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Work on 300 Alamitos Ave. senior living space in Long Beach officially starts

Crews are expected actually to break ground by the end of this week on a senior housing development at 300 Alamitos Ave.

Long Beach to host first community meeting of 2025: Connecting Colorado Lagoon to Marine Stadium

The $32.5M project will bring a new tidal flow channel between Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium that hasn't been seen since the 1960s.

Long Beach unveils final renderings of future Belmont Plaza Pool

The City of Long Beach hosted a community meeting to unveil what are said to be the final renderings for the Belmont Plaza Pool.

From the Arena to the Bowl: How Long Beach is returning to live music roots with massive changes and updates

From reclaiming the Long Beach Arena to opening a live music and performance amphitheater space opening at The Queen Mary this fall, Mayor Rex Richardson is doubling down as the Mayor of Amps.

Discovery of asbestos, weather causes setbacks as Long Beach’s Colorado Lagoon project slowly moves forward

Asbestos. Weather shifts. Change orders. Colorado Lagoon—the city's largest infrastructure project—continues to face delays four years into development.

271-unit Resa Long Beach development to open soon at 3rd & Pacific in DTLB

Expected to be completed in 2025, the 271-unit project replaces a much more ambitious project—a 23-story tower with 395 units—that was proposed in 2019.

Alexan West End, Long Beach’s 600-unit residential project, crawls upward

Construction crews for the Alexan West End have laid its foundation and have begun building toward the sky, moving progress forward on the largest residential development under construction for Long Beach.

4th Street Micro-Housing: Vacant Downtown Long Beach lot set for 96-unit residential complex

A seven-story, micro-unit housing development is being proposed for the vacant lot on the north side of 4th Street between Elm and Linden Avenues in Downtown Long Beach

Fairmont Breakers—years in the making—begins taking reservations Nov. 19

The Fairmont Breakers has been years in the making—and Long Beach's first luxury hotel is set to open Nov. 7.

73-unit affordable housing project proposed for Cal Heights at 3401 Cerritos Ave. in Long Beach

An initial study looking at the environmental consequences of a proposed affordable housing project at 3401 Cerritos Ave. in Cal Heights has been formally submitted to the city.

Historic 115 Pine Ave. building in Downtown Long Beach to be converted to housing

The iconic, 1906 French Renaissance Revival gem that is the Enloe Building at 115 Pine Ave. is set to be converted to 70 housing...

Long Beach transit mall renovation inches toward reality (including an old Blue Line train as decor)

Initially proposed in March of 2023, the Long Beach transit mall renovation took an inch toward reality this week.

400 Oceangate building in Downtown Long Beach proposed as 275-unit complex

The high-rise at 400 Oceangate, which used to be owned by (and home to) Long Beach law firm Keesal, Young & Logan, faces a new future.

2028 Summer Olympics and Long Beach: Your guide to everything happening

The 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted by our neighbor to the north—and it will have massive impacts on Long Beach. Here is your complete guide to what is being proposed, where things are happening, and what improvements (yes, improvements!) are happenin

Crews break ground on 163-unit affordable housing project dubbed ‘1400 Long Beach’

Construction crews formally began the process of building a new 163-unit affordable housing project dubbed 1400 Long Beach. Honoring the property's intersection at 14th...

Developer to double units in 937 Pine Ave. residential building in Downtown Long Beach

Developers want to go bigger: A project previously entitled for 69 units wanted to expand to 140 units—including 15 units set aside for very...

Renaissance to revamp, rebrand as Marriott Downtown Long Beach (new bar and restaurant included)

The Renaissance at Ocean Boulevard and Pine Avenue is undergoing a massive, interior revamp and will rebrand as the Marriott Downtown Long Beach when it formally reopens in the coming weeks.

1.5-acre Downtown lot sold; developer to break ground on 272-unit Jefferson Long Beach project

And it will be called Jefferson Long Beach: Mosaic—the massive retail-meets-soon-to-come-residential complex in Downtown Long Beach between 3rd and 6th Streets and Long Beach Boulevard and Pine Avenue—has sold one of its two property lots slated for residential to JPI, the Dallas-SoCal focused developer with over 380 community developments under their belt.

FIRST LOOK: Inside Angel’s Share, Belmont Shore’s restaurant meets full-on whiskey lounge

Angel's Share—the newest restaurant that has already begun construction inside the former Tap House space in Belmont Shore—is a space that hopes to bring a little class to the Shore with a whiskey selection like no other, private chef dinners, memberships, and a setting that keeps it intimate.

Streets surrounding Colorado Lagoon project to reopen by end of year, weather permitting

The $32.5M Colorado Lagoon project—set to bring a new tidal flow channel between Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium that hasn't been seen since the 1960s—is the city's largest infrastructure project currently under construction and has caused a complete diversion of East Long Beach traffic.

189-unit Inkwell Long Beach development in downtown to welcome tenants May 1

The Inkwell Long Beach residential complex—formerly dubbed the Broadstone Promenade when the project was entitled nearly five years ago—will officially be welcoming tenants.

