They Paid $4.2 Million on Robertson. The 2026 Roll Says the Same Number.
Los Angeles County storefront retail — 5,486 SF, ~$766 per square foot. WCA closed sale and LA County Assessor public records align on price and building size.
1601 S Robertson Blvd · Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles County · West Los Angeles / Robertson · Storefront Retail
By Francisco Williams, CCIM
Fig. · FIG. 01 — 1601 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035. Commercial store. Image: WCA track-record archive. Assessor AIN 4305-019-001.
4 takeaways
- 1
Math you can defend in one line.
$4,200,000 on 5,486 SF is about $766 per building square foot. The Assessor’s building SF matches the track-record SF — rare cleanliness for a public deal page.
- 2
Sale and roll agree — so Prop 8 is the wrong tool here.
The 2026 enrolled total is $4,200,000, equal to the November 2025 DTT sale price on the Assessor’s events history. Decline-in-value relief needs market value below enrolled value as of January 1. This file does not show that gap.
- 3
Westside storefront is not “LA median retail.”
Citywide retail medians in a broad sold sample can sit in the mid-$400s per square foot. Corridor, frontage, and product type still dominate. Do not price Robertson off South LA or strip averages.
- 4
What we refuse to invent.
No fabricated rent roll, cap rate, or buyer story. Blank cells beat plausible fiction. That is the standard for every Tape entry.
Deal stats
County
Los Angeles
AIN
4305-019-001
LA Assessor portal
Closed / DTT sale
$4,200,000
Rec. 11/07/2025 · Assessor + WCA track
Building SF
5,486 SF
Assessor building characteristics
Price / SF
$766 / SF
$4,200,000 ÷ 5,486
Year built
1948
Assessor
2026 current roll
$4,200,000
Land $4.0M · Imp $0.2M · Assessor 2026-08-02
Cap / NOI
Not published
No client-facing cite
## The trade
WCA-closed storefront retail at 1601 S Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles County.
| Fact | Figure | Source posture | |------|--------|----------------| | Closed / DTT sale | $4,200,000 | LA Assessor events (11/07/2025) + WCA track record | | Building SF | 5,486 | LA Assessor building characteristics | | Price per SF | ~$766 | Arithmetic | | 2026 current roll total | $4,200,000 | LA Assessor portal, retrieved 2026-08-02 | | Year built | 1948 | Assessor | | Cap rate / NOI | — | Not published |
This page is a calibration point, not a Broker Opinion of Value and not an appraisal.
## Why the Assessor matters on a deal page
Track-record price alone is useful. Track-record price plus public Assessor SF, use code, transfer history, and enrolled value is what makes a page principal-grade. Here the public record and the firm record reconcile.
## Prop 8 in one paragraph
California Proposition 8 allows a temporary reduction when market value as of the January 1 lien date is below enrolled assessed value. On this parcel, the most recent sale indicator and the 2026 roll are the same dollars. Filing a decline-in-value review for theater is not the work.
## Soft next step
If you own similar Westside or mid-city storefront and the question is exit or hold price, ask for a Value Review. If the question is the tax roll on a different building, bring the tax bill — and expect a hold when sale and roll already agree.
What a broker sees
This is the gold-standard file for the quiet launch of The Retail Tape.
**What I know from public record and our track record.** AIN 4305-019-001. Commercial store, use code 1100. Building 5,486 SF, built 1948. Transfer recorded 11/07/2025 at a $4,200,000 DTT sale price. 2026 current roll total $4,200,000 (land $4,000,000 · improvements $200,000). WCA track record carries the same closed price and SF.
**What that means for an owner.** If your question is “what did product like this clear at?” — you have a clean Westside storefront calibration at roughly $766/SF. If your question is “should I appeal the taxes?” — not on these facts. Sale and roll already match.
**What I would ask next on a live listing or Value Review.** Tenancy and credit, remaining term, reimbursements, and whether the next buyer is an operator or a 1031 investor. None of that appears here because I will not invent it.
**Why this page exists before a loud marketing push.** I want one deal page that is hard to attack: sourced, cross-checked, and honest about tax. Everything else we publish should clear this bar.
Sources
- Los Angeles County Assessor portal, parcel detail AIN 4305-019-001 (formatted 4305-019-001), retrieved 2026-08-02 — situs 1601 S Robertson Blvd; building SF 5,486; year built 1948; use commercial store 1100; events history DTT sale $4,200,000 recorded 11/07/2025; 2026 current roll land $4,000,000 / improvements $200,000 / total $4,200,000.
- Williams Capital Advisors closed-sale track record (Team Profile / site registry industrialDeals.ts — 1601 S Robertson Blvd, $4,200,000, 5,486 SF, storefront retail).
- Price per SF = $4,200,000 ÷ 5,486 SF ≈ $766/SF (rounded).
- Hard rule: no fabricated NOI, cap rate, or tax savings on this page.