Malibu, California
Malibu's open county roll values 6,910 parcels at about $25.3B and names no private owner; the City owns its hall, Legacy Park and about 64 acres bought in 2016–18, the State the pier, while the shopping centres changed hands in a run of 2023–2024 sales. Public ownership now rests on the City's FY2022-23 Adopted Budget, its press releases and California State Parks, because the Assessor's publicly owned parcel layer sits on a robots-403 host.
10 buildings · 8 with an owner established · 15 sources · 7 tier A · 3 tier B · prepared 2026-11-03
Can you find out who owns it?
California has no public online land-title register. Malibu sits in Los Angeles County, whose Assessor publishes an open parcel layer with land and improvement values, floor areas and use codes but no owner-name field. Deeds are recorded with the county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, which says it 'does not provide online access to real estate records or indexes', citing Government Code section 6254.21; a certified copy costs $6 for the first page and $3 for each page after. The roll carries a Prop 13 base year, never a sale price.
Is ownership public?Public, but one paid search at a time
Cost of one title search$6 for the first page and $3 for each additional page per document (certified copy)
Bulk ownership dataNone published
Sale pricesNo transaction data published
Sites that forbid taking their data
- commercialobserver.com — “users may not 'use any robot, spider, intelligent agent, other automatic device or manual process to search, monitor, or copy the Services'; access is 'solely for your personal, non-commercial use'”
- hrl.com — “the licence 'does not include ... (d) use of any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction methods'; 'personal use only of the Site'”
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malibu City Hall 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 37,359 sq ft (roll) |
Civic | City of Malibu The City's FY2022-23 Adopted Budget says 'The City used debt to acquire and improve Legacy Park and City Hall' and that City Hall 'houses all City Departments in a 35,000 square foot building' (s14); the City's press releases carry 23825 Stuart Ranch Road as its own address (s6). The main roll (s3) describes the parcel as an office building of 37,359 sq ft built 1998, with no roll value (publicly owned). The purchase price is not stated in any source we opened. |
Government | —A |
| Malibu Pier 23000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265 |
Civic | State of California California State Parks' pier history: after a 1980 auction failed, 'Later that year, the State of California did buy the pier'; it 'continued to operate under the State Department of Parks and Recreation, that leased space to the commercial operations on the pier'. Transferred to the City in 1997 on condition Malibu repair it, 'The pier reverted to the State' (s15). The main roll (s3) lists AIN 4452005902 at 23000 Pacific Coast Hwy as 'Athletic & Amusement Facilities' with no value. Who runs the pier's restaurants today is not stated. |
Government | —A |
| Point Dume Club (manufactured-home community) 29500 Heathercliff Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 |
Residential | Hometown America Hometown America announced 'the acquisition of Point Dume', '297 beautifully maintained home sites', and says it now manages 34 California communities (s7, undated). The Registry's editor's note: 'Chicago-based Hometown America spent $170 million ... to acquire the property from Pomona-based ADM Properties', closing 17 September 2024 (s8). The 2026 roll (s3) has AIN 4468013011, mobile home park, 297 units, $165.2M land + $8.2M improvements with a 2025 land base year, the most valuable parcel in Malibu. The deed's grantee entity is not stated in what we opened. |
Private company | $170M 2024-09 The Registry, citing public documents: about $572,390 per site; sale closed 17 September 2024. B |
| Malibu Village (shopping centre) 3822 Cross Creek Rd and 23359 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265 51,000 sq ft (The Registry); 17,732 + 25,990 sq ft on two roll parcels |
Retail | a Kroenke Group affiliate (reported) (owner of the Los Angeles Rams) The Registry (2 June 2023): 'Kroenke acquired a 51,000 square foot shopping center in Malibu for $81.5 million, or about $1,600 per square foot, according to The Real Deal' (s9). The Real Deal itself (403 to us) is the second-hand source, hence tier B; the buying entity is not named in what we read. The 2026 roll (s3) has AINs 4452011042 (3822 Cross Creek Rd) and 4452011043 (23359 PCH), shopping centre use, $43.4M each, both with a 2023 land base year, consistent with the sale year. |
Private company | $81.5M 2023-06 About $1,600 per sq ft; The Registry citing The Real Deal. BThe Registry (SoCal) |
