Downtown LA Lofts for Rent
Downtown is the reason Los Angeles has a loft market at all. Most of the inventory here exists because the city’s Adaptive Reuse Ordinance let owners convert historic office, bank and manufacturing buildings into housing, which is why a DTLA loft is far more likely than a loft anywhere else in the city to be a genuine conversion rather than new construction styled to look like one.
About Downtown Los Angeles lofts
That history is what produces the two kinds of unit people mean when they say "loft" here. A hard loft is the converted article: concrete or timber structure, exposed columns and ductwork, oversized original windows, ceilings that were built for machinery rather than for living, and floorplans that are open because the building was never divided in the first place. A soft loft is purpose-built to that aesthetic, usually newer, usually with better insulation, parking and elevators, and usually with more conventional room separation.
Neither is better. They fail differently. Hard lofts have the light and the volume and the character that does not get built any more, along with the sound transmission, the single-pane glass and the heating and cooling bills that come with a hundred-year-old envelope. Soft lofts are quieter and cheaper to run and easier to finance, and they rarely have the ceiling height or the windows.
Downtown is also not one place. The Historic Core, the Arts District, the Fashion District and South Park each have their own building stock, their own street life and their own price behaviour, and a buyer who likes one frequently does not like the others. The practical move is to shortlist by building rather than by "Downtown", which is the whole reason this site is organised around buildings.
Downtown LA loft buildings
Every Downtown LA building we track. Shortlisting by building is more useful than shortlisting by neighbourhood — HOA health, parking and ceiling height vary far more between buildings than between blocks.
Metropolis Tower II
877 Francisco St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Downtown
Grand Lofts
330 W 11th St / 1100 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
Sky Lofts
801 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Downtown
Metropolis Tower I
889 Francisco St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Downtown
Higgins Building
108 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Downtown
Little Tokyo Lofts
420 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Downtown
Market Lofts
645 W 9th St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
Gallery Lofts
120-130 S Hewitt St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Arts District
Perla On Broadway
400 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Downtown
Mura
629 Traction Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Arts District
Santee-Cornell Building
746 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
SB Grand
312 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Downtown
Santee-Eckardt Building
738 S. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
Hiro House
118 Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Downtown
Library Court
630 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Downtown
Molino Lofts
500-530 Molino St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Arts District
Santee-Textile Building
315 E 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
Luma Lofts
1100 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
Pan American Lofts
253 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Downtown
Level
888 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
Evo
1155 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
Flower Street Lofts
1130 S Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
El Dorado Lofts
416 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Downtown
Eastern Columbia Lofts
849 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
Concerto Lofts
901 S Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
Douglas Building
257 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Downtown
1100 Wilshire
1100 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Downtown
940 E 2nd
940 E. 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Arts District
939 S Broadway
939 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
Beacon Lofts
825 E 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Arts District
Bartlett Building
215 W 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
Barker Block
510-530 S Hewitt St/527 Molino St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Arts District
655 Hope
655 Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Downtown
Biscuit Company Lofts
1850 Industrial St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Arts District
Rowan Building Lofts
460 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Downtown
Vero
1234 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Downtown
The Tomahawk
814 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
The Singer
808 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Downtown
The Walnut Building
691 Mill St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Arts District
Toy Warehouse Lofts
215 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Arts District
Studio 837
837 Traction Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Arts District
The Ritz-Carlton Residences
900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
Ten50
1050 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown
Toy Factory Lofts
1855 Industrial St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Arts District
Current Downtown LA lofts for rent
900 W Olympic Boulevard Unit 34D
Los Angeles, CA
714 W 41st Place Unit 1/2
Los Angeles, CA
2121 James M Wood Boulevard Unit 201
Los Angeles, CA
848 S Holt Unit 101
Los Angeles, CA
629 Traction Unit 403
Los Angeles, CA
1100 Wilshire Boulevard Unit 3309
Los Angeles, CA
1174 E Ocean Unit 10
Long Beach, CA
32 5th Place
Long Beach, CA
1230 E Ocean Boulevard Unit 504
Long Beach, CA
1201 E 20th Street Unit 1201
Los Angeles, CA
1201 E 20th Street Unit 1203
Los Angeles, CA
1155 S Grand Avenue Unit 418
Los Angeles, CA
Downtown LA loft questions
What is the difference between a hard loft and a soft loft in Downtown LA?
A hard loft is a true conversion — an older commercial or industrial building turned into housing, keeping its original structure, windows and ceiling height. A soft loft is newer construction built in that style, typically with better insulation, parking and sound isolation but lower ceilings and smaller windows. Downtown has a high concentration of hard lofts because of the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance.
Are Downtown LA lofts harder to finance than condos?
They can be. Lenders look at the building as well as the unit — owner-occupancy ratios, commercial space within the building, HOA reserves, litigation and the share of units owned by a single entity all affect whether a specific loan program is available. It is worth having a lender review the building before you write an offer rather than after.
Which Downtown sub-district should I look in?
They are genuinely different. The Historic Core holds the older bank and office conversions, the Arts District skews toward larger industrial spaces and newer ground-up projects, the Fashion District is more mixed-use and working, and South Park is closer to the arena and the newer high-rise stock. Most buyers narrow by building rather than by district once they have seen a few.
Do Downtown lofts hold value?
Performance varies far more by building than by neighbourhood. HOA health, assessment history, parking, and whether the building has a Mills Act contract all move the number more than the postcode does. Looking at a specific building’s sale history is more informative than looking at a Downtown average.
What should I ask before signing a loft lease?
Ask what is included, how parking is assigned, what the building rules say about noise, guests and alterations, and — in a conversion — how heating and cooling actually perform, since large single-pane windows and high ceilings can make utility costs much higher than the square footage suggests.
Are loft rentals furnished or unfurnished?
Both exist. Purpose-built buildings more often offer unfurnished long-term leases, while individually owned units vary. Lease length, pet policy and parking are usually negotiable per unit rather than set building-wide.