The Manitoba Apartments is an 8,733 square foot, seven-unit apartment building. Built in 1968, the subject property sits on an 8,273 square foot lot. The front of the property is two stories on grade and the rear of the property is two stories over one level of tuckunder parking. Situated in the City of Los Angeles the property is subject to the City of Los Angeles Rent Control Ordinance and mandatory Soft-Story Retrofit Program. The Spanish Colonial architecture features arched entry ways, tile roof overhangs with exposed wood beams, stucco exterior and curved wrought iron gates and railings. The subject property consists of (4) one-bed, one-bath units, (2) two-bed, one and one-half bath townhouse style units and (1) three-bed, two and one-half bath townhouse style unit. The units are individually metered for electricity and gas and the property has a central water heater. The property includes on-site laundry for the tenants (month-to-month lease) and parking consists of (11) semi-subterranean tuckunder spaces (2 partially covered) in the rear of the building accessed through the alley.
The Manitoba Apartments are located two blocks southeast of W Manchester Ave, just west off Falmouth Ave in Playa Del Rey, a suburban beach neighborhood in western Los Angeles. Playa del Rey is primarily comprised of residential development with some retail components along its major commercial roads: Manchester Boulevard, Pershing Drive and Culver Boulevard. Playa Vista to the northeast is rapidly developing into the tech and innovation capital of Los Angeles. Playa Vista companies include Google, Yahoo, You Tube, Microsoft, TMZ, Warner Bros., Sony Playstation and Verizon.
