Calabasas Park, Calabasas: Fifty-Eight Years of Building Around a Lake, and What Is Rising at Its Edges Now

Written by Antonio Vaziri, Realtor, Epique Realty, DRE #01927866 · Last updated October 2026

The newest homes that changed hands on the Park streets over the past year were finished in 2017. The oldest went up in 1969, a year after Calabasas Park opened beside a man-made lake on former movie ranch land. Between those two dates, Calabasas Park filled in one tract at a time, and almost nothing is left to build inside it. The change now is happening at the edges: 80 apartments and new storefronts under construction at The Commons, a 107-unit apartment plan filed on Park Sorrento, a wildlife bridge over the 101 a few miles west, and new state fire rules that reach right up to the walls of every house. This guide follows that story from the first lots to the projects on file in 2026, with the past year of recorded sales as the measuring stick.

A note on the lines I drew. No agency publishes a street-by-street map of Calabasas Park. The closest official outline is the city's Landscape Maintenance District 22, which local reporting describes as roughly the old Calabasas Park. For the numbers below, I counted homes south of the 101 whose street names begin with "Park," which is how the 1968 plan named its streets, from Creekside near the Woodland Hills line on the east to the Park Granada tracts on the west. A handful of cul-de-sacs off those streets carry other names and were left out of the counts, and the Spanish-named streets of Calabasas Hills to the southwest are a separate community.

Before the lake: a movie ranch, a utility and an engineering firm

Warner Bros. owned this land as a working movie ranch from 1935 until 1959. That year, subsidiaries of Southern California Edison and the Bechtel Corporation bought it and began planning a community. Calabasas Park opened on May 12, 1968, together with Calabasas Country Club, whose course covers just under 141 acres at 4515 Park Entrada. Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jr. designed it, and the Warner Ranch Stables, tucked between the 11th and 15th holes, are the last piece of the movie ranch still in use.

A Life magazine advertisement from June 1968, reprinted by The Acorn in 2023, listed lakefront homes from $45,000 and estate homes from $55,000, along with a 21-acre lake, tennis, a pool, a gun club and a riding club. The City of Calabasas did not exist yet. It incorporated on April 5, 1991, more than two decades after the first owners moved in.

Six waves of homes, priced by last year's sales

Read the closed sales by the year each home was built and the neighborhood sorts itself into six waves. Each wave has its own lot sizes, its own association and its own price level. The table covers 49 closed sales recorded in the MLS between October 6, 2025 and September 29, 2026.

Source: CRMLS sale records as published on Redfin, pulled October 1, 2026; sizes and dues are as reported in each listing. All 49 sales together: median $1,930,000, low $520,000, high $4,000,000. Detached houses alone (31 sales): median $2,200,000.

The association names on the listing records follow the same waves. The 1972 flats carry the Oak Park Calabasas name. The townhomes by the water show Las Villas. The later tracts list Westridge, Vista Pointe and Park Verdi, and the two easternmost streets list Creekside. Several lake-era houses list the Calabasas Park Homeowners Association, which lines up with the small monthly figures in the first row. One price split stands out: 11 of the 49 sales closed under $1 million, every one of them a 1972 flat, while 7 closed at $3 million or more.

The lake: owned by an association, kept up with public money

Calabasas Lake covers about 21 acres and is the only body of water in the city, with a walking path around it that hosts the city's July 4 fun run. The Calabasas Park Homeowners Association owns it. The upkeep, however, comes from Landscape Maintenance District 22, an assessment district the city formed on June 12, 1979 for the communities in that association. The Acorn reported in 2012 that the district spends roughly $700,000 a year on the lake and that about 300 owners inside the district do not belong to the association. Because public money maintains the lake, The Acorn reported in 2010 that every resident of the geographically defined Calabasas Park has a right of access, member or not.

Two practical points for a buyer follow from this. First, look for the district assessment on the property tax bill, and ask the seller for the most recent bill so the yearly amount is a known number. I could not find a Mello-Roos district covering these streets in the city's published materials, but the tax bill for the specific parcel is the place to confirm that. Second, the size of the association is reported differently by different sources: a 2025 HOA data profile lists about 2,600 units, while The Acorn counted about 3,000 members in 2024. Ross Morgan & Company is listed as the manager.

