For decades, Atlantic Avenue through Uptown has carried the weight of promise. Vacant lots held for future development. Scattered storefronts that never quite formed a corridor. And former redevelopment parcels waiting for a second life.
Now, the City of Long Beach is trying to move that promise forward.
Develop, build, and activate: The Uptown plan for properties along Atlantic Avenue
Under a new effort branded “Develop, Build, and Activate,” Long Beach has put 11 city-owned parcels along Atlantic Avenue between 55th and 60th streets up for sale. It is land once controlled through redevelopment. And now, officials hope they will become something. Housing. Neighborhood retail. Restaurants. Baking facilities… The kind of street-level activity North Long Beach has often been told is coming, but rarely sees at scale…