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Long Beach Business Journal is reporting that a new mixed-used infill project one block from the Anaheim Blue Line Station will break ground next month. The 5-story development will be 51,865 square feet with 7,000 square feet of retail.
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Stable, Tenuous, Hopeful, Uncertain - Real Estate Rebound Mirrors National Economy
By Joshua H. Silavent - Staff Writer
February 12, 2013
... AMCAL Multi-Housing, Inc., will begin construction in March on Urban Village. The 129-unit, LEED-certified complex located at 1081 Long Beach Blvd. offers studios, one- and two- bedroom apartments, an open courtyard with pool, a fitness area and clubhouse. Urban Village, slated for completion in June 2014, is designed for young professionals, particularly those working at nearby St. Mary Medical Center.
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Urban Village Long Beach website includes the below rendering and has this to add about the project:
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BlankSpaces.com, a co-working business incubator is slated for the ground floor along with Urban Cafe, a kitchen incubator for aspiring chefs and foodies alike. The project is inspired by sharing building resources to maximize land use and user benefit. Amenities are designed for young entrepreneurs, artists, freelancers and social butterflies interested in a connected live work play environment.
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What do you all think of the new project? It's also just one block from the new Senior Arts Colony that I took pictures of recently. Long Beach is finally leveraging the Anaheim Blue Line station. Sounds like this project may have also benefited from the downtown plan.