Which streets sit behind a gate

A common belief is that all of Calabasas Park is gated. No authoritative source I found describes the main association area that way, and The Acorn has reported that the lake has several unlocked entrances. Gates do exist in parts of the wider area. Calabasas Park Estates is a separate, guard-gated association of 427 homes according to its 2025 HOA data profile, built from the late 1980s through the 1990s and reached from Parkway Calabasas. Creekside is gated as well, and Vista Pointe is described by local agents as guard-gated. The listing records in my count name other associations, so if a home is marketed as part of Calabasas Park Estates, confirm that in the association documents and the title report.

Two more mix-ups come up often. Hidden Hills, north of the 101, is its own gated city, incorporated in 1961, even though it shares the 91302 ZIP code. And 91372 is a post office box ZIP served from Park Granada; houses here use 91302.

Under construction, approved, proposed or closed: the edges of Calabasas Park

Each item below carries the status shown in its most recent dated source. A proposal is not a promise. Plans get redesigned, shrink after hearings, get sued or simply sit, so read the labels literally and check the city's current projects page before relying on any of them.

• Under constructionThe Commons Lane, 4719 Commons Way. Caruso broke ground on February 3, 2026 for 80 apartments, four of them for very low income households, plus about 27,411 square feet of new shops and restaurants on the site of the former Regency theater. Some retail is expected by the end of 2026 and the apartments in 2027 (The Acorn, February 6, 2026; City of Calabasas project page).
• Proposed, pendingThe Park Apartments, 24100 Park Sorrento. 107 units, 21 of them affordable, filed in September 2022. The city's project page shows plans dated September 26, 2024, a tolling agreement while review continues and no hearing date.
• Approved 2018, status unclearCreekside senior apartments, 23480 Park Sorrento. 42 senior units and 1,620 square feet of commercial space to replace an office building, approved in February 2018 and reported as delayed by the developer in 2021. Office tenants still list the address.
• Moving toward approvalAvalon Calabasas expansion, 3831 Orchid Lane. 135 apartments, 27 for lower income households, added to the existing 600-unit complex near Lost Hills and Las Virgenes Roads. On July 16, 2026 the Planning Commission directed staff to prepare an approval resolution (The Acorn, July 24, 2026). A 161-unit version was rejected by voters as Measure N in 2020.
• Approved by settlementWest Village, 4790 Las Virgenes Road. Once proposed at 180 units, cut to a maximum of 76 homes in a January 2024 court settlement after the city lost a Housing Accountability Act case. The mayor described about 70 detached condominiums in August 2026.
• CompletedCraftsman's Corner annexation. About 145 acres north of the 101 between Calabasas and Hidden Hills joined the city, reported complete in the mayor's August 2026 presentation (The Acorn, September 4, 2026).
• Proposed, pausedWoodland Hills Country Club, a few miles east in the City of Los Angeles. An application for hundreds of homes on the 87-acre golf course, filed under state ministerial approval laws; city planners paused it because documents were missing (Council District 3 update, February 13, 2026).
• ClosedRegency Calabasas theater and Marmalade Cafe at The Commons. The theater closed December 28, 2025 and was demolished for The Commons Lane. Marmalade Cafe, 4783 Commons Way, served its last day on August 2, 2026 after 28 years, citing construction and lost parking (Valley News Group, July 30, 2026).
• OpenBLVD Steak at The Commons opened June 27, 2025 in the former Crossroads Kitchen space.
• Planning stageOld Town Calabasas. The city has been holding public workshops on supporting businesses along Calabasas Road while keeping the historic character; no project or site has been defined (The Acorn, September 4, 2026).
• Under constructionWest Calabasas Road roundabout at Mureau Road, with sidewalks and repaving, scheduled from spring into fall 2026 with one segment running into the winter.
• UnderwaySouthern California Edison undergrounding. About 17 miles of six circuits in Calabasas over three years, starting with roughly 1.28 miles on Alta Pena Canyon Road in mid-2026 (city council briefing, May 27, 2026).
• Under constructionWallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 at Liberty Canyon, Agoura Hills. The official opening date is still December 2, 2026, with planting to continue afterward; Agoura Road closures run weekdays through November 30, 2026 (reports dated September 17 and 23, 2026).
• Under constructionPure Water Project Las Virgenes-Triunfo. A water purification plant and a 14-mile pipeline that broke ground in April 2026, centered in Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks; no completion date is published.
• Retired / RunningCalabasas Trolley and Calabasas Flyer. The trolley made its last run on October 18, 2025. The on-demand Calabasas Flyer now covers the city and runs to Westfield Topanga, the Metro G Line at Canoga and medical sites; the city lists fares of $2.50 within Calabasas and $4 outside it.

