An abandoned gas station in downtown Long Beach is poised to give way to multifamily housing.
New Century Development filed an application with the City of Long Beach to demolish the vacant service station at 402 Atlantic Avenue and erect a seven-story building with 82 units, Urbanize Los Angeles reported. A portion of the residences would be designated for rent as affordable housing, unlocking density bonus incentives that exempt the project from certain zoning restrictions.
The plans call for a combination of studio, one- and two-bedroom units above parking for 82 vehicles. Amenity decks would be built on the third and seventh floors. In total, the building would span 86,000 square feet on a nearly half-acre site, according to New Century’s website. The parcel is currently entitled for high-density mixed-use or residential construction with an 80-foot height limit.
Long Beach’s multifamily housing stock has been growing with recently finished projects and other proposed and entitled developments working their way toward completion.
New Century’s 402 Atlantic development site is between City Place, where JPI recently started work on a 272-unit mixed-use apartment complex at 450 The Promenade North, and an under-construction affordable housing complex from Mercy Housing California at 300 Alamitos Avenue.
Earlier this spring, Onni Group began demolition of the defunct Marina Shores shopping center at 6500 Pacific Coast Highway as part of its planned Onni Marina Shores project. Onni’s plans call for a five‑story complex featuring 600 apartments above 4,000 square feet of commercial space and parking for more than 1,100 vehicles.
Other proposals are moving closer toward approval and eventual groundbreaking. Long Beach city officials are reviewing plans from Mill Creek Residential Trust to build 729 apartments above 2,651 square feet of ground-floor retail and parking for 817 vehicles at 321 West Ocean Boulevard. Earlier this year, developer Izek Shomof filed an application with the Long Beach Planning Bureau to convert a 24-story office tower one block east at 111 West Ocean Boulevard into 391 residential units.
The City of Long Beach must plan for 26,502 new housing units by the end of the decade as part of its state-mandated housing goals.
— Chris Malone Méndez
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