| Malibu Colony Plaza (Ralphs centre) 23841 Malibu Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 36,120 sq ft main building (roll) |
Retail | Not established a paid title search would answer it The 2026 roll (s3) has AIN 4458019010 at 23841 Malibu Rd, shopping centre, built 1989, $44.6M land + $40.4M improvements = $85.0M with a 2006 land base year, the most valuable commercial parcel in the city. The roll names no owner and no document we opened does; reporting we could not open (Malibu Times, The Real Deal) attributes it to the Kroenke Group, bought from the Malibu Bay Company around 2005–06, which is recorded under unverified. |
Not established | —A |
| The Park at Cross Creek (Whole Foods centre) 23401 and 23465 Civic Center Way, Malibu, CA 90265 39,350 sq ft (The Registry) |
Retail | DSB Properties (affiliated buying entity) The Registry's DSB Properties tag page lists its 1 July 2024 item: sale price '$80 million, or approximately $2,033 per square foot. The buyer was an entity...' with the photo file 'The_Park_at_Cross_Creek' (s10). The buyer's name is cut off by the paywall; the attribution to DSB Properties rests on the tag, hence tier B. The 2026 roll (s3) has AIN 4458022030 (23401 Civic Center Way, built 2019) at $83.2M with a 2024 land base year, and AINs 4458022032/033 (23465 Civic Center Way, built 2022, 2021 base year). |
Private company | $80M 2024-07 About $2,033 per sq ft per 'industry sources' (The Registry, 1 July 2024). B |
| Legacy Park site (park and three commercial buildings) 23500 Civic Center Way, Malibu, CA 90265 about 20 acres (17 vacant, 3 commercially developed) |
Civic | City of Malibu The City's FY2022-23 Adopted Budget: 'In 2006, the City of Malibu purchased the 20-acre parcel located in the Civic Center at the southeast corner of Civic Center Way and Webb Way', about 17 acres vacant and three acres commercially developed, for $25 million; 'The three buildings have remained as commercial tenants' whose rent pays the park's debt service (s14). The park, at 23500 Civic Center Way, is described as fifteen acres. Tenants and lease terms are not stated. |
Government | $25M 2006 Paid with state and local grants, community donations, debt financing and General Fund dollars (City budget). A |
| Former Malibu Bay Company land (Civic Center Way and PCH at Heathercliff Rd) 23575 Civic Center Way and PCH at Heathercliff Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 29.24 acres |
Land | City of Malibu 'The City of Malibu closed escrow on the purchase of three commercially-zoned parcels totaling 29.24 acres from the Malibu Bay Company on September 6': 9.65 acres at 23575 Civic Center Way, 1.11 acres at Civic Center Way and Webb Way, and 18.48 acres at PCH and Heathercliff Rd, paid from reserves, Measure R and M funds and Certificates of Participation (s5). The City's FY2022-23 budget carries the debt service on these vacant lands (s14). |
Government | $42.5M 2018-09 Three commercially zoned parcels; escrow closed 6 September 2018. A |
| Office campus at 22619 Pacific Coast Highway 22619 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265 39,000 sq ft, three buildings (The Registry); 21,094 sq ft main building (roll) |
Office | Weintraub Real Estate Group (affiliated entity) The Registry (4 March 2026): 'An entity affiliated with Weintraub Real Estate Group has acquired a three-building office campus at 22619 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu for $12.5 million, according to property records'; the oceanfront property 'traded at roughly 55 percent below its 2017 sale price' (s11). The 2026 roll (s3) still carries AIN 4452022004 at $33.1M with a 2017 land base year, so the roll had not yet re-based to the 2026 price when published. |
Private company | $12.5M 2026-03 The Registry: 'roughly 55 percent below its 2017 sale price'. A |
| HRL Laboratories campus 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 90,648 + 102,267 sq ft on the two main roll parcels |
Industrial | Not established a paid title search would answer it The roll (s3) has AINs 4458029015 (built 1988, 90,648 sq ft, $47.8M) and 4458029012 (built 1956, 102,267 sq ft, $27.5M), 'Heavy Manufacturing', 2004 land base year, with further campus parcels outside city limits. No owner is on the roll. Wikipedia (s12) says HRL Laboratories, LLC was owned jointly by Boeing and General Motors and that 'On July 23, 2026, IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories'; who holds the land is not stated. HRL's own site forbids robots (see scrapingProhibited). |
Not established | —A |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
The county's open parcel service values every parcel in Malibu and names no private owner. Figures computed on 3 November 2026 from the 2026 roll for the 6,910 parcels with TaxRateCity = MALIBU (s3). The beachfront estates along Pacific Coast Highway dominate; we give values and addresses only, never owners, for homes.
