Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia has often shined a spotlight on the amount of development occurring throughout the city, particularly in downtown, stating that the city is “booming” – and it’s easy to see why. In 2019, six developments were completed downtown, with 23 projects under construction or approved and six more proposed, totaling more than $3 billion of investment by developers, according to city staff. Long Beach Development Services Director Linda Tatum attributes the flurry of downtown developments, in large part, to the Downtown Plan, the city’s guide for development and design standards that streamlines the development process in the area.
“One thing the Downtown Plan did, and we’re now starting to see the fruits of it, is make Downtown Long Beach attractive for investors. Success breeds success, if you will,” Tatum said. “The plan has incentivized developers to invest in the downtown, be it residential, mixed use or commercial development.”
In 2019, six completed developments brought 621 new residential units to downtown. More than 3,500 residential units and 209 hotel rooms are under construction or have been approved, with an additional 816 residential units and 919 hotel rooms proposed by developers. Many of these projects include thousands of square feet of commercial space, which will bring additional retail and services to residents and visitors alike. These figures do not include future commercial and hotel uses at the proposed Queen Mary Island because those plans have not been finalized by developer Urban Commons.
Tatum acknowledged that every development boom eventually recedes as vacant land becomes scarcer, particularly in a city like Long Beach that is already mostly built out. However, Tatum said this inevitable slowdown in coming years is not a bad thing. In fact, she said it will be a good opportunity for city staff to assess the impacts of these new developments and reexamine the Downtown Plan to ensure it still fits with what is needed and desired in the area. The plan could then be updated to focus on infrastructure and mobility, or continue to emphasize the creation of housing. But for now, the development of vacant land and surface parking lots is positive for Downtown Long Beach, she said.
“The key objective is to make downtown a safe and attractive place that people want to come to. When you have dead spaces, it feels like a failure; it feels like something went wrong there,” Tatum said. “To the extent that we’re filling in those gaps, it just demonstrates that it’s a hot market and that [Long Beach] is a place that people want to invest. It fills out the fabric of what the vision is for the city. The downtown will be more vibrant and more active – new development really starts to create the pizzazz.”
Compiled by Long Beach Development Services and the Long Beach Business Journal as of December 9, the following list includes details of all downtown developments completed in 2019, as well as those under construction, approved and proposed, alphabetically.
Completed in 2019
442 Residences
Address: 442 W. Ocean Blvd.
Developer: Ensemble Real Estate
Building Height: Four stories
Units: 94
Parking: 152 spaces
Amenities: A 1,633-square-foot rooftop deck with outdoor kitchen, fitness center, plaza-level pedestrian paseo and dog park.
Start/Completion Dates: 2017/2019
AMLI Park Broadway
Address: 245 W. Broadway
Developer: AMLI Residential
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 222
Commercial Space: 6,007 square feet
Parking: 320 stalls
Amenities: Pool and deck areas, a podium-level clubhouse, and ground floor fitness center and multi-purpose room.
Start/Completion: 2016/2019
Huxton
Address: 227 Elm Ave.
Developer: City Ventures
Building Height: Three stories
Units: 40 townhomes
Parking: 40 one-car garages, 10 guest parking spaces
Amenities: Solar powered, all-electric townhomes. A community room building, outdoor courtyards and an integrated pedestrian paseo. On-site bike storage and a bike repair room.
Start/Completion: 2017/2019
The Linden
Address: 434 E. 4th St.
Developer: Sares-Regis Group
Building Height: Five stories
Units: 49
Commercial Space: 2,500 square feet
Parking: 82 stalls
Amenities: Fitness center, outdoor kitchen and community spaces, and ground floor bicycle kitchen.
Start/Completion: 2017/2019
Long Beach Civic Center
Developer: PECP
Building Height: 11-story City Hall (411 W. Ocean Blvd.); 11-story Port Administration Building (415 W. Ocean Blvd.); two-story Billie Jean King Main Library (200 W. Broadway)
Start/Completion: 2016/2019
Oceanaire
Address: 150 W. Ocean Blvd.
Developer: Lennar Multifamily Communities
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 216
Commercial Space: 1,500 square feet
Parking: 406 stalls
Amenities: A courtyard sitting area, fitness center, pool and deck area, and a clubhouse, as well as improvement of Victory Park and the development of a new city fitness park and dog park at the Seaside Way grade.
Start/Completion: 2016/2019
Under Construction/Approved
5Nº at The Streets
Address: 495 The Promenade North
Developer: Long Beach Center, LLC
Building Height: Four stories
Units: 20
Commercial Space: 4,604 square feet
Parking: 30 stalls
Amenities: A 24-hour eatery on the ground floor.
Start/Completion: 2018/2020
Status: Under construction
The Alamitos
Address: 101 Alamitos Ave.
