The Met Warner Center Condos in Woodland Hills, CA

A complete buyer's and owner's guide to The Met Warner Center — 1,279 condominiums across sixteen buildings on Canoga Avenue, Owensmouth Avenue and Burbank Boulevard, behind a 24-hour guard gate in the heart of Warner Center.

Written and reviewed by Antonio Vaziri, Realtor®, Epique Realty · DRE #01927866 · Last updated September 2026

The Met is the largest condominium community in Warner Center and one of the largest in the San Fernando Valley. It is a garden-style property, not a high-rise: three residential floors, sixteen buildings spread across roughly 26 acres of lawns, pools and tennis courts, with a manned gate at 5555 Canoga Avenue and five more gates around the perimeter.

I have listed, sold and leased at The Met since 2015 — thirteen transactions, several of them the same units coming back to me years later. What follows is what I actually tell buyers and owners there: what the dues run, what the rules say, what the buildings are called versus what escrow calls them, and what is being built on every side of the property.

Warner Center Condominiums HOA, or The Met? Both

This trips up almost every buyer at least once. The association's legal name, the one printed in the governing documents and on escrow paperwork, is Warner Center Condominiums Homeowners Association. The name everyone actually uses — on the MLS, on the HOA's own website, on the signage — is The Met Warner Center. They are the same community. If your title report says one and your listing says the other, nothing is wrong.

The names matter because Warner Center has a lot of similar-sounding addresses. These are not The Met, even though they sit within a few blocks and look similar from the street:

Before you write an offer on anything advertised as "The Met," check that the street address is on the list in the next section.

Buildings and addresses

The Met occupies fourteen street addresses across three streets. The main entrance, the manned guard gate and the on-site management office are all at 5555 Canoga Avenue.

The association numbers its buildings 1 through 17, with no Building 6 — sixteen buildings in all, so a few share a street number. Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 15 require the service elevator for move-ins and move-outs.

Besides the manned Canoga gate there are five unmanned gates: one off Burbank Boulevard, two off Owensmouth Avenue and two off Juliana Avenue, one of which serves Building 11. Guest access runs through the Canoga guardhouse.

Floor plans and square footage

The Met was built with ten floor plans: one-, two- and three-bedroom flats, several of them with a loft or a den. There are no townhomes here and no studios, despite what a few listing sites say.

Square footage is the question I get asked most about this community, and it is the one thing no other Met page publishes. The figures below come from the square footages recorded in the MLS on Met units, pulled in September 2026.

How the plans compare in size

Every box below is drawn to scale against the others, using the square footage recorded in the MLS — a way to see at a glance what the difference between a 610-foot one-bedroom and a 1,135-foot three-bedroom actually looks like.

HOA dues, and what they cover

Dues at The Met are assessed by unit size, not as a flat fee — which is why you will see very different numbers quoted for the same community. As of September 2026, monthly dues shown on units listed for sale ran approximately:

For perspective on the direction of travel: a one-bedroom that sold here in December 2021 carried dues of $382. Across the board, association costs in Southern California have been pushed up hard by insurance since then, and The Met is no exception.

Dues at The Met cover water, sewer and trash, grounds maintenance, pest control, the 24-hour guard gate and patrol, and use of the pools, spas, sauna, tennis courts, racquetball and basketball courts, fitness center and clubhouse. Several listings also report earthquake insurance as part of the association's coverage — an important line item, and one to confirm in writing rather than take from a listing.

The rules that actually affect you

Most of what follows lives in the association's published rules and regulations handbook. It is a thorough document, and it is worth reading before you move in rather than after. These are the provisions that come up in real transactions:

Moving in and out

There is a $250 move fee, paid as two separate checks: $200 refundable against any damage, and $50 non-refundable for cleaning and administration. Moves are permitted Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and movers must be licensed and bonded with proof of workers' compensation. Seven of the sixteen buildings require the service elevator.

Parking and guests

Each unit has two deeded parking spaces in the gated garages — configured tandem, side by side or separately depending on the unit. For a community of this age and price point that is unusually generous, and it is one of the reasons Met units lease as quickly as they do.

Guest parking is available with check-in at the gate, and guest passes are valid only until 3:00 p.m. the following day. Residents may not lend, trade or rent out their spaces to anyone else. RVs, boats, trailers, commercial vehicles and inoperable cars are not permitted.

