Mercy Housing to break ground on senior affordable housing project
Units will be set aside for both formerly homeless seniors and formerly homeless senior veterans.
Conversion of former Verizon building in Downtown Long Beach is nearly complete
Work to reinvigorate the building as a residential space began in 2017, and now the 11-story, 106-unit apartment building is slated to open in the spring.
Laserfiche’s new Bixby Knolls headquarters is ready for a hybrid workforce
The Bixby Knolls-based software development company Laserfiche is slated to move into its new headquarters in late February or early March—but the firm’s plans for the property look a little different than when construction on the project began in 2019.
Work to begin on The Beat, a long-awaited North Long Beach project
LAB Holding, the company behind the The LAB Anti-Mall in Costa Mesa and the Anaheim Packing District, expects to start construction on The Beat—a project that will redevelop the Atlantic Avenue corridor in North Long Beach—in the first quarter of this year.
Demand for new mortgages—and refinancing—is still strong
The Long Beach housing market appears to be cooling slightly from its pandemic peak—at least as far as pricing goes. But lenders say interest in home finance is still strong.
Downtown Long Beach Alliance to begin search for new president
The organization’s Board of Directors voted during its Wednesday meeting to create a nine-member search committee that will be tasked with finding a replacement for longtime president and CEO Kraig Kojian, who, according to the DLBA, “agreed to part ways” with the organization last month after 25 years.
Everytable, a food business with a social justice mission, comes to East Long Beach
The company chooses locations in both low-income and high-income areas and prices its food differently based on the neighborhood.
LA, Long Beach ports again postpone charging fee for lingering cargo
The new fee could have gone into effect Nov. 29 after the most recent delay, but officials announced it has been pushed back until Dec. 6 at the earliest.
Long Beach Airport expects 5 times as many Thanksgiving travelers as last year
The projected growth in passenger numbers will contribute to the airport’s ongoing rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.
LA, Long Beach ports once again postpone charging container dwell fee
Officials first announced the new charge last month, and it was originally slated to go into effect Nov. 1. But it appears the mere threat of the penalty has spurred more container movement, and implementation the fee has been postponed multiple times since.