Developer: Sares-Regis Group
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 136
Commercial Space: 2,560 square feet
Parking: 174 stalls
Amenities: Fitness center, rooftop deck and club room, bike kitchen and storage room
Start/Completion: 2017/Early 2020
Status: Under construction
Aster
Address: 125 Long Beach Blvd.
Developer: Raintree-Evergreen LLC
Building Height: Eight stories
Units: 218
Commercial Space: 7,292 square feet
Parking: 312 car stalls, 44 bicycle stalls
Amenities: 11,600-square-foot, open-to-the-sky courtyard with a swimming pool, spa, barbecue area, and lounge seating amenities on the third floor. A bicycle kitchen and a co-working space on the ground floor with Long Beach Boulevard frontage. A 749-square-foot rooftop lounge on the eighth floor.
Start/Completion: To be announced (TBA)/TBA
Status: Approved
The Beacon
Address: 1201-1235 Long Beach Blvd.
Developer: Century Housing
Building Height: Beacon Place – Seven stories; Beacon Pointe – Five stories
Units: 160
Commercial Space: 6,184 square feet
Parking: 200 car stalls, 72 bicycle stalls
Amenities: The two buildings will be connected at their third levels by a 23,735-square-foot courtyard. The courtyard area will include a 1,311-square-foot community room. Other amenities include a 1,100-square-foot library, two media rooms, supportive services space, a 1,400-square-foot fitness center and large building lobby areas.
Start/Completion: 2017/Early 2020
Status: Under construction
The Breakers Building
Address: 210 E. Ocean Blvd.
Developer: Pacific6
Building Height: 14 stories
Units: 175 hotel rooms
Commercial Space: 13,300 square feet
Parking: TBA
Amenities: Ground floor dining, ground floor wine bar, penthouse dining, rooftop bar, spa and fitness spaces, and meeting rooms.
Start/Completion: 2019/TBA
Status: Under construction
Broadway Block
Address: 200-250 Long Beach Blvd.
Developer: ONNI Development Group
Building Height: Two-story tower, seven-story mid-rise
Units: 400
Commercial Space: 32,807 square feet
Parking: 582 car stalls, 104 bicycle stalls
Amenities: A proposed partnership with California State University, Long Beach for programming of commercial/public spaces, and a housing component for students.
Start/Completion: 2019/TBA
Status: Under construction
Broadway And Magnolia
Address: 500 W. Broadway
Developer: Ensemble Real Estate
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 142
Commercial Space: 4,110 square feet
Parking: 191 car stalls, 21 electric vehicle stalls, 94 bicycle stalls
Amenities: Ground floor retail/restaurant space, ground floor bike kitchen.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
The Hotel
Address: 107 Long Beach Blvd.
Developer: Yogesh Patel
Building Height: Five stories, 30,620 square feet
Units: 34 guest rooms
Parking: 1,440 stalls
Amenities: TBA
Start/Completion: 2019/TBA
Status: Under construction
Inkwell
Address: 127-135 E. Broadway
Developer: Raintree-Evergreen LLC
Building Height: Eight stories
Units: 189
Commercial Space: 10,000 square feet
Parking: 268 car stalls, 40 bicycle stalls
Amenities: A fitness room, club room, roof decks and a swimming pool
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
Locust Long Beach Apartments
Address: 1112-1130 Locust Ave.
Developer: South Park Group
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 97
Parking: 122 car stalls, 20 bicycle stalls
Amenities: A bicycle kitchen, a 2,000 square-foot fitness center, a 2,588 square-foot courtyard and 2,500 square feet of open space.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
Mixed-Use Project
Address: 1101-1157 Long Beach Blvd.
Developer: Rockefeller Partners
Building Height: Eight stories
Units: 120
Commercial space: 6,000 square-feet
Parking: 150 car stalls, 45 bicycle stalls
Amenities: Pool deck
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Under construction
Mixed-Use Project
Address: 507 N. Pacific Ave.
Developer: Anastasi Development Company
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 157 condominiums
Commercial Space: 9,000 square feet
Parking: 209 stalls
Amenities: Two recreation decks and a rooftop deck.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
Ocean Center
Address: 110 W. Ocean Blvd.
Developer: Pacific6
Building Height: 14 stories
Units: 80
Commercial Space: 7,200 square feet
Parking: 160 stalls
Amenities: Rooftop terraces and common spaces.
Start/Completion: 2018/TBA
Status: Under construction
Ocean View Tower
Address: 200 W. Ocean Blvd.
Developer: MEIAO Investment
Building Height: 12 stories
Units: 106
Parking: 150 stalls
Amenities: Pool and spa, community room, fire pit, fitness room, outdoor dining and a dog run.
Start/Completion: 2017/TBA
Status: Under construction
The Pacific
Address: 230 W. 3rd St.
