{"id":9990,"date":"2019-11-07T11:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T19:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000004075"},"modified":"2019-11-07T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T19:19:08","slug":"addison-uptown-commons-portside-fishery-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/addison-uptown-commons-portside-fishery-2019","title":{"rendered":"More renderings show off Uptown Commons, more tenants announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Uptown Commons, one of three major North Long Beach developments that include the similarly named Uptown<\/a>, as well as Shaheen Sadeghi\u2019s ambitious Canvas project<\/a>, will be taking over an empty, two-acre lot at 6600 Atlantic Ave.<\/p>\n

In a design developed by Newport Beach-based firm, Bickel Group Architecture, the look is simple and forward: lots of brick and wood are met with dark metals, atriums, green spaces and patios. The space will host five new restaurants, including the recently announced addition of Chef Fernando Valladares’ Portside Fish Company.<\/p>\n

Already with a significant following for its flagship Irvine location, the space specializes in some local classics: they have a “San Pedro platter” honoring the San Pedro Fish Co., which happens to be opening its first Long Beach location, as well as decadent things like Bacon Mac n’ Chowder bread bowls.<\/p>\n

The seafood-centric restaurant joins a ton of other options that will not only shift the way North Long Beach eats\u2014from hot chicken and Filipino grub to ramen and Asian fusion<\/a>\u2014but even banks. Uptown Commons will offer the neighborhood of District 9 its first full-service bank.<\/p>\n

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Rendering courtesy of Frontier Real Estate Investments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, Long Beach\u2019s northern-most district runs so low on basic amenities such as banks and food-centric spaces that, according to 9th District Councilmember and North Long Beach development cheerleader Rex Richardson, they had<\/em> listen to what folks wanted and had<\/em> to go in that direction.<\/p>\n

“There was no other option,” Richardson said. “We had to include the people who were disinvested from the get-go.”<\/p>\n

And Richardson doesn\u2019t hold back on any pride for the projects, which makes sense since he has largely led the push to develop in a neighborhood that has been historically disinvested and removed from the bustle of Long Beach, south of Del Amo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re creating a new Main Street,\u201d Richardson told the Post earlier this year. \u201cThese two projects are kicking off the excitement and Atlantic Avenue returns to its roots as being the epicenter of neighborhood socializing. And, on top of that, we get basic amenities that have been long called for by the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian Addison is a columnist and editor for the Long Beach Post.\u00a0<\/em>Reach him at\u00a0brian@lbpost.com\u00a0or on social media at\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Uptown Commons retail development will be taking over an empty, two-acre lot at 6600 Atlantic Ave. in North Long Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":70642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[2691],"class_list":["post-9990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-north-long-beach","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9990"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=9990"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}