Proposed PCH Development Vote Tonight

The Long Beach City Council will vote tonight on a proposed $320 million development project on the site of the SeaPort Hotel on Pacific Coast Highway. 

Developers picture a "Seaside Village" that will establish "an iconic and welcoming" gateway to Long Beach. The $320 million development would include several structures and feature 175,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 100-room hotel and 275 condos — 95 of them with hotel concierge services. The tallest building would be 12 stories high. 

Opponents, which include the City of Seal Beach, see a project that is better suited for a downtown area than the intersection of  2^nd and PCH, 

"From an urban planning standpoint, that's a completely inappropriate building for that corner," said Mark Persico, Seal Beach development services director in an interview with the Orange County Register. "They're taking a downtown-type building and putting it in eastside of the city, which is a more suburban setting."

   Environmentalists also note that the proposed development would be just 400 feet from the Los Cerritos wetlands. 

The vote is the first item on the City Council agenda for tonight.  The meeting will take place in Council Chambers, 333 W. Ocean Boulevard, starting at 5:00pm.