Developer: Sares-Regis Group
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 163
Parking: 244 car stalls, 50 bike storage spots
Amenities: Rooftop deck and club room with a kitchen, fitness center, outdoor kitchen, community living rooms, and a bike workshop and storage room.
Start/Completion: 2017/Early 2020
Status: Under construction
Pacific-Pine
Address: 635 Pine Ave./636 Pacific Ave.
Developer: Holland Partner Group
Building Height: Two eight-story buildings
Units: 271
Commercial Space: 1,305 square feet
Parking: 341 car stalls, 56 bicycle stalls
Amenities: Pine Avenue building features one retail space, one main resident lobby and one amenity room; Pacific Avenue building features a main resident lobby and ground floor residential uses.
Start/Completion: 2018/2021
Status: Under construction
Residences At Linden
Address: 135 Linden Ave.
Developer: Residences at Linden, LLC
Building Height: Five stories
Units: 82
Commercial Space: 4,091 square feet
Parking: 135 car stalls, 20 bike stalls
Amenities: A courtyard, an enclosed terrace, an outdoor roof terrace, a 549-square-foot gym and a 1,244-square-foot club room.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
Residential Project
Address: 320 Alamitos Ave.
Developer: Urbana Development, LLC
Building Height: Seven stories
Units: 77
Parking: 105 stalls
Amenities: A 4,081-square-foot rooftop deck and a 793-square-foot community room.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
Residential Project
Address: 825 E. 7th St.
Developer: Firth Howard
Building Height: Five stories
Units: 19
Parking: TBA
Amenities: TBA
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
Shoreline Gateway
Address: 777 E. Ocean Blvd.
Developer: Anderson Pacific, LLC
Building Height: 35 stories
Units: 315
Commercial Space: 6,700 square feet
Parking: 458 stalls
Amenities: A 4,081-square-foot rooftop deck and a 793-square-foot community room.
Start/Completion: 2018/TBA
Status: Under construction
Sonata Modern Flats
Address: 207 Seaside Way
Developer: Ensemble Real Estate
Building Height: Five stories
Units: 113
Commercial Space: 2,000 square feet
Parking: 176 stalls
Amenities: A media room, a 3,309-square-foot roof deck and a 3,000-square-foot club/exercise room.
Start/Completion: 2017/2020
Status: Under construction
Third + Pacific
Address: 131 W. 3rd St.
Developer: Ensemble Real Estate
Building Height: A 23-story high rise and an eight-story mid-rise.
Units: 345
Commercial Space: 16,000 square feet
Parking: 483 stalls
Amenities: 5,841 square-feet of club rooms, fitness and amenity areas.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
West Gateway
Address: 600 W. Broadway
Developer: Trammel Crow
Building Height: Six buildings ranging from six to 40 stories
Units: 756 units
Commercial Space: 3,200 square feet
Parking: 1,440 stalls
Amenities: TBA
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Approved
Proposed/Under Review
Adaptive Reuse Hotel Project
Address: 110 Pine Ave.
Developer: Pine Street Long Beach, LLC
Building Height: 13 stories
Units: 210 hotel rooms
Commercial Space: 6,000 square feet
Parking: TBA
Amenities: A rooftop food and beverage space and 7,659 square-feet of recreation space.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Proposed
American Life Hotel
Address: 100 E. Ocean Blvd.
Developer: American Life, Inc.
Building Height: 30 stories
Units: 429 hotel rooms
Commercial Space: 50,359 square feet
Parking: 151 stalls
Amenities: 23,512 square feet of restaurant space and 26,847 square feet of meeting and ballroom functions
Status: Under review
Assisted Living Facility
Address: 810 Pine Ave.
Developer: Global Premier Development
Building Height: 10 stories
Units: 78
Parking: 70 stalls
Amenities: A front porch, rooftop garden and terrace.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Under review
First Street Hotel
Address: 123 W. 1st St.
Developer: Pacific Property Partners
Building Height: 38 stories
Units: 280 hotel rooms
Commercial Space: TBA
Parking: 252 stalls in an eight-level parking structure
Amenities: Lounge, fitness room, terrace and restaurant space.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Proposed
Ocean Village
Address: 1-11 Golden Shore
Developer: Greenlaw Partners
Building Height: Eight stories (Buildings 1 & 2), seven or eight stories (Building 3)
Units: 738
Commercial Space: 10,000 square feet
Parking: 1,063 stalls
Amenities: Entertainment terrace, fireside terrace, garden room, game lawn, and resort pool and spa.
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Under review
Queen Mary Island
Address: 1126 Queens Hwy.
Developer: Urban Commons
Building Height: TBA
Units: TBA
Commercial Space: 36,349 square-feet
Parking: 5,772 to 6,472 stalls
Amenities: 2,400-foot-long boardwalk with retail shops, cafes and entertainment space
Start/Completion: TBA/TBA
Status: Under review