About the Building
Skylar at Playa Vista opened in April 2014, designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning for KB Home as part of Playa Vista's second development phase. The concept was explicit: a traditional townhome turned on its side, producing stacked single-level flats aimed at downsizers, boomers and multigenerational households rather than the young-family townhouse market that dominated the district. The design collected an unusual haul of industry recognition — Gold Nugget Grand Awards, NAHB's Best in Green award, Best in American Living Platinum honours and a SAGE age-targeted project of the year — before the last homes had even sold.
The community comprises 93 residences in four-storey buildings on a 4.72-acre site around Osprey Lane, at a density of about 19 du/acre. Each building stacks three single-level homes served by a semi-private elevator opening near the residence — three households per elevator — and every home has a private two-car garage, with 193 spaces in total. Like all of Playa Vista, the site sits within a City of Los Angeles methane zone associated with the historic Ballona gas field, and buildings here are engineered with methane barriers, venting and monitoring systems under city requirements — standard, disclosed engineering rather than a defect.
Homes run from about 1,923 to 2,485 square feet with three and four bedrooms, all principal living on one level. Ground-floor flex suites — configurable as family rooms, offices or semi-independent quarters, with optional kitchens in some plans — plus universal-design details throughout make the plans genuinely adaptable for multigenerational living and aging in place. The green specification is documented rather than asserted: LEED Platinum certification at 95 points, energy performance measured 42.7 percent better than the Title 24 code baseline of its era, cool roofs, solar shading and Energy Star equipment.
There is no doorman; service at Skylar is delivered through Playa Vista's two-tier association structure. Owners belong both to their building's own association, which maintains Skylar's structures and grounds, and to the master community association, which funds the district-wide package: the 26,000-square-foot CenterPointe Club, The Resort's roughly 25,000 square feet of pools, fitness space and cabanas, some 29 parks, and community shuttle service. Two sets of dues fund two distinct budgets, and many Playa Vista homes additionally carry Mello-Roos special assessments on the property-tax bill — all verifiable line by line in escrow.
Value at Skylar is category scarcity: elevator-served, single-level homes of this size, age and energy specification barely exist on the Westside outside far more expensive buildings, and Playa Vista's build-out is complete, so no successor project is coming. The private two-car garage — rare in any Los Angeles condominium — plus documented LEED Platinum operating efficiency lowers the true cost of ownership relative to older stock. The buyer pool skews toward downsizers leaving Westside houses and multigenerational households, both persistent demand sources, while only a handful of the 93 homes trade in a given year.
Amenities & Services
The Residences
Homes run roughly 1,923 to 2,485 square feet with three or four bedrooms, all primary living on one level — the stacked-flat format KTGY described as a townhome turned on its side.
Each building stacks three residences on a semi-private elevator that opens near your door, giving high-rise convenience at low-rise scale with almost no shared corridor.
Every residence owns an attached private two-car garage — 193 spaces across 93 homes — removing the shared-garage friction typical of condominium living and simplifying EV charger installation.
Flexible ground-level spaces configure as family rooms, offices or semi-independent suites, with optional kitchens in some plans — the multigenerational backbone that won the design its age-targeted industry awards.
Wide clearances, step-light circulation and wheelchair-accessible details were built in from the start, letting owners age in place without retrofitting — unusual in any Westside condominium of this vintage.
LEED Platinum certification at 95 points, energy use measured 42.7 percent better than the era's Title 24 baseline, cool roofs and Energy Star equipment translate to measurably lower operating bills.
Due Diligence
Each home has a private attached two-car garage rather than assigned spaces in a shared structure. Guest parking follows community rules; confirm street and visitor arrangements with the association.
Neither Skylar's building association nor the master association publishes its pet policy. Playa Vista is broadly pet-oriented, with parks and services nearby, but obtain the written rules on counts and sizes before relying on them.
Rental terms, minimum leases and caps are not publicly documented for Skylar. Buyers wanting rental flexibility should request both the building association's CC&Rs and any master-association rules early in escrow.
Owners pay two sets of dues — the Skylar building association plus the Playa Vista master association funding CenterPointe Club, The Resort, parks and shuttles. Many Playa Vista homes also carry Mello-Roos special taxes; verify on the tax bill.
Built in 2014 under modern code, Skylar is subject to no retrofit ordinance. The site lies in a City of Los Angeles methane zone tied to the historic Ballona gas field; buildings include required methane barriers, venting and monitoring.
A 2014-built community is early in its capital cycle, but stucco, decks, elevators and garage waterproofing eventually come due. Request the reserve study for both associations, since obligations sit at two levels.
There is no doorman or on-site concierge at Skylar itself; management is professional but unstaffed at the lobby level. District amenities — CenterPointe Club and The Resort — are staffed through the master association.
Interior alterations require building-association approval and City of Los Angeles permits; exterior changes also involve master-association design review. Methane-zone slab penetrations carry additional requirements — use contractors familiar with Playa Vista.
Everything above is drawn from public records, city permit data and published sources. The association’s statutory disclosure package is the only authoritative answer on dues, rules, reserves, insurance and litigation — Ben will request it and read it with you before you remove contingencies.
Common Questions
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