Edifício Manguaba stands on Rua Gustavo Sampaio — the first street ever opened in Leme, laid out in the 1892–94 subdivision — one block behind the beach. Built in 1938, it is one of the Art Deco buildings the neighborhood is known for, with ceramic panels worked into the entrance hall. Apartments run around 130 to 200 m², three- and four-bedroom plans from an era when Leme was built for families who stayed.
Leme is the dead-end neighborhood of the Zona Sul beachfront: one way in, the Morro do Leme closing the far end, no through traffic. That geography keeps it quieter than Copacabana proper and keeps prices a step below — Manguaba units list around R$ 11,000 – 13,000 per m², with HOA fees of R$ 1,300 – 1,600 a month, modest for the size.
AddressRua Gustavo Sampaio 220, 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 Leme3 min walk
Metrô Cardeal Arcoverde (L1)10 min walk
Santos Dumont Airport13 min by car
Galeão (GIG) International27 min by car
Restaurante Shirley (Gustavo Sampaio)5 min walk
Caminho dos Pescadores · Morro do Leme8 min walk
On the map
Edifício Manguaba located.
Rua Gustavo Sampaio 220, Leme, Rio de Janeiro — 22010-010
Built in 1938, in the same pre-war decade that produced Leme's Art Deco stock — the neighborhood's other cited examples are the Hotel Acapulco on the same street and the Leme building on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana. Gustavo Sampaio itself was opened by the Empreza de Construcções Civís in the early 1890s, three decades before the buildings that now define it.
Obras na praia de Copacabana · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
The street spent the mid-century as the address of Leme's hotel-and-restaurant strip while the residential buildings above it stayed family-held. Manguaba has kept its original entrance ceramics and Art Deco massing through every renovation cycle since.
Obras na praia de Copacabana 2 · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)Vista de Copacabana · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Long-term rent
What a unit leases for.
Steady family demand; large pre-war plans one block from the sand lease quickly at Leme's quieter price point.
Where named individuals declined attribution, we describe the owner profile.
No address-level identification of current residents.
Pre-war Leme families
Several units have passed down within the same families since the 1940s; the building trades infrequently.
Available now
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