Westlake 36-Unit Apartment Building Gets Its CofO
LADBS issued Certificate of Occupancy 227626 on Oct. 27 for a 36-unit apartment building at 154 S Occidental Blvd, permit declared at $5.4M.
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- Also reported by Urbanize LA
LADBS issued Certificate of Occupancy 227626 on Oct. 27 for a finished 36-unit apartment building at 154 S Occidental Blvd in Los Angeles, on a permit declared at $5.39 million.
Why it matters
A new 36-unit apartment building at 154 S Occidental Blvd, on the Westlake side of the Wilshire corridor in Los Angeles, passed final inspection this month. The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety issued Certificate of Occupancy 227626 on Oct. 27, which is the document that lets tenants move in. The permit number begins with “19”, which points to a 2019 filing.
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The site is zoned R4-1, west of Downtown (zip 90057). For a developer, the takeaway is timing: a 2019 permit reaching occupancy in late 2026 shows how long a ground-up LA building can take from filing to tenants.
The numbers
LADBS records the job as a new building permit (Bldg-New), sub-type Apartment. The work description reads as a proposed 6-story, 36-unit apartment building over one grade-level parking floor. The permit declared a valuation of $5.39 million, about $150K per unit. That figure is the valuation declared at permit, not a sale price or an audited construction cost, and it sits well below what a 36-unit building typically costs to build, so treat it as a filing number only.
The permit lists Forza Construction Inc as contractor and does not flag an owner-builder exemption. The title entity behind the project is a single-purpose LLC, so we are not treating it as the developer of record. Urbanize LA lists Ferrier Architecture Studio as the architect.
What’s next
Lease-up is the next test. Watch for the first sale or refinance filing at the Los Angeles County recorder, which would show how lenders value a finished 36-unit building. More of our coverage is on the Los Angeles market page.
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Quick answers
- What is the latest on Forza Construction Inc in Los Angeles?
- LADBS issued Certificate of Occupancy 227626 on Oct. 27 for a 36-unit apartment building at 154 S Occidental Blvd, permit declared at $5.4M.
- What are the key numbers for Forza Construction Inc?
- apartment units: 36; declared permit valuation: $5.39M; CofO issued: Oct. 27.
- Where does the information on Forza Construction Inc come from?
- The story cites LADBS permit report, LADBS Certificate of Occupancy dataset (data.lacity.org) and Urbanize LA.
On the record
LADBS issued Certificate of Occupancy 227626 on 2026-10-27 for permit 19010-10000-02647 at 154 S Occidental Blvd, a finished 36-unit apartment building with a declared valuation of $5.39M
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Primary record
- Public recordThe permit lists Forza Construction Inc as contractor, with no owner-builder exemptionView the record on data.lacity.org
Also reported by
- Urbanize LA154-160 Occidental Boulevard project page