Hancock Park is one of L.A.’s oldest and most elegant neighborhoods. Located in the heart of the mid-Wilshire business district, it lies conveniently close to both downtown L.A., Hollywood, and Beverly Hills. Hancock Park consists mainly of large, luxurious estate homes located on quiet, tree-lined streets. The area has experienced a comeback over the last ten years, and most of the homes have been beautifully renovated and brought back to their original elegance and glory. The homes, mostly from the early part of the century, are solidly built and offer very good value for their prices. Along Wilshire Boulevard can be found many new condominiums mixed in with large, modern office complexes.

Larchmont Village, Hancock Park’s main shopping district, is known for its small town atmosphere. Offering small boutiques, restaurants, and professional offices, it provides residents with all of their needs and gives the feeling of living in a small town in while the offerings of a major urban area lie only minutes away.

The Wilshire Country Club, with its 105 acre golf course and fine dining, is one of the finest clubs in Southern California.

DRIVE TIMES
Downtown Los Angeles: 15 minutes
LAX: 30 minutes
Sherman Oaks 30 minutes
Santa Monica 15 minutes
Beverly Hills 10 minutes

The entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood is an exciting mix of just about anything one can imagine. Filled with shops, restaurants, clubs, tourist attractions, movie studios, and movie theaters, Hollywood is ordered by West Hollywood, Hancock Park on the south, Los Feliz and Griffith Park on the east, and Beverly Hills on the west.

Just minutes away from the bustling central part of Hollywood are the many canyon neighborhoods of the Hollywood Hills. Consisting of a variety of wide streets and small meandering mountain and canyon roads with gorgeous, panoramic views, the Hollywood Hills have a good variety of affordable homes as well as larger homes of individual style. This area is well known as the home of many famous Hollywood celebrities and business leaders. Due to its geography, the Hollywood Hills area is divided into many different size neighborhoods, from large, luxurious developments like Mount Olympus, Doheny Estates, Laurel Hills, and Outpost Estates, to smaller pocket neighborhoods consisting of just a few homes in a small canyon. Many houses in the area have incredible views from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean as well as secluded canyon settings.

The area boasts wonderful accessibility to the movie studios in Hollywood and the valley as well as close proximity to downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.

DRIVE TIMES
Beverly Hills: 5-15 Minutes
Downtown Los Angeles: 20 minutes
LAX: 45 minutes
Santa Monica: 30 minutes
Sherman Oaks: 5-20 minutes
Burbank: 5-20 minutes

Marina del Rey is a lovely seaside community nestled around the largest, man-made pleasure boat harbor in the world. People are certainly drawn here for the temperate climate, and ocean breezes keep L.A.’s notorious smog away. Here you’ll find luxurious homes, all built in the finest designs that area builders and architects could create. Built around the largest manmade small-boat harbor in the world, Marina del Rey is home to over 6,000 pleasure boats and yachts.

Marina del Rey boasts its own Fisherman’s Village, world-class shopping, gourmet restaurants, luxury lodging and a reputation as one of the fastest growing areas in Los Angeles county.

Because public parking is extremely limited, crowds are kept away from Marina del Rey’s local beaches. Residents of this proud community are left with quiet, family beaches to enjoy; there’s no need to travel to Malibu or Manhattan Beach for a relaxing afternoon on the sand.

Marina del Rey is also practically on the doorstep of L.A.’s Westside

• 20 minutes from Beverly Hills
• 10 minutes from the L.A.X. International airport
• 30 minutes from downtown L.A.

Local shops and restaurants are at your fingertips in such areas as nearby Venice Beach and Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade, Main Street, and Montana Avenue. And from Marina del Rey, it is only a couple hours by car to nearby ski slopes.

The Marina del Rey community continues to take pride in its neighborhood and is also undergoing a renovation program to help improve the Marina. In addition, there are many larger developments going into the Marina, including rental and commercial property, apartments, and a new hotel on the corner of Via Marina and Tahiti Way.

Schools

• Westside Leadership Magnet School (K-12)
• Saint Bernard High School (Catholic 9-12 in Playa del Rey)

The Silver Strand and Marina del Rey’s Peninsula neighborhoods are both excellent oceanfront communities in which to settle and call home.

Santa Monica College

The Argonaut: Marina del Rey Newspaper

Malibu offers an unlimited array of lifestyles – all with their own distinct advantages and joys. The Malibu “way of life” means that there is no “one way of life,” but that all lifestyles can be compatible and flourish.

The Santa Monica Mountains rise above Los Angeles, widen to meet the curve of Santa Monica Bay, and reach their highest peaks facing the Pacific Ocean. The land is beautiful and diverse. The rugged coastline offers narrow sandy beaches and rocky shores. Dense chaparral and fragrant sages cover the canyon walls. Inland, lone valley oaks accentuate the grassy hillsides.

One of the world’s most glamorous residential communities, it is bounded by the magnificent green, rolling hills of the Santa Monica Mountains and the serene white sandy beaches of the Pacific Ocean. One of the highest rated public school systems in the state of California and many well-regarded private schools, colleges and universities are in or close by. Beverly Hills and famed Rodeo Drive are just 30 minutes away and downtown Los Angeles business and theater district is a 40 minute drive. It is 35 minutes to Los Angeles International Airport and the Santa Monica Airport is nearby, providing private aircraft accessibility. Westwood and Century City employment centers are close by. Horseback riding through scenic parklands and canyons is a popular activity.

Official City of Malibu Website

Malibu Chamber of Commerce

The Miracle Mile consists of many older homes built originally in the 1920′s. The area is a wonderful mixture of different styles of homes that include classic Spanish, Mediterranean, Country English, Tudor, along with Traditional, Colonials and a variety of many other styles. The Miracle Mile District is located between Wilshire and Olympic Boulevards to the north and south. The area is bordered to the east and west by Fairfax Avenue and Crescent Heights Boulevard.

Culturally, the area is rich with the Los Angeles County Museum, the La Brea Tarpits along with the recently opened Peterson Automobile Museum. The business community is well established with the many office buildings located along the Wilshire Boulevard corridor.

The Miracle Mile District is a wonderful area for first time buyers,
families and young professionals because of the excellent values available in the area and its convenient location to surrounding communities. Commuting to Downtown, to the east, or to the coastal areas, to the west, is easily accomplished. In addition, freeway access is only minutes away.

The streets are tree-lined and you can locate a diverse range of housing that include single family residences, duplexes, along with condominiums and apartments. It is truly and socially diverse, yet quaint neighborhood.

DRIVE TIMES
Sherman Oaks 15 minutes
Beverly Hills 5 minutes
Century City 10 Minutes
Beaches 20 Minutes
Burbank 30 minutes