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Exploring Long Beach’s Future Civic Center

Earlier this week, the Real Deal LA reported that the City of Long Beach, along with the Port of Long Beach, has closed financing on a $520-million deal for an ambitious revamp of the city’s dated Civic Center. The proposed mixed-use center is being developed as a public-private partnership with the Plenary Group and Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate, which are operating under a joint venture known as Plenary-Edgemore Civic Partners (PECP).

The new Civic Center, which was master planned by the global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, will create a series of high-rise and low-rise structures along a restored Downtown street grid. When completed, the project will include a new City Hall and headquarters building for the Port of Long Beach, a redesigned Lincoln Park, an expanded library, pedestrian-oriented commercial space, a boutique hotel and upwards of 1,000 residents.