Port of Long Beach takes step toward new headquarters
By Karen Robes Meeks
12/03/2012
Long Beach Press-Telegram
"Battle over Port of Long Beach headquarters could end MondayLONG BEACH - The Port of Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday asked that port staff return with a report on the process for selecting a new permanent headquarters sometime in January.
The report may address potential locations downtown and guidelines and priorities for what the new home of the port's roughly 350 administrative employees would look like and where it should be located. The board also reinforced its desire for a transparent and inclusive process.
Costly earthquake retrofitting requirements and asbestos and lead-based paint issues have led port officials to make plans to move the staff out of the 53-year-old building at 925 Harbor Plaza in the port complex..."
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