North Redondo Beach Homes for Sale

North Redondo Beach is the inland half of Redondo Beach, separated from the ocean by Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach and bounded by Lawndale to the east. It has no coastline. That one fact drives most of what makes it different from South Redondo, from the permitting process to the housing stock to the price per square foot.

North Redondo Beach homes run heavily to attached townhomes and smaller-lot single-family houses, with the South Bay Galleria and the Northrop Grumman Space Park campus as its two largest commercial anchors.

Where is the line between North and South Redondo?

There is no official municipal boundary. Redondo Beach divides itself into five numbered council districts, not into halves, and the City has never adopted a North/South line by ordinance.

In practice the line is drawn along 190th Street, Anita Street and Herondo Street. The ZIP codes track it closely: 90278 is north, 90277 is south.

The convention is more than casual, though. The City itself uses it in adopted documents. The Artesia and Aviation Corridors Area Plan, adopted by City Council in December 2020, describes its area as sitting “in the heart of North Redondo Beach.” The certified 2021-2029 Housing Element splits its entire site inventory into maps labeled “North of 190th” and “South of 190th.” The police department runs a North Redondo sub-station at 1922 Artesia Boulevard, and the City’s own capital program includes a North Redondo Beach Bikeway Extension.

One caution about neighborhood names. Villas North, Villas South, El Nido and Golden Hills are MLS search areas, not City of Redondo Beach designations. The City publishes no neighborhood boundary map at all, so those names carry no official boundaries and different brokerages draw them differently.

Why are there so many townhomes in North Redondo Beach?

Because of how the zoning arithmetic works, and it is worth understanding before you compare listings.

Redondo Beach has the lowest proportion of residential land zoned for single-family use among its neighboring cities, according to the City’s own Housing Element. The municipal code calls both R-2 and R-3 “low density multiple-family residential,” and the density formulas are specific:

• R-2 permits one dwelling unit on lots under 6,000 square feet, then one unit per 2,984 square feet on anything larger.
• R-3 permits one dwelling unit on lots under 5,000 square feet, then one unit per 2,490 square feet above that.

A 5,000-square-foot R-3 lot yields two units. A 7,500-square-foot lot yields three. That is the mechanism behind the two- and three-on-a-lot attached product you see throughout the area.

The timing matters too. Citywide, roughly 3,000 attached single-family units were built during the 1980s, and only about 762 have been built since 1990. Redondo Beach was effectively built out by 1990, so most of what exists was set by then.

Which schools serve North Redondo Beach?

Redondo Beach Unified School District serves the entire city. Its district office is at 1401 Inglewood Avenue, which is itself in North Redondo. No part of the city is assigned to another district.

Five elementary schools sit in North Redondo: Birney (1600 Green Lane), Jefferson (600 Harkness Lane), Lincoln (2223 Plant Avenue), Madison (2200 MacKay Lane) and Washington (1100 Lilienthal Lane).

The middle school split does not follow the 190th Street line. Birney, Lincoln, Madison and Washington feed Adams Middle School at 2600 Ripley Avenue, which is in North Redondo. Jefferson, also in North Redondo, feeds Parras Middle School at 200 North Lucia Avenue in South Redondo. That surprises buyers regularly.

There is one public high school for the whole city: Redondo Union High School, at One Sea Hawk Way in South Redondo. Every North Redondo student is assigned there.

Two things to verify rather than assume. First, the district publishes no per-address elementary attendance boundary map – its published map shows the district outline and school locations only. Confirm any specific address through the district’s own address-based School Locator. Second, out-of-area requests run through a School of Choice process that is a March lottery when oversubscribed, not first-come-first-served.

One option exists only here. Residents of two defined North Redondo areas may request an inter-district release to Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach Unified. It is a release request, not an assignment, and it is not automatic. No comparable option exists in South Redondo.

What is happening at the South Bay Galleria?

The mall is open and operating. It has not closed and its name has not changed. A student newspaper headline in late 2025 produced a round of closure rumors that were not accurate.

The South Bay Galleria at 1815 Hawthorne Boulevard opened in 1985 as the Galleria at South Bay, a 955,000-square-foot enclosed mall on roughly 30 acres. It runs three levels with Macy’s and Kohl’s as anchors and a 16-screen AMC. Mervyn’s closed in 2008 and Nordstrom relocated to Del Amo in 2013.

The redevelopment is a different story, and the important point is that none of it has been built. Both phases are entitlements on surface parking lots:

• Phase 1, approved in 2019 and never built: a 150-room hotel, a 300-unit residential building, more than 30,000 square feet of new ground-floor commercial and a town square, on the north lots fronting Artesia Boulevard.
• Phase 2, approved by the Planning Commission on 21 August 2025: 15 townhomes and 335 apartments across 3 to 8 stories, with 8,300 square feet of ground-floor commercial on 3.26 acres at the southwest corner.