Looking for the Rams Village plans and the Warner Center housing pipeline? Those are about six miles east and are covered in my Warner Center guide.

Fire hazard maps, Zone 0 and insurance quotes

The whole City of Calabasas sits in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone on the CAL FIRE map published March 24, 2025, according to the city's fire hazard page, which also notes that building code Chapter 7A and Public Resources Code 4291 can apply to parcels in those zones. On August 19, 2026, the State Board of Forestry approved the first Zone 0 rules for the five feet around a house. As summarized by the state's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, new construction must comply once the rules take effect, existing homes get three years for the first phase (clearing combustible material) and five years for the second (under-eave areas and combustible gates). I did not find a separate Calabasas ordinance on Zone 0 as of this update.

Recent history is worth knowing too. During the Woolsey Fire in November 2018, most of Calabasas was under a mandatory evacuation order. In January 2025, the Kenneth Fire led to orders for Hidden Hills and the part of Calabasas north of the 101, and it was contained on January 12 with no structures lost. If you are buying, start insurance quotes during your inspection period rather than after it, check coverage and any wildfire exclusions with your own insurance agent, and talk to an attorney about anything in the disclosures that concerns you. I can point you to the documents, but coverage and legal questions belong with those professionals.

Calabasas city rules that reach into a homeowner's yard

Calabasas has rules that surprise people moving in from the City of Los Angeles. Every healthy oak tree is protected under Municipal Code Chapter 17.32, and removing, pruning or building close to one requires an oak tree permit, minor or full depending on the work. Oaks under two inches are exempt unless they grow in scrub habitat or were planted as mitigation. If a back yard has oaks, price the arborist and the permit into your plans.

Accessory dwelling units are a moving target. On May 4, 2026, the state housing department sent the city a letter listing 20 points where its ADU ordinance did not match state law and asked for a response by June 3, 2026, so the local ADU rules may change. Owners who rent out a unit in a multi-unit building should also know the city's secondhand smoke ordinance from 2008, which requires most units in multi-unit rentals to be nonsmoking and bars smoking on apartment balconies and patios.

Errands, open space, hospitals and the 101

The Commons at Calabasas, 4799 Commons Way, has been the shopping and dining center at the north edge of the Park streets since 1998. The Calabasas Tennis and Swim Center, 23400 Park Sorrento, has 16 lighted courts and a heated junior Olympic pool. The Civic Center opened in July 2008 with City Hall at 100 Civic Center Way, the library at 200 and the senior center at 300. Along Calabasas Road, the Leonis Adobe at 23537 Calabasas Road dates to 1844 and was the first property named a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Juan Bautista de Anza Park is at 3701 Lost Hills Road.

The 101 has interchanges at Parkway Calabasas and at Valley Circle Boulevard and Mulholland Drive. Hospitals in the West Valley include Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills at 5601 De Soto Avenue, UCLA West Valley Medical Center at 7300 Medical Center Drive in West Hills, and Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center at 18321 Clark Street.

Las Virgenes Unified schools near the Park streets

Calabasas Park is served by the Las Virgenes Unified School District. No public school has an address on a Park street, so the list below shows the district schools located in Calabasas that are closest to the area, each linked to its California School Dashboard report. The California Department of Education directory lists all of them as active.