The Fairmont Breakers in Long Beach to open in fall; multiple food and bar spaces (like The Sky Room) included

The Fairmont Breakers—taking over the historic building that lines the southern end of Ocean between Collins Way and Locust Avenue—has what many are hoping to be an official opening date after many opening announcements that failed to follow through: Fall of 2024.

Crews breaks ground on the CSULB La Playa Hall housing development, part of larger campus master plan

Future 49ers rejoice: The CSULB La Playa Hall development—a 424-bed residential complex being constructed near Parking Lot G4 just west of the College of Business—has officially broke ground, clearing the way for formal construction to begin in June of 2024.

Renderings show off future, renovated CSULB Student Union breaking ground in 2026

The future of the CSULB Student Union—or more formally, the University Student Union building—looks bright as renderings show off what the space will look like following its groundbreaking in the summer of 2026.

These massive Long Beach development projects will alter our skyline, vibe—or both

2024 and the following handful of years might prove tangibly influential in Long Beach development—from how our skyline looks to how our entire vibe feels, be it skyscrapers or bridges, parks or beachside projects.

FIRST LOOK: What North Long Beach’s much-needed 51st Street Greenbelt will look like

The 51st Street Greenbelt is a proposed park project by the City of Long Beach that will transform an acre of undeveloped land on DeForest Avenue between 51st and 52 Streets in North Long Beach.

Scaffolding coming down on 189-unit Broadstone Promenade project in Downtown Long Beach; ped pathway key component

The Broadstone Promenade's completion is more than just 'another building in Downtown Long Beach'—it's an essential cog in making the Promenade feel like its own neighborhood.

First look inside Long Beach’s massive Shoemaker Bridge replacement project

City of Long Beach staff met with the community to discuss the replacement of the Shoemaker Bridge, one of the city's largest infrastructure project.

Hard Rock Hotel in Long Beach scores loan, advancing pre-construction development

The Hard Rock Hotel in Long Beach has already taken a massive step forward toward its completion, scoring a $8.75M loan to cover pre-construction costs, per the Los Angeles Business Journal.

31-story Hard Rock Hotel to break ground in Downtown Long Beach come 2024 (music venue in Jergins Tunnel included)

The mayor has said Hard Rock Hotel—taking over the southeast space at Ocean and Pine that has been empty for decades—is expected to break ground next year.

The micro-unit housing project set to replace historic-not-really Varden hotel in Downtown Long Beach

Now entitled, here is what the project that will take advantage of the city's micro-unit ordinance might look like when completed at 335 Pacific Ave.

New renderings for Studio One Eleven’s 21-story tower in Downtown Long Beach

Love renderings? So do we: Scroll through our entire archive. Long Beach architectural firm Studio One Eleven has released fresh renderings for its design of...

New renderings revealed for six-story, 160-unit senior housing development east of Wrigley

The Long Beach Planning Commission will determine whether developers can move forward with a six-story, 160-unit senior housing development in the Sunrise neighborhood just west of the edge of Signal Hill and east of Wrigley.

Construction of 32 townhomes in Bixby Knolls takes step forward, renderings released

Initially announced in 2022, a project set to raze what is currently a commercial space and parking lot in order to construct 32, three-story townhomes at the southwest corner of Orange Avenue and San Antonio Drive in Bixby Knolls took a step forward.

Foundation ready to be laid for Long Beach’s first new seaside hotel in decades

Crews have officially dug what will be the base for a new seaside hotel on the bluff at 2010 E. Ocean Blvd., replacing the former, aged Beach Plaza Hotel. It marks a dramatic shift for the project, which has been in a tumultuous adventure toward realization since its inception in 2007 and it finally breaking ground in February earlier this year.

Two massive residential projects on Pacific Coast Hwy. move past Long Beach Planning Commission

Two of three massive residential projects will alter the entire landscape of Pacific Coast Highway have moved passed the city's Planning Commission.

After multiple iterations, Ocean Village residential project at Golden Shore in Downtown Long Beach downsizes

The Golden Shore area in Downtown Long Beach has seen a flurry of renderings, proposals, and ideas—but nothing has led to actual construction.

Scaffolding comes down on eight-story Aster residential development in DTLB

Offering the first glimpse of the building’s façade, the podium-style building’s geometric east-facing side have become visible along with its north-facing brick façade.

The three residential projects set to massively alter the landscape of Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach

The landscape of the entirety of the city has shifted massively across the past decade—and outside of DTLB itself, it is likely that PCH is the one facing the most change.

This is what California’s high speed train could look like leaving and coming into DTLA’s upgraded Union Station

Train geeks can dream: A new animation beautifully shows off what a through-track system at Union Station could look like.

What the residential project on Pacific Avenue in DLTB will look like when completed in 2025

Expected to be completed in 2025, the 271-unit project replaces a much more ambitious project—a 23-story tower with 395 units—that was proposed in 2019.

