Demolition is underway on the former City Place Shopping Center in Downtown Long Beach. It will soon be replaced by an eight-story building that includes nearly 300 apartment units and more than 19,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.
This week, crews began tearing down the indoor shopping complex along Long Beach Boulevard between Fourth and Fifth streets.
The building contained the since-closed Fresh & Easy grocery store, along with Jewelry Girl and Fashion Island.
In its place, development company JPI plans to build 272 rental apartments, including 16 affordable units, on the 68,733 square-foot parcel. It will be called Jefferson Long Beach…