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Jan 20 9:40 am
  • Downtown Long Beach

Planning Commission approves Mosaic housing project in Downtown

Jason Ruiz

The Long Beach Planning Commission has given its approval to the Mosaic housing project, which will replace a large part of the former City Place shopping center in Downtown with 900 units of housing and new ground-floor retail.

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Jan 15 11:30 am
  • Downtown Long Beach

Officials to begin hearing process for housing project replacing City Place

Jason Ruiz

The “Mosaic” housing project could bring 900 new apartments to Downtown with 56 units being reserved for very-low income households.

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Oct 26 2021 9:00 am shared from Long Beach Business Journal

Business in Downtown Long Beach is slowly rebounding

Alena Maschke

Despite some residual hesitation to gather in large crowds—and businesses’ troubles finding workers to serve drinks, bus tables or ring up sales—business in Downtown Long Beach is slowly rebounding after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Downtown Long Beach Alliance’s newly released annual retail snapshot.

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Aug 20 2021 2:07 pm
  • Carnival Cruises

Cruises to sail again from Long Beach, bringing return of millions in passenger spending

Alena Maschke

The first ship to sail from Long Beach will be the Panorama, a 4,008-passenger vessel set to depart on a seven-day cruise down the Mexican Riviera.

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May 9 2021 1:30 pm
  • Downtown Long Beach

Volunteers needed for Downtown cleanup

Staff Reports

Volunteers can choose to help at one of two locations: the Laugh Factory at the Pike at 151 S. Pine Ave., or Promenade Square Park at 215 E. First Street.

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Mar 31 2021 11:17 am
  • Downtown Long Beach

Will office workers return at pre-pandemic levels? Long Beach’s business districts remain hopeful

Kelly Puente

By last summer, parts of Downtown looked like a ghost town, but the foot traffic this year is starting to return, said Kraig Kojian, president of the Downtown Long Beach Alliance.

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Sep 24 2020 1:03 pm
  • Pine Avenue

Pine Avenue closure to be modified to allow for more parking

Alena Maschke

The decision comes after some businesses in the area lamented the negative impact the closure has had on their sales, as the breakfast and lunch crowds struggled to find parking when picking up their orders.

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Sep 15 2020 2:20 pm
  • Downtown Long Beach

Blessing or curse? Pine Avenue closure draws mixed reactions from local businesses

Alena Maschke

While the full closure of the main thoroughfare in Downtown has largely pleased restaurant and bar owners, other businesses say the closure has hurt their bottom line. 

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Nov 15 2019 11:41 am shared from Longbeachize

Verizon building, slated to be converted into apartments, looks for new buyer as funding falls through

Brian Addison

While early construction began on the Verizon Building adpative reuse, a lack of funding and litigation has put the project into a state of emergency.

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Feb 27 2019 10:26 am
  • Downtown Long Beach

Transit water taxis to add year-round service on weekends

Kelly Puente

Starting on March 8, AquaLink and AquaBus will have services on Saturdays and Sundays all year. The taxis will still offer their traditional summer service running seven days a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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