The Lorenzo Apartments in Los Angeles: Pricing by Bed and What to Verify Before You Sign

Two buildings, one address

325 W Adams Blvd houses two leasing programs managed by GHP Management/G.H. Palmer Associates. The Lorenzo leases furnished bedrooms by the bed, starting at $799 per person. The Residences at Lorenzo leases unfurnished units by the apartment, starting at $2,850 for a one-bedroom, $3,299 for a two-bedroom, and $4,299 for a three-bedroom, per Apartment List’s listing for The Residences at Lorenzo. The Lorenzo’s own site links to the Residences under “Unfurnished Options” in its footer, without explaining that the two programs price roughly three to four times apart per unit. Review platforms compound the mix-up: the same October 2025 complaint about the leasing office appears under both property names on different aggregator pages, even though its content describes the furnished, by-the-bed program.

Am I applying to The Lorenzo or The Residences at Lorenzo? Check the exact program name printed on your lease and application before signing. Furnished, by-the-bed pricing under $1,400 per person belongs to The Lorenzo; unfurnished, per-unit pricing above $2,800 belongs to The Residences at Lorenzo. If a listing or leasing agent mixes the two names in the same conversation, ask them to confirm in writing which program the quoted price applies to.

How the per-bed pricing actually works

Because leasing is per bed, a vacancy in your apartment does not lower your rent, and you can be matched with a roommate you have never met if you do not bring your own. A 2022 first-person account from a two-year resident put a Da Vinci two-bed/two-bath at roughly $1,175 a month for a shared bedroom, with the property’s full range spanning $999 to $3,100 across room types, according to USC’s Trojans360 student blog. That range sits above the $799 to $1,325 headline figures because it reflects specific room configurations, including shared bedrooms, rather than the base floor-plan price alone.

Source: Apartments.com, current as of this writing; the listing states pricing is subject to change without notice. The cheapest configuration is also the largest and most shared: Michelangelo at $799 houses three residents sharing common space, while Botticelli at $1,325 houses one person alone. Choosing between them is a decision about how much privacy is worth per month, separate from the raw price comparison.

Do I get my own room, or do I share? That depends on the specific room type booked within a floor plan, not the floor plan name alone. Some room types include an individual locking bedroom and private bathroom; the cheapest Da Vinci rooms in the account above put two roommates in one bedroom. Confirm bedroom-sharing status for the exact unit and room type before applying.

What residents report, and where the accounts split

Two independent, dated sources converge on the same finding without referencing each other: the physical building and amenities draw consistent praise, while leasing-office conduct is the recurring complaint. A February 2024 review described a working shuttle to USC and to a nearby Ralph’s grocery store, DPS Patrol-zone Lyft coverage, and fast maintenance turnaround. An October 20, 2025 review described a sharply different experience: a named staff member the reviewer says gave conflicting information on lease updates, parking, and roommate changes, treated residents inconsistently, and prompted the reviewer’s own advice to future applicants: get every promise in writing and record conversations. The same review still called the apartments themselves “beautiful,” with “real potential” (both reviews via VeryApt’s resident review page).

The building and its systems get consistently good marks across both review dates; leasing-office conduct is the one dimension that changed between them. Treat a tour as confirming what you would live in, and treat a verbal promise from staff as needing a written follow-up, since that is the specific category the most recent review flags.

Fees, deposits, and parking

Parking is not bundled into the per-person rent figures above. A resident who needs a car should add $200 to $275 a month before comparing this property’s total monthly cost against a competitor that includes parking in the base rent.

Is parking included in rent? No. Assigned covered parking is a separate monthly charge of $200 to $275, on top of whichever per-person rent applies to your floor plan.

Getting to and from USC

The property markets itself as the “Exclusive Off-Campus Housing Provider of USC Athletics” on its own homepage, one paragraph above a footer disclaimer stating the property “is not endorsed nor affiliated with the University of Southern California.” Both statements come from the same source and are both accurate: an athletics marketing partnership is not the same thing as university affiliation, and a searcher skimming only the hero section could easily miss that distinction.

Is The Lorenzo affiliated with USC? No. The property’s own site states it is not endorsed nor affiliated with USC, even while marketing an athletics partnership on the same homepage.

Before you sign

• Get commitments in writing. The most detailed recent complaint about this property centers on verbal promises not matching later reality, and the reviewer’s own advice was to document everything from the first office visit.
• Confirm which program you’re applying to. Ask explicitly whether you’re leasing at The Lorenzo or The Residences at Lorenzo before signing anything, given how often the two are cross-listed.
• Price parking and pet costs separately. Add $200 to $275 a month for a space and $75 a month plus a $500 deposit per pet before comparing total cost to another property.
• Ask about your specific bedroom’s sharing status, not just the floor plan name; “Da Vinci” alone does not tell you whether you get a private bedroom.
• Check the current per-configuration price directly with the property. Apartments.com’s own listing states pricing is subject to change without notice.

How do I avoid a bad roommate match? Ask the leasing office directly how their matching process works and how far in advance you can review a proposed match before signing. No published matching policy turned up in the sourcing for this page, so this is a question to raise with staff directly rather than a fact to assume going in.