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ADDRESS	BD/BA	SQFT	LOT	PRICE	$PSF	DOM	START $	START
Address 400 10th Street	BD/BA 4br/3ba	SQFT 2964 sqft	LOT 2711	PRICE $5,200,000	$PSF $1,754	DOM 3 DOM	START $ $5,200,000	START 08/12/22
Address 400 10th Street	BD/BA 4br/3ba	SQFT 2964 sqft	LOT 2711	PRICE $5,200,000	$PSF $1,754	DOM 3 DOM	START $ $5,200,000	START 08/12/22
Address 3203 Vista Drive	BD/BA 5br/5ba	SQFT 3178 sqft	LOT 1751	PRICE $6,750,000	$PSF $2,124	DOM 5 DOM	START $ $6,750,000	START 08/10/22
Address 2605 Alma Avenue 2	BD/BA 3br/3ba	SQFT 1216 sqft	LOT 2708	PRICE $2,999,999	$PSF $2,467	DOM 7 DOM	START $ $2,999,999	START 08/08/22
Address 2605 Vista Drive	BD/BA 4br/4ba	SQFT 2678 sqft	LOT 3496	PRICE $4,699,000	$PSF $1,755	DOM 12 DOM	START $ $4,699,000	START 08/03/22
Address 2604 Alma Avenue	BD/BA 4br/4ba	SQFT 2601 sqft	LOT 3496	PRICE $5,199,000	$PSF $1,999	DOM 14 DOM	START $ $5,199,000	START 08/01/22
Address 333 17th Street	BD/BA 4br/6ba	SQFT 4599 sqft	LOT 2701	PRICE $9,799,000	$PSF $2,131	DOM 16 DOM	START $ $9,799,000	START 07/30/22
Address 1908 The Strand	BD/BA 3br/3ba	SQFT 1733 sqft	LOT 3314	PRICE $14,395,000	$PSF $8,306	DOM 20 DOM	START $ $14,395,000	START 07/26/22
Address 321 20th Place	BD/BA 4br/3ba	SQFT 1872 sqft	LOT 1351	PRICE $2,599,000	$PSF $1,388	DOM 20 DOM	START $ $2,599,000	START 07/26/22
Address 317 8th Street	BD/BA 3br/3ba	SQFT 2176 sqft	LOT 2695	PRICE $4,575,000	$PSF $2,102	DOM 39 DOM	START $ $4,575,000	START 07/07/22
Address 216 4th Street	BD/BA 3br/5ba	SQFT 2754 sqft	LOT 1350	PRICE $7,499,000	$PSF $2,723	DOM 47 DOM	START $ $7,499,000	START 06/29/22
Address 4016 The Strand	BD/BA 4br/5ba	SQFT 3500 sqft	LOT 3465	PRICE $8,895,000	$PSF $2,541	DOM 56 DOM	START $ $9,300,000	START 06/20/22

ADDRESS	BD/BA	SQFT	LOT	PRICE	$PSF	DOM	START $	START
Address 2613 Vista Drive	BD/BA 3br/2ba	SQFT 1836 sqft	LOT 1836	PRICE $2,700,000	$PSF $1,471	DOM 6 DOM SOLD SOLD 08/04/22	START $ $2,599,000	START 08/04/22
Address 1208 The Strand A	BD/BA 2br/2ba	SQFT 1190 sqft	LOT 3317	PRICE $4,850,000	$PSF $4,076	DOM 20 DOM SOLD SOLD 08/02/22	START $ $4,999,000	START 08/02/22
Address 1516 The Strand	BD/BA 4br/4ba	SQFT 4953 sqft	LOT 3330	PRICE $16,200,000	$PSF $3,271	DOM 153 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/28/22	START $ $17,500,000	START 07/28/22
Address 319 26th Place	BD/BA 3br/3ba	SQFT 1713 sqft	LOT 1351	PRICE $2,600,000	$PSF $1,518	DOM 12 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/27/22	START $ $2,995,000	START 07/27/22
Address 2400 Alma Avenue	BD/BA 4br/4ba	SQFT 2818 sqft	LOT 3513	PRICE $4,550,000	$PSF $1,615	DOM 45 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/26/22	START $ $4,850,000	START 07/26/22
Address 2804 The Strand	BD/BA 3br/4ba	SQFT 2932 sqft	LOT 3481	PRICE $12,700,000	$PSF $4,332	DOM 274 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/21/22	START $ $16,499,000	START 07/21/22
Address 116 35th Street	BD/BA 6br/5ba	SQFT 3375 sqft	LOT 2700	PRICE $5,300,000	$PSF $1,570	DOM 3 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/21/22	START $ $4,000,000	START 07/21/22
Address 235 4th Street	BD/BA 4br/6ba	SQFT 4308 sqft	LOT 2478	PRICE $8,300,000	$PSF $1,927	DOM 5 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/14/22	START $ $8,425,000	START 07/14/22
Address 316 7th Street	BD/BA 3br/2ba	SQFT 1240 sqft	LOT 2673	PRICE $4,240,000	$PSF $3,419	DOM 5 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/13/22	START $ $3,895,000	START 07/13/22
Address 614 The Strand	BD/BA 4br/3ba	SQFT 2128 sqft	LOT 3406	PRICE $11,500,000	$PSF $5,404	DOM 76 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/11/22	START $ $13,000,000	START 07/11/22
Address 301 4th St	BD/BA 4br/3ba	SQFT 1779 sqft	LOT 1835	PRICE $4,200,000	$PSF $2,361	DOM 4 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/08/22	START $ $4,000,000	START 07/08/22
Address 2804 Highland Avenue	BD/BA 4br/4ba	SQFT 2398 sqft	LOT 1754	PRICE $3,650,000	$PSF $1,522	DOM 3 DOM SOLD SOLD 07/06/22	START $ $3,499,000	START 07/06/22

