Area Guide

Downtown Los Angeles and Nearby Neighborhoods

21 neighborhood guides for sellers and buyers.

Downtown Los Angeles is a condo, loft and adaptive-reuse market organized by district: Bunker Hill's towers, the Historic Core and Old Bank District lofts, the Arts District's live-work buildings, South Park's new high-rises near Crypto.com Arena, Little Tokyo and Chinatown, and the Fashion, Flower, Jewelry and Toy Districts, where residential inventory is scarce and mostly converted commercial buildings. The hillside pockets of Elysian Heights, Elysian Park, Solano Canyon and Victor Heights sit just north with single-family homes. Everything here is inside the City of Los Angeles.

Neighborhoods in Downtown

Arts DistrictConverted warehouses, live-work lofts and new towers between Alameda and the Los Angeles River Bunker HillHigh-rise condos on Grand Avenue's cultural hill, between Disney Hall, the Broad, Grand Park and the Financial District ChinatownHillside bungalows, small income properties and new mixed-use between Downtown, Elysian Park and the A Line Civic CenterCity Hall, Grand Park and the courthouses, with condo towers and lofts on every edge Downtown Los AngelesLofts, condo towers and adaptive-reuse landmarks across the Historic Core, South Park, Bunker Hill, the Arts District and beyond Elysian HeightsEcho Park's hilltop, where Baxter Street bungalows and modern view homes border Elysian Park Elysian ParkRidge and canyon homes wrapped around the city's oldest park, Dodger Stadium and the Downtown skyline Fashion DistrictSantee Alley, the California Market Center and a small market of converted garment-building lofts Financial DistrictSkyline towers, the Central Library and a condo market of high-rises and bank-building lofts around Seventh and Figueroa Flower DistrictThe Original and Southern California Flower Markets on Wall Street, with lofts a block away in Santee Village Gallery RowMain and Spring Street's landmark lofts, the Art Walk corridor and the heart of the Historic Core Historic CoreBroadway theaters, Spring Street banks and the deepest landmark loft market in Los Angeles Jewelry DistrictHill Street's jewelry marts beside Pershing Square, with converted-tower condos on every edge Little TokyoJapanese Village Plaza, the JANM and a walkable condo market beside the Little Tokyo/Arts District station Old Bank DistrictFourth and Main, where the Continental, Hellman and San Fernando buildings started Downtown's loft revival Skid RowDowntown's service and supportive-housing district, with converted lofts on the Arts District, Little Tokyo and Fashion District edges Solano CanyonA quiet historic canyon of Victorian cottages and bungalows between Elysian Park, Dodger Stadium and Chinatown South Park (Downtown)Downtown's high-rise condo district around LA Live, the Convention Center and the Figueroa corridor Toy DistrictWholesale storefronts below, converted lofts above, on the blocks between Little Tokyo and Skid Row Victor HeightsA steep hillside pocket of Echo Park with Downtown skyline views, tucked between the 110 and Chinatown Vinegar HillVictorian and Craftsman survivors on the hill between Chinatown and the 110, protected as an HPOZHPOZ

Downtown seller questions

Are there houses for sale in Downtown Los Angeles?

Almost none inside the core. Downtown ownership is condos, lofts and live-work units in high-rises and converted historic buildings. The closest single-family homes are in Elysian Heights, Solano Canyon, Victor Heights and Angelino Heights on the hills north of the 101 and 110.

What do I need to sell a Downtown LA loft or condo?

The HOA document package (budget, reserves, CC&Rs, litigation disclosure, rental restrictions), confirmation of whether the building is warrantable for conventional and FHA financing, a Mills Act status check if the building is historic, and pricing against the last closings in your building and the comparable buildings nearby. Buildings, not neighborhoods, set Downtown values.

What is the Mills Act and does my Downtown building qualify?

The Mills Act is a California program that cuts property taxes, often substantially, for owners of designated historic properties in exchange for maintaining them. Many Historic Core, Old Bank District and Broadway adaptive-reuse buildings carry Mills Act contracts that transfer to the buyer, which is a real selling point. Confirm the building's status with the HOA and the City's Office of Historic Resources.

Which office handles Downtown listings?

The Hollywood office at 6200 Hollywood Blvd. Call (310) 595-0915.

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