Pets

Dogs, cats, birds and fish are permitted; exotic pets are not. Any dog excluded from the association's or the owner's liability insurance — individually or by breed — is not allowed. Dogs must be leashed in common areas, on a leash no longer than nine feet, and waste must be bagged in plastic. Pet restrictions apply, and the specifics are set by the association — confirm the current rules for your situation with management before you buy.

Access cards and fines

Access cards are issued per bedroom, with additional cards at $25 each. The fine schedule escalates: a warning first, then $150, $300, $600 and $1,200 for repeat violations.

Renting out a unit at The Met

This is the question investors ask first, and the answer here is better than at most Valley associations.

• There is no rental cap. Nothing in the association's published rules limits how many units may be leased at one time, and there is no owner-occupancy waiting list of the kind you find at smaller buildings nearby.
• The minimum lease term is 30 days — short-term and vacation rentals are not permitted.
• Leases must be in writing, must state that the tenant received the handbook and condominium documents, and a copy of the signed lease plus the tenant's contact information must be delivered to the association within seven days.
• Amenity rights transfer to the tenant for the term of the lease; the owner gives them up while the unit is leased. Tenants do not vote in association matters.

Rents in the community as of September 2026 run roughly $1,995 to $2,450 for one-bedrooms and $2,695 to $2,900 for two-bedrooms. I have leased ten units here since 2015 and can tell you the rent curve from the inside: a two-bedroom I leased at 5530 Owensmouth went from $2,350 in 2020 to $2,750 in 2024 — about 17% over four years, in the same unit, with the same owner.

Financing: FHA, VA, and the deed-restricted units

Two things here that matter more than anything else on this page if you are financing.

FHA and VA

The Met has been an FHA-approved project, and the association's own maintenance calendar shows an FHA renewal due in 2028 — consistent with an approval granted in late 2025 and the standard three-year term. The project is also reported as VA approved. Project approval status changes, and it is worth confirming before you write an offer: your lender can check the current HUD and VA condo lists in a few minutes. Ask them to search both the legal name, Warner Center Condominiums Homeowners Association, and the common name, The Met — the two do not always return the same result.

The 105 moderate-income units

Of the 1,279 units at The Met, 105 are reported to carry moderate-income deed restrictions that cap both the resale price and the rent for fifteen years from the date the restriction was recorded. If a unit you are looking at is one of them, it changes what you can sell it for, what you can rent it for, and how it appraises.

This is not something you will find advertised, and it is a real reason to read the preliminary title report carefully rather than skim it. If you are looking at a unit here and want to know whether it is restricted, ask me — it is one of the first things I check.

Amenities

The Met is amenity-heavy by any standard, and that is much of what the dues pay for:

• Four swimming pools and four spas spread across the property
• Six lighted tennis courts
• Indoor basketball and racquetball courts
• Fitness center with locker rooms, and saunas
• Clubhouse available for resident reservations, plus an event deck
• Children's playground and walking paths through the grounds
• 24-hour guard gate with roving patrol
• In-unit stacked washer and dryer in the units, and elevator access in the buildings

What is being built around The Met

Warner Center is in the middle of the largest redevelopment in the San Fernando Valley, and The Met sits in the center of it. If you are buying here you should know what is coming, including the parts that are only proposals.

Directly next door: Wisteria at Warner Center

At 5500 North Canoga Avenue, immediately adjacent to the community, Spieker Senior Development Partners is building Wisteria at Warner Center — a 17-acre, 647-unit senior life plan community with independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. It broke ground in May 2023 and went vertical in 2024. It is the closest active construction to the property, and as of September 2026 it had not yet opened.

Rams Village at Warner Center

The former Westfield Promenade mall, about three quarters of a mile northwest, was demolished through 2026 and the site is now owned by Stan Kroenke, who assembled roughly 100 acres in Warner Center including Topanga Village. The Los Angeles Rams already practice at a temporary facility on the old Anthem site at 21555 Oxnard Street, which opened in August 2024 and is not open to the public.