About the Manhattan Beach Sand Section

The Sand Section of Manhattan Beach is the coastal area of town. Manhattan Beach Sand Section real estate features a mix of housing options, with plenty of townhomes along with single-family homes and rentals.

The Sand Section runs the entire two-mile length of Manhattan Beach along the coastline and the Pacific Ocean, with the northern border at El Segundo and 45th Street, going all the way south down to 1st Street and the border with Hermosa Beach. The Sand Section’s eastern border is usually about four to five blocks in from the beach.

Single-family homes in the Sand Section tend to sell from $3M to $6m, making townhomes a more affordable alternative at $2M-$4M.

The priciest luxury real estate in all of Manhattan Beach is located on The Strand, with prices from $8M to $16M, occasionally much more.

Looking for a lot to build on? It will probably cost $3M minimum. A Strand lot could cost $10M or more in a prime location.

Sand Section Lot Sizes and Zoning

The typical full-sized lot in the Sand Section is 2700 square feet, often 30' wide by 90' deep. Some parts of town have slightly larger lots, and in others, “half lots” of about 1350 square feet can be found.

The area is zoned for fairly dense development. Zoning in the Sand Section typically allows for three-story homes with very minimal setbacks. People often build out to the maximum and don't leave much space for a yard. Parts of town allow, and encourage, townhome development, meaning two units on one lot.

New construction of a single-family home maxing out on a 2700 square foot lot will get you 4000 to 4200 square feet on three levels. Homes with more than 3600 sqft. must have 3-car parking. Some families choose to build a little bit less on a standard lot (below 3600 sqft.) and keep just a 2-car garage, allowing more living space on the lowest level.

Basements are allowed in most parts of Manhattan Beach and will count as livable square footage.

Townhomes will tend to be 1900-2100 sqft. inside, although 2-townhome developments on bigger lots can be 2500-2800 sqft. instead.

You can still see some of the original beach cottages built in Manhattan Beach in the 1920s and 1930s. Often the homes are less than a thousand square feet inside. But they are also often replaced by new construction, because the land underneath the old homes is worth many times what the structure is worth.

Downtown, Parks and Other Features of the Sand Section

Downtown Manhattan Beach runs along the western part of Manhattan Beach Boulevard, ending at the famous Manhattan Beach Pier. Some downtown development also runs north and south along Highland Avenue and Manhattan Avenue, closer to the water. The Metlox Plaza development downtown at Valley Drive and Manhattan Beach Boulevard is credited by many with reviving downtown and spurring a trend toward destination restaurants and top-tier dining.

The Manhattan Beach Pier and the county beach around it is always a focus of community activities, including surf contests, running races, pier fishing, volleyball tournaments and even an annual sand castle building contest that has run more than 50 years.

At the end of the pier is the newly renovated Roundhouse Aquarium, totally redone in 2018 in honor of the memory of local resident Harrison Greenberg.

In the middle of town, Bruce’s Beach Park is a vast hillside of grass with benches and basketball courts. Ocean views are unblocked and seem to go on forever from the historic park. At the bottom of the hill is a major Los Angeles County Lifeguard station, marking the spot where, in the 1920s, a local Black family (Willa and Charles Bruce) once owned a resort that was later seized by the city to create the park.

There’s not much debate about where the best surf is in Manhattan Beach: It’s in El Porto, the beaches at the northern end of town near the jetty at El Segundo. It’s a destination for locals and many others from around the area.

No matter where a home is located, north or south, in the Sand Section, probably the biggest distinction people make is among homes that are west of Highland Avenue, versus those east of Highland. West of Highland, homes are closer to the beach, and a lot of those homes have ocean views. An equivalent property west of Highland may be worth $1 million or more above the value for a property east of Highland. It’s really that big of a difference.

Also, generally speaking, homes south of the pier are more valuable than homes to the north. This is probably because the South End is smaller, quieter and less densely developed than other parts of the Sand Section, and almost all South End locations are considered to be walkable to downtown.

Based on information from California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. as of August 15th, 2022 at 12:15am PDT. This information is for your personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties you may be interested in purchasing. Display of MLS data is usually deemed reliable but is NOT guaranteed accurate by the MLS. Buyers are responsible for verifying the accuracy of all information and should investigate the data themselves or retain appropriate professionals. Information from sources other than the Listing Agent may have been included in the MLS data. Unless otherwise specified in writing, Broker/Agent has not and will not verify any information obtained from other sources. The Broker/Agent providing the information contained herein may or may not have been the Listing and/or Selling Agent.

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