Your first look at Shoreline Village’s proposed revamping in Downtown Long Beach

Constructed in 1982, Shoreline Village was part of the revamp of Long Beach's shoreline—including what is now the Shoreline Marina and Marina Green Par—and hasn't seen an update since.

Win~dow burgers, Marufuku Ramen, and yes, a dog bar are coming to San Pedro’s West Harbor development

From ramen and Venice's famed Win~Dow smash burgers to a food space meant for dogs and their owners and a 20,000-square-foot beer garden, San Pedro's West Harbor project is getting some stellar culinary culture.

Gaucho Grill’s beach concept to open on sands of Long Beach in summer; new look at interior

After years of setbacks, the largest of the beach amenity upgrades—those at Alamitos Beach—will have its tenant, Gaucho Grill, finally open this summer.

One of Long Beach’s most dangerous intersections to increase safety with four murals

15th and Chestnut is a perpetual site of fender benders, pedestrian scares, blown through stop signs, and an overall domination of the car—but now the many walkers in the Washington neighborhood will have a colorful buffer of safety.

Massive, three-parcel development at DTLB’s Mosaic complex could break ground early 2024

Mosaic—the development that was once known as The Streets and City Place before its previous owner defaulted on loans keeping the properties in possession—could move forward on big plans in 2024 for one of the city's largest parcels of land.

Taking over former Chianina space, upcoming ‘4 Shore’ bucks trends with dress code, mandatory bottle service

The former Chianina space in Naples, Long Beach—which has long had an application notice for a change of ownership belonging to Drizzy Enterprise LLC—will...

Upgrades continue in park-poor Long Beach neighborhoods with Ramona Park playground

North Long Beach is deemed the city's most park poor neighborhood—and while the playground doesn't add any additional green space, it is still a much-appreciated addition particularly for the families within walking distance.

After tumultuous journey, crews break ground on shoreline hotel & condo development on Long Beach bluff

After a decade following battles between developers and the California Coastal Commission, the as-of-now dubbed Silversands project is moving forward with construction.

A look inside the massive, three-parcel development set to move forward at DTLB’s Mosaic complex

Mosaic—the development that was once known as The Streets and City Place before its previous owner defaulted on loans keeping the properties in possession—is proposing big plans for one of the city's largest parcels of land.

Long Beach Lost: The ambitious Shoreline Village revamp that never came to be

My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings, places, and things that have either been demolished, are set to be demolished, or are in motion to possibly be demolishe—or were never even in existence. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.

A look at the amphitheater coming to San Pedro’s food-meets-entertainment waterfront overhaul

A new environmental report released by the Port of Los Angeles showcases a proposed amphitheater that oozes Hollywood Bowl vibes.

Ghost kitchen meets dining hall: Partake Collective in Long Beach to offer kitchens for local, budding chefs

Ghost kitchens are one of the most dominating forces in the food industry, exploding mid-pandemic as people sought delivered meals—but Partake hopes to centralize that business in Long Beach by going local, taking over the former MHA Village space in DTLB.

Colorado Lagoon to undergo massive transformation via connecting to Marine Stadium

The Colorado Lagoon is one of Long Beach's most successful park comeback stories, going from polluted mess to popular oasis—and its grandeur is about to become even greater as it will soon fully connect to Alamitos Bay with construction beginning in 2022.

Crews break ground on $57.7M affordable housing complex in Cambodia Town

The 108-unit complex located in Cambodia Town in Central Long Beach will be dedicated to affordable housing and transitional housing for seniors who have experienced homelessness.

Construction on Lincoln Park continues, aims for early 2022 opening

With around two years of further construction following the setback of construction nationwide during the pandemic, Plenary Properties—the group responsible for designing and constructing the new civic center—has begun construction on one of the project's most important features: the redesign of one of Downtown's most accessible green spaces, Lincoln Park.

Construction continues on eight-story mixed-use project next to Psychic Temple

The developmental boom continues in Long Beach: As Shoreline Gateway, the city's tallest tower, nears opening its doors to new residents (at least those that can afford rents ranging from $3,090 for a studio to $13,000-plus for its penthouses), an influx of other developments are well underway or have broken ground.

San Pedro’s massive West Harbor project announces food tenants; SP Fish Market to move

Developers of the $150M project have announced that 65% of the space is leased, with tenants including longtime Hollywood favorite Yamashiro.

Owners of Padre seek new home—and possible new partnerships—as plans move forward for demolition of current building

After serving DTLB for over six years, the owners of Padre—Jay Krymis and Michel Verdi Krymis—are actively searching for a new home and maybe even an entirely new partnership.

189-unit, eight-story Broadstone Promenade development continues construction

The developmental boom continues in Long Beach: As Shoreline Gateway, the city's tallest tower, nears opening its doors to new residents (at least those that can afford rents ranging from $3,090 for a studio to $13,000-plus for its penthouses), an influx of other developments are well underway or have broken ground.
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