The permanent plan — proposed, not yet approved — includes a 350,000-square-foot Rams headquarters and training facility, more than 3,100 homes, a 182-room hotel in a 37-story building, towers of 19, 29 and 32 stories, and a 65,000-square-foot public park. Two things worth being clear about: there is no stadium in this plan — the venues proposed are indoor, seating 5,000 and 2,500 — and the widely repeated $10 billion price tag comes from press reporting, not from the developer. Construction could begin as early as 2027 and would run roughly a decade.

Warner Center has seen big approved plans fall through before: the previous owner's Promenade 2035, complete with a 15,000-seat arena, was approved in December 2020 and never built. Treat what is proposed as proposed.

Housing all around

Within about a mile, 376 apartments were completed at The Q De Soto in June 2025; 264 units broke ground at The Q Erwin in 2026; affordable projects at 21300 Oxnard Street and 6033 De Soto Avenue are under construction for 2028; Toll Brothers was approved in December 2025 for 276 units at 6464 Canoga Avenue; 880 units are approved at the old Fry's site at 6100 Canoga; and a 3,458-unit senior affordable project in four towers up to 42 stories has been proposed at 6400 Canoga Avenue. Warner Center's specific plan allows growth from about 6,200 homes in 2008 to roughly 26,000 by 2035.

The honest read: Canoga Avenue will be an active construction corridor for years. That brings noise and traffic, and it also brings the investment that has made Warner Center condos hold value.

Hospitals and shopping

Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center is about a mile east at 5601 De Soto Avenue. UCLA West Valley Medical Center — formerly West Hills Hospital, acquired and renamed by UCLA Health in 2024 — is at 7300 Medical Center Drive in West Hills. Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana, whose new Friese Family Tower opened in 2023, is a short drive east.

Westfield Topanga and Topanga Village are minutes away, with Nordstrom, Macy's, Target, Costco and the AMC dine-in theater. The mall has thinned out lately — Topanga Social closed in April 2026 and Neiman Marcus in May — with Din Tai Fung announced for 2027. Warner Center Park is at 5800 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, and Los Angeles Pierce College at 6201 Winnetka Avenue.

For commuters: the 101 is reached at Topanga Canyon, Shoup, De Soto or Winnetka — there is no Canoga Avenue exit. And one correction worth making, because several pages still say otherwise: the Metro G Line has not served Warner Center station since June 2018. That site is a bus hub now, and Canoga station is the G Line connection.

Condos for sale and for lease at The Met

Current listings at The Met Warner Center, straight from the MLS. With roughly 26 units on the market at any one time out of 1,279 — about two percent of the community — there is usually something available, though the better plans and the upper-floor units move quickly.

Leases come up at The Met regularly, but not constantly. If the rentals page is empty the day you look, send me a note and I will tell you the moment one lists — I have leased ten units here since 2015 and usually hear about them early.

Want to hear about one first? Open Condos for Sale at The Met and click Save Search at the top of the page. You will be emailed automatically whenever a unit comes on the market here — for sale or for lease — instead of having to check back. Or tell me the plan and the budget you are after and I will watch for it myself.

Recent sales and the current market

In the thirty days to September 11, 2026, The Met recorded 26 active listings, 12 new listings and 3 closed sales, at a median list price of $494,000 and a median sold price of $460,000, with a median 34 days on market.

Active asking prices as of September 2026 run roughly $369,000 to $399,000 for one-bedrooms, $475,000 to $625,000 for two-bedrooms, and $545,000 to $580,000 for three-bedrooms.

Working with me at The Met

I have handled thirteen transactions at The Met since 2015 — three sales and ten leases — and several of them are the same units coming back around:

• 5530 Owensmouth #223 — sold at $355,000 in January 2020, after I leased the same unit a month earlier
• 5510 Owensmouth #109 — sold at $410,000 in March 2019
• 5510 Owensmouth #314 — sold at $410,000 in March 2016, and leased by me the year before
• 5530 Owensmouth #230 — leased four separate times, in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024
• Plus units at 5500, 5520, 5540 and 5550 Owensmouth, one-, two- and three-bedroom

Owners who keep calling the same agent back are the only endorsement in this business that means anything. If you own at The Met and want to know what your unit is worth today, or you are trying to buy into the community and want someone who knows which plans are worth waiting for, get in touch.

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