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1825 N Gramercy PlSold

36 Units for $5M - Why I Like It

$140,278 per door. $161/SF. - This Is Why I Track Every Apartment Sale in Los Angeles.

At a glance

Sale Price
$5,050,000

closed Apr 1, 2026

Units
36

all studios

Price / Unit
$140,278

per door

Price / SF
$161

31,338 gross SF

CAP (Current)
6.15%

at close, CoStar

Year Built
1968

LARSO applies

Lot SF
15,009

0.34 acres, LAR3

Loan
$3,282,500

65% LTV, originated Apr 10

Submarket $/Door
$370,000

CoStar Hollywood median

ULA Status
Below

no mansion tax exposure

What matters

  1. The Comp.  9 Studios and 27 One Bedrooms, 1968, 31,338 SF on a 15,009 SF lot in Hollywood. Sold April 1, 2026 for $5.05M. $140,278 per door. $161/SF. 
  2. The Math  A 6.15% current cap on a 1968.  One bedrooms rent for $2000 a month in this market and Studios are about $1500.   There is a lot of upside left beyond the in place income.
  3. Parking.  The building has 36 attached garage stalls, one per unit making it easier to rent units.  That's becoming a competitive advantage with developers delivering under parked buildings. 
  4. The Pro FormaUsing market rents of roughly $2,000 for one-bedrooms and $1,500 for studios, the deal pencils to about a 6.5x GRM.  At a 6.5 GRM, this has the potential to get to a 9% Cap Rate.
1825 N Gramercy Pl photo
FIG. 00, 1825 N GRAMERCY PL, HOLLYWOOD 90028. 36-UNIT BUILDING, 1968, MASONRY, 3 STORIES. SALE CLOSED APRIL 1, 2026. Image via Google Street View.

What an Operator Sees

This is the kind of deal that gets my attention.

You're buying at $161 per square foot, $140,714 per unit, with a 6.15% going-in cap and one parking space per unit. Those numbers are getting harder and harder to find in Los Angeles.

Could I build this today for anywhere close to this basis? Not even close.

Yes, it's an older RSO building, so there will be maintenance, tenant issues, and more hands-on management than newer product. But those are operational challenges experienced owners know how to solve.

What I like most is the parking. Every unit has a space, and I believe parking is becoming more valuable every year. I can renovate a kitchen or replace flooring. I can't create parking where it doesn't exist, and I've learned firsthand that leasing apartments without parking in many LA neighborhoods is much harder than people think.

I track every multifamily sale in Los Angeles so you don't have to.

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Property and transaction data: CoStar Research.

Write to David Safai at David@AtlasBrief.La

Appeared in the Sept. 6, 2026 edition of The Tape.