What you’ll actually pay each month
Base rent for a one-bedroom starts at $2,491 on ApartmentList and $2,559 on Apartments.com, both pulling from the same Greystar-managed inventory in the same week. Add the mandatory monthly fees below and the realistic floor for a one-bedroom sits closer to $2,600 to $2,700 before utilities. Apartments.com lists 18 distinct floor plans across 627 to 3,984 square feet, with two- and three-bedroom units ranging from roughly $3,800 up past $23,000 for top-floor penthouses.
The full fee schedule
| Fee | Amount | Mandatory or situational | When charged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application fee | $56 per applicant | Mandatory | At application |
| Holding deposit | $750 to $1,000 (refundable) | Mandatory | At application |
| Security deposit | $1,000 to $1,500 (refundable) | Mandatory | At move-in |
| Pest control | $2.00/unit/mo | Mandatory | Monthly |
| Trash service | $10.00/unit/mo | Mandatory | Monthly |
| Doorstep trash | $30.00/unit/mo | Situational | Monthly, if enrolled |
| SCEP fee | $2.83/unit/mo | Mandatory | Monthly |
| Pet deposit | $500 (refundable, max 2 pets) | Situational | At move-in |
| Pet rent | $50 per pet/mo | Situational | Monthly |
| Electric, gas, water, sewer | Usage-based, third party | Mandatory | Monthly |
| Renters liability insurance | Varies by coverage | Mandatory | Monthly |
| Early lease termination | Not disclosed in the published fee schedule | Situational | If applicable |
The one line item worth flagging on its own: the early-termination fee is named in Apartments.com’s syndicated schedule but carries no dollar figure or formula. Budget for it as an unknown and get the number in writing before signing, rather than assuming a specific cost.
What happens if I need to break my lease early?The published fee schedule confirms an early-termination charge exists but does not publish its amount. Get the dollar figure or formula in writing from the leasing office before signing.
Do you qualify?
| Price tier | Income needed at 30% of gross income | Income needed at 3x monthly rent |
|---|---|---|
| $2,559/mo (1BR floor) | $102,360/yr | $92,124/yr |
| $3,800/mo (2BR floor, approx.) | $152,000/yr | $136,800/yr |
| $6,500/mo (3BR, mid-range) | $260,000/yr | $234,000/yr |
Apartments.com states the 30%-of-gross-income standard explicitly for this property, working out to $102,360 a year against the $2,559 floor. A 3x-monthly-rent standard, the convention some competing platforms apply, sets a lower bar for the same unit, and the gap between the two widens as rent climbs. Ask the leasing office directly which formula they underwrite against before counting on either number.
Is a 3x-rent rule the same as spending 30% of income on rent?No. A 3x-monthly-rent standard sets a slightly lower income bar than a strict 30%-of-gross-income standard, and this property’s own published qualification language uses the 30% figure.
Why three listing sites show different prices for the same building
Apartments.com, ApartmentList, Trulia, and ApartmentFinder each show a different one-bedroom floor for Circa LA in the same week: $2,559, $2,491, $2,663, and $2,646 respectively. None of this is fraud. Each platform syncs the same Greystar-managed inventory on its own schedule, so a unit that just leased or just got repriced shows differently depending on when each platform last pulled data. Treat any single listed price as a snapshot, confirm the specific unit’s current price directly before applying.
Building basics
Circa LA is a twin-tower, 35-story development at 1200 S Figueroa St, completed in September 2018 by developer Hankey Investment Group and now managed by Greystar. The two towers together hold 648 apartments and 48,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.
Is the CoStar-verified badge the same as a background check on the building?No independent audit of what the badge checks is published beyond Apartments.com describing it as fraud-detection screening on the listing itself, not a structural or management review of the property.
What Daily Life Is Like in a 648-Unit High-Rise
Apartments.com’s HowLoud-sourced Sound Score rates the address 66 out of 100, labeled “Busy,” reflecting vehicle and local noise typical of a building fronting a major DTLA arterial across from Crypto.com Arena. The nearest rail stop, Pico Station, sits 0.1 mile away, which cuts both ways: convenient for a car-free commute, close enough to register on the noise score. A verified-resident review posted on ApartmentHomeLiving.com in April 2026 described recurring elevator and water-system outages and slow management response on one floor of the building.
That single review doesn’t represent every unit in a 648-apartment building, but it’s a concrete data point the marketing pages don’t carry. Ask a leasing agent about maintenance history floor by floor, not just about the model unit.
Location, walkability, and transit
| Mode | Nearest stop or line | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rail | Pico Station | 0.1 mi |
| Air | Los Angeles International (LAX) | 13.4 mi / 23 min |
| Air | Bob Hope (Burbank) | 15.0 mi / 26 min |
Why do different listing sites show different prices for the same unit?They pull from the same operator-managed inventory on different refresh schedules, so a unit that leased an hour ago on one platform can still show as available on another.
Near the DTLA colleges
Circa LA sits within roughly a mile of several Downtown LA campuses, including FIDM Los Angeles, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, and USC’s University Park campus, based on each school’s published street address relative to 1200 S Figueroa St. Precise walking and transit times for each route were not independently verifiable within current research and are listed as an open item rather than stated as fact.
Amenities at a glance
- Rooftop: pool and two-acre park
- Fitness: 24-hour center with TRX and free weights
- Staffing: 24-hour concierge and doorman
- Pets: 2-pet max, $500 deposit plus $50/mo rent per pet
- In-unit: washer/dryer
- Other: bike storage, coworking space, resident lounge, ground-floor retail
Who this building fits
Circa LA fits renters or investors who can clear a roughly $100,000-a-year income bar for a one-bedroom under the property’s own 30% standard and who value being a one-minute walk from a rail stop over a quiet unit. It fits less well for noise-sensitive renters, given the 66/100 Sound Score, and for budget-tier renters aiming at the sub-$2,600 floor, where unit availability across all four tracked platforms is consistently thin.
What can change without notice
Every number on this page is a snapshot. The same building showed four different one-bedroom floor prices across four platforms in the same week, and the two published income-qualification conventions disagree with each other. Confirm current price, fees, and the underwriting formula directly with the leasing office before applying.
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