Malibu parcels on the roll6,910 parcels; about $25.3B assessed
6,573 carry roll values: $19.70B land + $5.63B improvements, before exemptions — land is 78% of the total. 6,524 parcels are residential (6,334 single-family); 163 commercial. LA County parcel service, 2026 roll.
Highest-value parcel$173.4M
AIN 4468013011, 29500 Heathercliff Rd, Point Dume Club mobile home park (297 units): $165.2M land + $8.2M improvements, land base year 2025. 2026 roll.
Highest-value single-family parcel$151.2M
AIN 4460031017, 27712 Pacific Coast Hwy: $99.5M land + $51.7M improvements, land base year 2023. The highest land value on a house lot is $119.1M (AIN 4460032001, 27740 Pacific Coast Hwy, base year 2022). Owners not stated. 2026 roll.
Commercial ground163 parcels; about $1.20B
The top two are shopping centres: 23841 Malibu Rd ($85.0M, base 2006) and 23401 Civic Center Way ($83.2M, base 2024). 2026 roll.
Homeowners' exemptions1,433 parcels
Parcels claiming California's homeowners' exemption (owner-occupied main residence), against 6,334 single-family parcels — a pointer to how many Malibu houses are second homes or rentals, not a count of them. 2026 roll.
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Malibu's largest holders are park agencies, not developers, but the Assessor's list of publicly owned parcels sits on a robots-403 host, so parcel counts and acres are under unverified. What open sources state: the City bought Legacy Park (2006), City Hall, Trancas Field (2016) and the Malibu Bay Company land (2018); the State bought the pier in 1980; the National Park Service holds Solstice Canyon. Railroads and investor-owned utilities are absent because the State Board of Equalization assesses their operating property.
| Name | Type | Public holdings, Malibu |
|---|---|---|
| United States Government (National Park Service) Wikipedia: Solstice Canyon is 'a park within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Malibu'; after Roberts Ranch was sold to the State and the Trust for Public Land, 'In 1996, the land was transferred to the National Park Service' (s16). Acreage is not stated. |
Government | Solstice Canyon (transferred 1996)B |
| State of California State Parks: 'the State of California did buy the pier' in 1980; it operates under the State Department of Parks and Recreation, which leases space to the pier's businesses, and reverted to the State after a 1997 transfer to the City (s15). The State's beach and park acreage in the city is not stated in an open source we could read. |
Government | Malibu Pier (bought 1980)A |
| City of Malibu The FY2022-23 Adopted Budget (s14): Legacy Park, a 20-acre parcel bought in 2006 for $25 million; about 35 acres at Trancas Canyon Rd and PCH (Trancas Field) closed 30 November 2016 for $11.4 million; the three 2018 Malibu Bay Company parcels (29.24 acres, $42.5M per s5); and City Hall, bought and improved with debt. Charmlee Wilderness Park (over 532 acres) is run by the City; its title holder is not stated. |
Government | about 84 acres bought since 2006, plus City HallA |
| Malibu Bay Company (former holder) The City bought three commercially zoned parcels totalling 29.24 acres from the Malibu Bay Company for $42.5 million, closing 6 September 2018 (s5). What the company still holds in Malibu is not stated in any open source we read. |
Private company | 29.24 acres sold to the City, 2018A |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Malibu permitted 44 new dwellings in 2025, all single-family houses, with a stated construction value of $80.1M (about $1.8M each), according to the Census Building Permits Survey. New building here is custom houses and fire rebuilds on individual lots by small custom builders, none of whom publishes a Malibu count; no national homebuilder reports a Malibu figure. So no builder league table can be assembled from open sources. The largest residential landlord we could establish is Hometown America at the 297-site Point Dume Club.