• Bay Laurel Elementary, grades K to 5, 24740 Paseo Primario, Calabasas 91302
• Lupin Hill Elementary, grades K to 5, 26210 Adamor Road, Calabasas 91302
• Round Meadow Elementary, grades K to 5, 5151 Round Meadow Road, Calabasas 91302
• Chaparral Elementary, grades K to 5, 22601 Liberty Bell Road, Calabasas 91302
• Arthur E. Wright Middle, grades 6 to 8, 4029 North Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas 91302
• Alice C. Stelle Middle, grades 6 to 8, 22450 Mulholland Highway, Calabasas 91302
• Calabasas High, grades 9 to 12, 22855 West Mulholland Highway, Calabasas 91302

Which of these a particular house is zoned for depends on its exact address, not on the neighborhood name. Enter the address in the district's Find Your School locator or ask the district's enrollment office. For homes just across the line in Woodland Hills, which belong to the Los Angeles Unified School District, use the LAUSD Resident School Identifier instead.

Twenty-three homes asking, and the search buttons

On October 1, 2026, 23 homes on the Park streets were listed as active. The median asking price was $2,475,000, from a 1972 flat at $559,000 to a house on Park Colombo at $7,500,000. Asking prices are not sale prices, and the table above is the better guide to what buyers have actually paid. The buttons below search my site's live MLS feed inside the outline I drew for this guide, so new listings and leases appear as they come on the market.

If nothing on the list fits yet, press "Save Search" at the top of either results page and the site will email you when a new match is posted.

Where my Calabasas experience comes from

I want to be plain about this. My Calabasas transactions so far have been outside the Park streets: a lease on Eddingham Avenue, southeast of the Park streets, and a sale on Ambridge Drive, north of the 101. Everything on this page about Calabasas Park itself comes from public records, the MLS and published reporting, all listed below with dates. What I bring to a sale here is the same process I use across the West Valley: pricing from the closest wave of comparable homes, a careful read of association and district documents, and early attention to insurance and fire rules.

Nearby guides and the Calabasas city page

• Calabasas homes for sale and city overview
• Warner Center, Woodland Hills, for the Rams Village proposal and the housing pipeline to the east
• Walnut Acres, Woodland Hills
• 91364 Woodland Hills ZIP code guide, the ZIP just across the city line
• All of my neighborhood guides

Records, reporters and pull dates for this page

• Sales and active listings: CRMLS records as published on Redfin, closings October 6, 2025 to September 29, 2026, pulled October 1, 2026. Association names from individual listing records on the same site.
• History: The Acorn, "City and golf course linked forever" (May 8, 2026) and the reprinted 1968 Life advertisement (April 25, 2023); Calabasas Country Club course page; City of Calabasas incorporation date.
• Lake and district: The Acorn (2010, 2012 and July 19, 2024); City of Calabasas Landscape District Division page; TransparencyHOA profiles of the Calabasas Park Homeowners Association and Calabasas Park Estates Owners Association (2025).
• Projects: City of Calabasas current projects pages; The Acorn (February 6, July 24 and September 4, 2026; January 12, 2024); Valley News Group (July 30, 2026); Los Angeles Council District 3 (February 13, 2026); Calabasas city council briefing on undergrounding (May 27, 2026); wildlife crossing reports (September 17 and 23, 2026); Walsh Group (April 2026); The Acorn on the trolley (September 18, 2026); City of Calabasas microtransit page.
• Fire: City of Calabasas fire hazard severity zone page; California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force (August 19, 2026); Thousand Oaks Acorn on the Kenneth Fire (January 17, 2025); CBS Los Angeles on the Woolsey Fire (November 13, 2018).
• City rules: City of Calabasas environment and oak tree pages; California Department of Housing and Community Development ADU findings letter (May 4, 2026); City of Calabasas secondhand smoke ordinance page.
• Schools: California Department of Education School Directory and California School Dashboard (2025 reports), checked October 1, 2026; Las Virgenes Unified School District locator and enrollment pages.