Edifício Leme Rio at Rua Gustavo Sampaio 438 is the practical way into Leme: a 1968 building with the widest unit spread in the neighborhood, from 32 m² studios to 300 m² family plates, one block behind the beach. Asking prices run roughly R$ 590K to R$ 4.8M depending on size — R$ 14,000 – 15,500 per m² across the range.
The running costs are the quiet argument. Average HOA is around R$ 850 a month, a fraction of what the beachfront buildings charge, and the building sits between the Gustavo Sampaio restaurant strip and the fishermen's path at the foot of the Morro do Leme. Short-term rental is workable here, and the studio tier puts the entry ticket under $120K.
AddressRua Gustavo Sampaio 438, Leme, Rio de Janeiro — 22010-010
Distance to
What's around it.
Walk and drive times to the things that decide where you live in Rio — beach,
metro, airports, neighborhood anchors.
Praia do Leme4 min walk
Metrô Cardeal Arcoverde (L1)11 min walk
Santos Dumont Airport14 min by car
Galeão (GIG) International28 min by car
Restaurante Shirley (Gustavo Sampaio)3 min walk
Caminho dos Pescadores · Forte Duque de Caxias9 min walk
On the map
Edifício Leme Rio located.
Rua Gustavo Sampaio 438, Leme, Rio de Janeiro — 22010-010
Built in 1968 on Rua Gustavo Sampaio — the first street opened in Leme, in the 1892–94 subdivision — during the verticalization push that rebuilt the neighborhood's back streets in the 1950s and 60s.
Obras na praia de Copacabana · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
The mixed-plate plan was typical of the era's second-row buildings: studios and one-bedrooms for the rental market, large family units on the upper floors. That mix still defines how the building trades today — high turnover at the small end, decade-hold owners at the top.
Obras na praia de Copacabana 2 · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)Vista de Copacabana · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Rental yield · short-stay
What a unit earns.
Typical studio-to-2BR unit. Leme trades on quiet: guests pay near-Copacabana rates for a calmer block, and the low HOA keeps net yield close to gross.
Nightly rateR$ 420 – R$ 1,000Low → high season
Avg occupancy77%12-month average
Gross yield7.9%On purchase price
Indicative estimates based on comparable short-stay units — not a guarantee of income or occupancy. Actual returns vary with unit, season and management.
Who's lived here
Notable residents.
Where named individuals declined attribution, we describe the owner profile.
No address-level identification of current residents.
Mixed owner base
Investor-held studios alongside multi-decade family owners in the 300 m² plates; no single famous name, which is fairly typical for Gustavo Sampaio's residential row.
Available now
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