Little Tokyo Lofts

Lived here many years! The community has been safe and secure! As well as friendly, even met friends for life! All within the confines of the ever changing downtown landscape! Spoiled by the freshest sushi and the best restaurants in all of LA, living here has been a serendipitous adventure! Only shared in the past decade by few!
Welcoming newbies into the community all the time!

Tried to look at a loft here. Had the lockbox code, d-​bag security guard wouldn’t let us in the gate to do so. Considering this is the only residential building within blocks, well «building», their were many tents inhabited by homeless people pretty much next door, this might have been a good thing. No matter how nice the building is, the neighborhood is terrible. Seriously looks like the streets of Johannesburg around here because while the name of the building is Little Tokyo Lofts, this is not Little Tokyo but really the very edge of Skid Row. Might be a great area in a few years when more yuppies and hipsters move in, but right now it is best left to the bums.

*** BEWARE OF BED BUGS ***
I moved to LTL back in August 2013 and it has been nothing but a nightmare. We actually paid for an extra 2 weeks of rent to have enough time to clean and paint our place to have it ready for move in at the end of July. When we first came over to clean and paint the place everything looked okay and I noticed there were some dead bugs around and didn’t think too much of it, I picked one of them up and it looked like a tick. It was dead, so I never really thought anything about it, I just thought maybe the previous owner had a dog. We finished moving in and maybe about 4 weeks after the move I kept waking up with bites on my body, which I thought were mosquito bites. That went on for about a week, one day I was giving my friend a ride and he is an apartment manager and asked what was all over my arms and I said mosquito bites. He looked at them and told me that those were not mosquito bites and they looked like bed bug bites, he told me exactly what to look for and to go home and look for them on my couch and bed (mind you I have never seen what bed bugs look like or had any contact whatsoever). I came home and didn’t have to look far, they were nesting on my tufted headboard. I went downstairs and talked to the community manager and asked her if there was a bed bug problem in the building, she was busy so she casually said «oh, yes. We have had that problem for a while, I’m busy right now so I’m going to ask that you please email me and I will get back to you.» I got back to my place and wrote her an email and she took 10 days to respond and sent me the letter where it detailed there is a bed bug problem since ⁰⁴⁄₂₀₁₃ and asked for me to call an exterminator.
I worked things out with the unit owners and they have been nothing, but helpful and accommodating during this whole process. We have spent countless hours prepping, lost sleep over this and keep waking up in the middle of the night to check if the bed bugs are there. We were finally able to pack the whole place in December and had the place fumigated and the problem stopped for 2 ½ months. Last week I was on the couch and got a bite on my hand and went to look for the little bastards and they are back. I contacted my unit owner and told them what was going on and that the bed bugs are back. The owner tried to get the community manager involved and she is trying to wash her hands and state that when our place first got fumigated there was no evidence of bed bugs and that I was possibly making the whole thing up to try to break my lease without having to pay a lease breakage fee. She also implied that we might have fleas and that all the bed bug reports have came back negative. If there were no bed bug problems, why would they have sent out the letter back on 04/​25/​2013 indicating there was a problem. I have pictures of the bed bug bites and also pictures of the actual bed bugs which I have sent to my landlord. She had the audacity to state that I asked the pest control technician to lie on the report to help me get out of my lease and that the information could be verified by calling the pest control company. I called the pest control company and was told that they never told her that and confirmed that I never asked for them to lie on any reports. This has turned into a nightmare and do not wish this upon anyone.
Keep in mind the negative feedback is for the building management and their way of handling this issue and not the owner or the facilities.
If I could do it all over again, I would go spend a little more money and rent somewhere else.
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Lived here for about 4 months and love it. The neighbors I’ve met are super chill and courteous. You’ll often find people in the courtyard to chat/​smoke/​drink/​eat with. I feel like I’m part of a real community. The building is well maintained, always clean, and very secure. If there’s a zombie apocalypse, this is where I wanna be. Ain’t no zombies getting in. The building amenities include a beautiful pool, spa, small gym, free cable TV, and guest parking. You’re allowed to use up to 4 guest parking spots at once, pretty ridiculous for Downtown. The surrounding area is near skid row, so if you’re scared of homeless people this place isn’t for you. Homeless don’t bother me and I often walk through the tent villages at night. One night around 11:30pm, I was walking home from the subway station on 4^th and Hill and passed two homeless guys. I scared one of them. I overheard him say to his friend «Whoa, that guy startled me.» I was a little offended but life’s too short to hold grudges. I love the location, I’m within walking distance of the Historic Core, Metro line, Little Tokyo, and the Arts District. Taking the subway to work has been real sweet. I rarely use my car anymore. Pedestrian living is becoming a reality in LA.

This is a condo building; any rentals are per the owner of the unit (so for any reviewers that had a bad experience with the «people who work here», there is no such thing. You are either working with the owner of the unit, or the real estate agent they have hired to market their unit for rent. If the owner or their agent is rude, find another one!!). You can’t compare a condo rental to something like PE Lofts, which is a managed apartment rental community (ie the whole building is owned by one person who has hired a company to market, lease, and maintain it). Most condo rentals include all fees and basic utilities, as well as parking in the lease rate, which is awesome!
Little Tokyo Lofts is great and has some great upsides, but the location is not for some people. Make sure you are comfortable with what is going on outside the building after dark, before you make your decision. As long as you know what you’re getting into, Little Tokyo Lofts can be a great place to buy a loft or rent one from an owner!

LTL really is one of the coolest places in Downtown LA. Fancy enough to have its own parking structure, plenty community spaces and a nice pool and 24h gate security all the while sitting borderline between Little Tokyo and Skid Row. Skid Row itself was established long time ago and as the revival of Downtown continues will slowly fade away.
A major major thing here is the offer of ‘guest parking’ — something no other building in DTLA has! Priceless to say the least. On the other hand if one choses to not use a car at all this is the place to be too. Little Tokyo proper is 2 blocks away. Cafes, restaurants, groceries are plentiful around. Everything’s in walking distance.
The building itself is well built, old style massive concrete. Big windows, wooden floors, central air and heat. Nice.
And then there’s the community itself, folks around here are very diverse, all ages really and quite artistic. Very very nice.
A great place — i love it.

Scawy on the outside purty on the inside.

LTL is classic loft living. Solid concrete construction, industrial elements, high ceilings and wide open floor plans. It’s location in LA’s famous Skid Row District has pros and cons to be sure. Because land is a little more plentiful here, LTL boasts its own 5 level parking garage! All units come with at least one and some two, deeded spaces. All enjoy the benefits of the 25 guests spaces, a feature unheard of in DTLA where parking is at a premium. If you’re squeamish about people, maybe the neighborhood’s not for you. Not that anyone will bother you, but you may see someone who hasn’t showered that day, and then there’s the homeless. They’ll bother you even less Jimmy!

i toured several of these units last year. the residents actually looked greasier than the homeless people. also the people who worked there seemed quite rude. and the couple of blocks around the building are just horrible! the units were not too bad inside, but i strongly recommend that you spend a little more and go somewhere else.

My prayers have been answered
We have a gym now! er. its more of a fitness center/​closet.
— 2 treadmills with TV and ipod video hookup — amazing.
— 1 elliptical machine
— 1 sit-​down cycling machine
— 1 weights machine
— A set of free weights
— A set of medicine balls
— A yoga ball
— Air-​conditioned!
Awesome. Now I can start eating at Curry house to go again.