| Name | Type | Units permitted 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| All builders (Census Building Permits Survey) we2025a.txt, Malibu row (place code 1685, FIPS 45246): 1-unit 44 buildings / 44 units, $80,054,458 valuation; 0 two-unit, 3–4-unit or 5+ unit buildings. Not a builder; listed so the market's size is on record. |
Not established | 44 units in 44 buildingsA |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Malibu's commercial stock is small — 163 parcels worth about $1.2B on the roll — and concentrated in the Civic Center shopping centres, which changed hands in a run of sales: Malibu Village (2023), the Point Dume Club (2024), the Park at Cross Creek (2024) and an office campus at a steep discount (2026). No listed REIT reports a Malibu property in what we read. The City is itself a landlord of three commercial buildings on the Legacy Park site.
| Name | Type | Malibu holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Hometown America Bought for $170M, closing 17 September 2024 (s8); Hometown America says it now manages 34 California communities (s7). The park is Malibu's most valuable parcel on the 2026 roll ($173.4M). |
Private company | 297 home sites (Point Dume Club)A |
| a Kroenke Group affiliate (reported) (owner of the Los Angeles Rams) $81.5M in June 2023 per The Registry citing The Real Deal (s9). Reporting we could not open also attributes Malibu Colony Plaza ($85.0M on the roll) to the Kroenke Group; that is not counted here. |
Private company | 51,000 sq ft (Malibu Village)B The Registry (SoCal) |
| DSB Properties (affiliated entity) $80M in July 2024 (about $2,033 per sq ft), per The Registry's DSB Properties tag page (s10); the buyer's name itself sits behind the paywall, hence tier B. |
Private company | 39,350 sq ft (The Park at Cross Creek)B |
| Weintraub Real Estate Group (affiliated entity) 22619 Pacific Coast Hwy, bought for $12.5M in early 2026, 'roughly 55 percent below its 2017 sale price' (s11). |
Private company | 39,000 sq ft, three office buildingsA |
| City of Malibu The City bought the 20-acre site at Civic Center Way and Webb Way in 2006 for $25 million; about three acres are commercially developed and 'The three buildings have remained as commercial tenants', whose rent pays the park's debt (s14). Tenants and lease terms are not stated. |
Government | three commercial buildings on the Legacy Park siteA |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Who owns Malibu Colony Plaza (23841 Malibu Rd, $85.0M on the 2026 roll, land base 2006). Search results attribute it to the Kroenke Group, bought from the Malibu Bay Company in about 2005 for a reported $68.5M (The Real Deal, Malibu Times), but neither site would serve the article to us.
- The price the City paid for City Hall at 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd: search results quote a $15M bid accepted in the 2008–09 bankruptcy of the former owner (Malibu Times, GlobeSt), but no page we opened states it.
- The Surfrider hotel, 23033 Pacific Coast Hwy (AIN 4452019002, 19 units, $37.35M on the 2026 roll with a 2026 land base year): reported sold in November 2025 for about $37.5M to private individuals (not named here) by Dauntless Capital Partners; the reporting host was Cloudflare-blocked, so neither buyer nor price is recorded.
- Point Dume Club: the price is also reported as $200M (CoStar, paywalled) against The Registry's $170M from public documents; the deed's grantee (reported as Point Dume MHC, L.L.C.) was not opened.
- Who owns the Malibu Beach Inn (22878 Pacific Coast Hwy, 47 units, $44.8M, base 2015), the hotel parcel at 22752 Pacific Coast Hwy ($46.2M, base 2007) and the restaurant parcels at 22706/22716 Pacific Coast Hwy ($36.7M and $37.5M, base 2004). The roll names no owner and no filing we opened does.