Ownership has changed hands repeatedly. Forest City sold to Queensland Investment Corporation in January 2018, which brought in L Catterton Real Estate as a partner in 2019. L Catterton defaulted in 2025 and Kennedy Wilson took control through foreclosure. Kennedy Wilson is pursuing Phase 2.

For a buyer nearby, the practical read is that approvals exist but construction timing does not. Treat it as a possibility rather than a scheduled amenity.

What is there to do in North Redondo?

• North Redondo Beach Farmers Market. Wednesdays, 2pm to 7pm, on Green Lane beside the North Branch Library, 2000 Artesia Boulevard. Run by OurNRB. The operator and the state registry differ on whether it runs year-round or a shorter season, so confirm before a winter trip.
• W6TRW Swap Meet. The last Saturday of every month, 7am to 11:30am, at the southeast corner of Aviation Boulevard and Space Park Drive. The amateur radio club has run it since 1978, rain or shine.
• Rise and Shine Redondo. Second Thursday monthly, 7:45am to 9am, in the South Bay Galleria community room on Level 3. Hosted by the North Redondo Beach Business Association.
• Second Saturday Sweep. Second Saturday monthly, 9am to 11am, at the Greenway lot on the north side of Artesia Boulevard.
• Springfest. Four days each April at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Boulevard.
• Dine Around ARTesia and ARTwalk. A summer evening event along the Artesia corridor, 5pm to 8pm. As of 2026 it runs as two separate evenings covering the east and west segments.
• Distinguished Speaker Series. A six-lecture subscription season running roughly monthly from October through May at 7:30pm, at the Performing Arts Center.
• Hot Chocolate Nutcracker. An annual December run by the Debbie Allen Dance Academy at the Performing Arts Center.
• Redondo Ballet Company. Two productions a year at the Performing Arts Center.
• South Bay Galleria Kids Club. First Tuesday monthly, 6pm to 7pm, in the third-level food court. Free.
• North Branch Library. 2000 Artesia Boulevard. Open Monday through Thursday 11am to 7pm and Saturday 9am to 5pm, closed Fridays. Self-service Express Hours run Monday through Thursday 9am to 11am for cardholders who complete an onsite orientation. Storytime runs Tuesday afternoons at 3:30pm.

The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center is in North Redondo, at 1935 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, next to Aviation Park. It is not on the Redondo Union High School campus, which is in South Redondo.

One correction worth making, because it appears on plenty of listings: Dominguez Park is in South Redondo. The City’s own record places 190th Street as its northern boundary. The dog park and the historical museum there are south of the line.

Details verified September 2026. Confirm with the organizer before you go.

What should buyers know about North Redondo Beach homes?

The coastal zone does not reach here. This is the single largest procedural difference from South Redondo. North Redondo Beach homes do not require a coastal development permit, and the City’s November 2024 Local Coastal Program amendments do not apply. Permitting is simpler and faster as a result.

Density policy is actively changing. The Artesia and Aviation Corridors Area Plan covers about 82 acres of North Redondo, and the City adopted implementing zoning amendments in July 2023. Separately, the Housing Element places residential overlays on large sites and on 190th Street industrial parcels, with a minimum density of 20 units per acre on certain identified sites. A further Housing Element update is underway for 2026. Measure DD, passed in 2008, still requires a public vote for major upzoning, which is the counterweight.

The aerospace campus is here, and jurisdiction varies building by building. Northrop Grumman’s Space Park campus at One Space Park is in North Redondo inside city limits. It began as 110 acres purchased in 1960, opened in 1961 as Space Technology Laboratories, became TRW, and passed to Northrop Grumman in 2002. The campus expanded in 1968 onto roughly 90 adjacent acres in Manhattan Beach, and related buildings sit in El Segundo and Torrance as well.

Transit is commonly misdescribed. The Metro station named “Redondo Beach” is at 5301 Marine Avenue on the Hawthorne border, and since the November 2024 restructuring it is served by the K Line, not the C Line. The Redondo Beach Transit Center for buses is at 1521 Kingsdale Avenue. The K Line extension toward Torrance is a long-horizon project, currently estimated around 2036, and should not be treated as an imminent amenity.

The power plant story is not this side of town. The former AES site at 1100 North Harbor Drive, which closed at the end of 2023 and remains in litigation over redevelopment, is in South Redondo on the harbor. It affects the city broadly, but it is not adjacent to North Redondo Beach homes.

Working with a North Redondo agent

North Redondo Beach homes require checking the specific parcel rather than the area label. Zoning designation drives what can be built, the middle school assignment does not follow the obvious line, and the MLS neighborhood names carry no official boundaries. If you are buying or selling here, we are glad to walk a specific address with you. Our Beach Cities overview covers how Redondo compares with Hermosa, Manhattan Beach and El Segundo.