Culver City is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Los Angeles with average asking rent around $78/sqft/yr.
Streaming and digital media. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $78/sqft/yr
Culver City absorbed the bulk of streaming-media tenant demand over the last decade. Apple, Amazon Studios, HBO, and TikTok all anchored major footprints here.
Streaming platforms, post-production, gaming, AdTech.
20-40,000 sqft floor plates in newer Class A.
Metro E Line (Expo).
Expo Line connects to Downtown and Santa Monica.
Culver Steps, Sony Pictures, downtown Culver City.
Culver City is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Los Angeles, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around $78/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Los Angeles Class A stock, Culver City typically attracts Streaming platforms, post-production, gaming, AdTech and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Culver City: Century City, Beverly Hills & West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Downtown LA. The full Los Angeles submarket atlas is at /cities/los-angeles.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Culver 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:
Terminology specific to Los Angeles Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Miriam Hollander — Lead market analyst. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.