- Whether the IBM purchase of HRL Laboratories announced 23 July 2026 has closed, and who holds the campus land (Wikipedia only).
- Pepperdine University's campus at 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy carries a Malibu address but is outside the city on the roll (TaxRateCity 'unincorporated'), so it is not counted in this record.
- Whether the LA County Assessor's per-parcel portal shows an assessee name; it renders as a JavaScript shell (Los Angeles record) and was not tried.
- The Assessor's publicly owned parcel list shows 318 parcels in Malibu, about 3,700 acres (our calculation from polygon areas, as of its November 2025 edit) — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority: 78 parcels, about 1,187 acres (largest AIN 4473004901, about 330 acres; AIN 4459007901 at 25635 Pacific Coast Hwy, about 171 acres; AIN 4449011900, about 143 acres) — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- United States Government (National Park Service): 17 parcels, about 942 acres (largest AINs 4467001902, about 195 acres, and 4469002904, about 182 acres; 3455 Solstice Canyon Rd, AIN 4459003901) — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- State of California: 63 parcels, about 567 acres, incl. State Parks AINs 4473002901/902 (about 160 acres), beach and lagoon parcels in map book 4452 (AIN 4452007903, about 24 acres; AIN 4452011903, about 25 acres), the pier parcel AIN 4452005902 recorded 1 July 1980, and 3 Caltrans parcels — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- City of Malibu: 34 parcels, about 490 acres (largest AIN 4473006900, about 296 acres, 1999); City Hall AIN 4458021901 (about 6.1 acres, recorded 20 July 2009); Legacy Park AINs 4458020903 (3939 Cross Creek Rd, about 14.8 acres, a 23,732 sq ft store building on the roll) and 4458020902, recorded 30 March 2006; the 2018 parcels AINs 4458022907, 4458020904 and 4466021900, recorded 7 September 2018 — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- County of Los Angeles: 87 parcels, about 238 acres (incl. Zuma, AIN 4469027902 at 30050 Pacific Coast Hwy, about 92 acres), plus Waterworks District No. 29 (10 parcels) and the Consolidated Fire Protection District (3) — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District: 12 parcels, about 123 acres (largest AIN 4469017901, about 50 acres) — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: 3 parcels, about 101 acres (AIN 4459006270, about 97 acres, recorded 1965) — previously from services.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
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Sources
- Real Estate Records — General Info — Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk · openA
- View Real Estate Records (copies and fees) — Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk · openA
- LA County Parcel layer (LACounty_Parcel MapServer, layer 0), 2026 roll — Los Angeles County eGIS / Assessor · openA
- City of Malibu Completes Purchase of 29.24 Acres for $42.5 Million (press release, 6 September 2018) — City of Malibu · openA
- Malibu City Council Votes to Move Forward with Major Land Acquisition of Vacant Properties (press release, 23 April 2018) — City of Malibu · openA
- Hometown America Acquires Point Dume in Malibu, CA — Hometown America · openA
- Hometown America Spends $170MM for 297-Site Manufactured Housing Site in Malibu — The Registry (SoCal) · paidA
- a Kroenke Group affiliate (reported) Pays $81.5MM for 51,000 SQFT Malibu Village Shopping Center — The Registry (SoCal) · paidB
- DSB Properties tag page (lists the July 2024 $80M Malibu retail sale, image 'The_Park_at_Cross_Creek') — The Registry (SoCal) · openB
- Weintraub Real Estate Group Acquires 39,000 SQFT Malibu Office Campus for $12.5MM at Steep Discount — The Registry (SoCal) · paidA
- HRL Laboratories — Wikipedia · openB
- Building Permits Survey, places, West Region, 2025 annual (we2025a.txt) — US Census Bureau · openA
- City of Malibu Adopted Budget, Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (Legacy Park, City Hall Operations, Vacant Properties, Debt Service) — City of Malibu · openA
- Malibu Pier History — California Department of Parks and Recreation · openA
- Solstice Canyon — Wikipedia · openB