Culver City is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Los Angeles with average asking rent around $78/sqft/yr.

  • Streaming and digital-media tenant tilt.
  • Adjacency to Sony Pictures.
  • Strong creative-class branding.

Culver City, Los Angeles — Class A submarket

Streaming and digital media. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $78/sqft/yr

TL;DR

  • Streaming and digital-media tenant tilt.
  • Adjacency to Sony Pictures.
  • Strong creative-class branding.

Overview

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.

Tenant profile

Streaming platforms, post-production, gaming, AdTech.

Typical specification

20-40,000 sqft floor plates in newer Class A.

Transit

Metro E Line (Expo).

Expo Line connects to Downtown and Santa Monica.

Amenities

Culver Steps, Sony Pictures, downtown Culver City.

Comparable buildings

  • Culver Steps
  • Ivy Station

Where Culver City sits in Los Angeles

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.

Topic deep-dives for Culver City

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:

Related glossary

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.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Miriam Hollander — Lead market analyst. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

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