About the Building
The Californian is the best-documented building of the six, because its precast contractor published a full project record. Nadel Architects designed it, Fifield Companies developed it, Webcor Builders was the general contractor, and The Englekirk Companies were the structural engineers. Clark Pacific gives completion as 2006, while a corridor brokerage and a listing aggregator both say 2005, and the two dates most likely bracket structural completion and occupancy. It stands at the western end of this group, the closest of the six to Westwood Village and UCLA.
The tower is 23 stories in the contractor's record, occasionally reported as 24, over a 245-car subterranean garage. Clark Pacific delivered the exterior cladding on a design-build basis: about 95,000 square feet of integrally colored precast concrete comprising spandrels, column covers and ornamental balcony segments, some panels with marble and granite cast integrally into them, and balcony elements finished to read as metal. Integral color rather than applied coating matters to an owner because it does not require repainting, though precast repair remains a specialist trade.
There are 80 residences, a figure every source agrees on. Clark Pacific notes that homes grow larger as the building rises and that ceiling heights reach 15 feet, which is unusual at this height anywhere in Los Angeles. A corridor brokerage puts plans between roughly 2,640 square feet for a two-bedroom and about 6,480 square feet for a four-bedroom. Because area increases with elevation, floor position changes the product materially rather than only the view, which is not true of every corridor tower.
Amenity here is broader than at the 1980s buildings and reads closer to a resort: a heated lap pool with spa and cabanas, sauna, fitness room, private screening room, wine room, library, banquet and conference rooms, a business center, car wash, landscaped gardens, an outdoor lounge with a fireplace, and a dog run. Residences are reached by private elevator. Service is described as around-the-clock concierge, doorman and valet with on-site management, though the association does not publish staffing detail.
Within this group The Californian competes most directly with The Carlyle, three or four years newer and a short way east. The Californian answers with taller ceilings, a broader amenity list, and the only garage of the six with a published car count. Against the 1981-82 towers at 10560 and 10601 it is a generation newer, with correspondingly newer mechanical plant. Its Art Deco reference is a deliberate design position rather than period fabric: this is a 2000s tower quoting a 1930s idiom in precast concrete.
Amenities & Services
The Residences
Clark Pacific's project record notes that residences increase in size as the tower rises. Floor position therefore changes the size of the home, not only the view, which is unusual on this corridor.
The precast contractor records ceiling heights reaching 15 feet. That is rare in any Los Angeles high-rise and is the most distinctive interior fact about the building. Heights are not uniform floor to floor.
Every source agrees on 80 residences. The story count is given as 23 by the contractor and 24 by one brokerage. Averaged out, that is between three and four homes per floor.
A corridor brokerage puts the range from roughly 2,640 square feet for a two-bedroom with two and a half baths to about 6,480 square feet for a four-bedroom with five baths.
Residences are entered by private elevator, described consistently across sources. Confirm on the recorded condominium plan whether the car serves a single home or a pair, since this varies by floor in many corridor towers.
Balcony segments were delivered as ornamental precast elements finished to imitate metal. They are architectural rather than applied ironwork, which limits what an owner can alter and matters for balcony inspection scope.
Due Diligence
The garage holds 245 cars below grade, with valet and guest parking. One aggregator reports four spaces per residence, which would be generous even here; take the deeded count from the title report.
There is a dog run on site, which implies dogs are permitted, but the association publishes no pet rule. Aggregator pages direct enquiries to the building. Request the CC&Rs and any adopted pet regulation.
Not published. Under Civil Code section 4741 the association cannot set a rental cap below 25 percent of units and may prohibit tenancies of 30 days or less. Ask for the rule in force and the current rented count.
Inclusions are not published. On-site maintenance is noted by one aggregator. Given the amenity list, staffing and common-area load are the main drivers here. Request the budget, the reserve study and recent annual financial statements.
A concrete frame engineered by The Englekirk Companies, with design-build precast cladding by Clark Pacific over a 245-car basement. Permitted in the mid-2000s, it sits outside Ordinance 183893, which reaches concrete buildings applied for before 13 January 1977.
At roughly twenty years old the building is approaching first-cycle replacement on elevators, pool plant and building controls. Civil Code section 5550 requires a reserve study at least every three years; read the funding plan and the board's annual review.
Around-the-clock concierge, doorman and valet with on-site management are described consistently, but no source gives head count or shift structure. A car wash and screening room imply additional service labor. Ask management for the schedule.
No published architectural standard. With ceiling heights varying by floor and ornamental precast at the balconies, expect association review of anything touching the enclosure, slab penetrations or the balcony surface, which is normally exclusive-use common area.
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.
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