About the Building
The Wilshire Regent opened in 1963 at 10501 Wilshire Boulevard, designed by Leon Glucksman and Associates, and stands among the first major towers built on what became the Wilshire Corridor. At completion its 23 storeys — about 303 feet — made it the tallest building in the area and one of the tallest in Los Angeles, a startling arrival on a boulevard then still lined with low apartment buildings. It occupies the north side of the corridor opposite the Churchill, across from the Sephardic Temple and Westwood United Methodist Church, and it even earned mid-century pop-culture cameos, appearing as a location in the 1967 film In Like Flint.
Ownership history matters here, and the record is clear: the Regent was built as a housing cooperative, like the nearby Wilshire Terrace, and later converted to condominium ownership. Today every major directory and county-derived record treats it as a condominium, meaning buyers get conventional fee-simple title, standard financing and an HOA rather than co-op shares and board purchase approval. With 208 units across 23 storeys it is one of the corridor's largest associations, and its concrete-era construction — permitted well before January 1977 — places it within the scope of Los Angeles's mandatory non-ductile concrete evaluation programme, a due-diligence question buyers should put to the HOA directly.
The residence mix reflects its 1963 apartment-scale origins: studios from roughly 500 to 670 square feet, one-bedrooms of about 770 to 1,060, and two-bedrooms from about 1,170 to 1,500, with many adjacent units combined over the decades into homes of 1,800 square feet and more. These are the smallest entry points among the six buildings covered here, and among the smallest on the corridor. Upper floors carry sweeping outlooks — Bel Air and the UCLA campus to the north, Century City and downtown to the south and east — though newer towers have taken some of the original ocean sightlines.
For a building of its vintage the service package is extensive: doorman, concierge and 24-hour staffing, valet parking, a heated pool, spa and sun deck, fitness centre, banquet and conference rooms, and guest suites for visitors — a hotel-style extra few corridor buildings offer. Directory sources report that dues include all utilities, a pattern common in the corridor's older buildings where master-metered systems fold electricity, water and trash into the monthly charge; the precise list should be confirmed from the HOA budget. That structure makes headline dues look high against newer buildings until the utility offset is counted.
The Regent's market role is the corridor's front door. With 208 units, studio-to-two-bedroom stock and utilities-inclusive dues, it is consistently one of the most attainable addresses on the boulevard — the entry point for first-time corridor buyers, UCLA-affiliated households and investors — while the Churchill across the street competes with larger but fewer 1960s units. It does not pretend to rival the 1980s and 1990s premium towers on finish or floor plate; its case rests on location, full service at an accessible price, and the liquidity that comes with the corridor's deepest bench of smaller homes.
Amenities & Services
The Residences
Studio and junior plans from roughly 500 to 670 square feet are the least expensive way into a full-service Wilshire Corridor tower, and they anchor the building's rental and resale liquidity.
One-bedroom residences of about 770 to 1,060 square feet form the heart of the stack, efficient 1963 layouts with generous glass and, on upper floors, long city views.
Two-bedroom plans run roughly 1,170 to 1,500 square feet, modest against the corridor's 1980s stock but well proportioned, and frequently updated and reconfigured by successive owners.
Over six decades many adjacent units have been merged, producing homes of 1,800 square feet and more — worth checking permits and assessor records on any combined listing.
The 23-storey height still delivers panoramas: Bel Air hills and the UCLA campus northward, Century City and downtown to the south and east, with some western sightlines lost to newer towers.
Interiors range from little-touched 1960s fabric to full modern renovations, so two identical lines can price very differently; condition and floor height drive value more than plan type.
Due Diligence
The building operates valet parking over a controlled-entry garage with assigned spaces and guest parking. As with most 1960s corridor towers, routine self-parking is limited or unavailable — confirm the arrangement and which spaces convey.
Directories mark the building pet-friendly, but no authoritative source publishes limits on size, number or breed. Verify the current pet rules in the CC&Rs rather than relying on listing-site summaries.
Units lease regularly, and the condominium conversion means no co-op-style board approval of tenants; however, minimum lease terms and any rental cap are not publicly documented. Request the leasing policy from management.
Directory sources report dues include all utilities, consistent with the master-metered pattern in the corridor's older buildings. Confirm exactly which utilities — electricity, water, trash, cable — against the current HOA budget.
Permitted well before January 1977, this concrete-era tower falls within the scope of Los Angeles's mandatory non-ductile concrete ordinance, which runs on a 25-year compliance clock. Ask the HOA for its evaluation and compliance status in writing.
A 1963 building has typically cycled through plumbing, elevator and facade renewals; no current special assessment is publicly documented. Review the reserve study, recent minutes and any engineering reports before removing contingencies.
Doorman, concierge, valet and 24-hour staffing, plus banquet and conference facilities and guest suites — an unusually deep service package for the building's vintage, funded through one of the corridor's larger associations.
Combinations and gut renovations are common here, but alteration approvals, wet-area rules in a master-metered building and elevator scheduling are not published. Obtain the remodelling guidelines from the HOA before planning work.
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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