Century City, Los Angeles — Class A submarket

TL;DR

• Deepest trophy stock in LA.
• Talent agencies and law firms anchor demand.
• Westfield Century City retail anchor.

Overview

Century City has overtaken Downtown LA as the city's deepest trophy office submarket. Talent agencies, law firms, family offices, and investment managers anchor demand.

Tenant profile

Talent agencies (CAA, WME), top law firms, asset managers, family offices.

Typical specification

20-35,000 sqft floor plates.

Transit

Metro D Line (Purple Line extension), Constellation Boulevard.

Purple Line extension materially reshaped commute economics.

Amenities

Westfield Century City, Fox Studios.

Comparable buildings

• Century Park
• Constellation Place

Where Century City sits in Los Angeles

Century City is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Los Angeles, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around $105/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Los Angeles Class A stock, Century City typically attracts Talent agencies (CAA, WME), top law firms, asset managers, family offices and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Century City: Beverly Hills & West Hollywood, Culver City, Santa Monica, Downtown LA. The full Los Angeles submarket atlas is at /cities/los-angeles.

Topic deep-dives for Century City

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Century City, the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:

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Related glossary

Terminology specific to Los Angeles Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.