Commercial Real Estate Market in La, CA
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
4,725 active listings and 85,350 off-market properties in La, CA. Commercial property asks $407/SF to buy and $24.00/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in La, CA asks $21.39/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $507/SF. Vacancy runs 20.8% across the West region in 2025, up from 11% in 2019.
Typical asking range for active listings in La, CA (the middle half): Lease $23.40–$36.73/SF/Yr (median $29.77/SF/Yr, 141 listings); Sale $312–$679/SF (median $507/SF, 57 listings).
Retail
Retail space in La, CA asks $26.88/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $384/SF. Vacancy runs 5.8% across the West region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Typical asking range for active listings in La, CA (the middle half): Lease $24.00–$42.00/SF/Yr (median $30.96/SF/Yr, 121 listings); Sale $274–$622/SF (median $384/SF, 92 listings).
Industrial
Industrial space in La, CA has a median asking sale price of $308/SF. Vacancy runs 7.9% across the West region in 2025, up from 3.7% in 2019. Nearly 3.2x the 2022 low of 2.5%.
Typical asking range for active listings in La, CA (the middle half): Lease $13.20–$20.57/SF/Yr (median $16.20/SF/Yr, 125 listings); Sale $199–$433/SF (median $308/SF, 66 listings).
Multifamily
Multifamily space in La, CA has a median asking sale price of $411/SF. Vacancy runs 8.6% across the West region in 2025, up from 7% in 2022.
Typical asking range for active listings in La, CA (the middle half): Sale $312–$545/SF (median $411/SF, 947 listings).
Market overview
Tools
Lease vs Buy Breakeven
At $24.00/SF/Yr lease vs $407/SF buy → buying wins if held > 5.5 years.
At a 5.9% gross asking yield the payback reads short relative to leasing. Assumes 30% down at 6.5% fixed, 2% a year in taxes and upkeep, 3% appreciation, 5% opportunity cost, 2% closing plus 5% selling costs, and a 3% annual rent escalator.
Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Vernon | $300 | $13.56 |
| Maywood | $310 | — |
| Huntington Park | $316 | $21.00 |
| Bell | $360 (county avg) | $20.40 |
Commercial property in La, CA asks $407/SF. The 4 bordering markets run from $300/SF in Vernon to $360/SF in Bell (county figure), and the city sits above their $313/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 2,973 active for-sale and 1,752 active for-lease listings in La, CA. The medians are based on 1,180 of the for-sale and 377 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or rent per square foot. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at West region level, retail vacancy is reported at West region level and industrial vacancy is reported at West region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
