cap exposure, seismic retrofit obligations, and what a lender will underwrite.

When did 1620 Venice Blvd last change hands?

The most recent transfer on the roll was recorded October 2002. Not every recorded transfer is a market sale: refinances, trust transfers, and family conveyances all appear in the same field, and those do not reset the assessed value.

What is 1620 Venice Blvd assessed at, and is that what it is worth?

The current assessed value is $6,460,020 ($1,448,328 land, $5,011,692 improvements). Assessed value is not market value. Under Proposition 13 it resets only on a change of ownership and then climbs about 2% a year, so a long-held building is often assessed far below what it would trade for, and this one has held its base year for roughly 23 years.

Would the owner of 1620 Venice Blvd face a big tax bill on a sale?

Possibly. A base year going back roughly 23 years usually means a long hold and a low tax basis, and a low basis means a large taxable gain on a straight sale: capital gains plus depreciation recapture, with California taxing gains at ordinary income rates. The base year is not proof of when the current owner bought, though: a building inherited from a parent before Proposition 19 took effect in February 2021 could keep the old base year while its tax basis was stepped up at death. Long-held buildings also often sell through a 1031 exchange, or pass through an estate for the step-up in basis.

What is the Venice apartment market doing?

1620 Venice Blvd sits in Venice, in Los Angeles. Sale counts, median price per unit and median price per square foot for the submarket are estimated from county assessor reassessments at sale, not verified closing prices, and are published with the share of rent-control-era stock on the Venice market page. See that page for the figures rather than a number quoted here.

How do I find out what 1620 Venice Blvd would sell for today?

Public records give you the frame, units, size, age, assessed value, and when it last traded, but pricing needs in-place rents, expenses, and the condition of the units, none of which appear in county data. A broker valuation puts closed comps and a rent survey against the actual rent roll. Shaya Lowenstein does that free for LA multifamily owners, typically within 48 hours, with no obligation to list.

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