The
Port of Los
Angeles received proposals and qualifications from eight
commercial real estate developers interested in redeveloping
the 30-acre waterfront property known as Ports O’ Call
Village, located along the port’s Main Channel and adjacent
to downtown San Pedro.
“We
are very pleased with the number of responses,” said
Port
Executive Director Geraldine Knatz. “We received
proposals from a variety of respected, experienced and
well-financed firms that see great potential and possibility
for this unique waterfront site.”
The development site includes 3,000 linear feet of rare water frontage and 375,000 square feet of retail and tourism-related entitled uses. Located at the south end of the Harbor (I-110) Freeway, the site is conveniently accessible to downtown Los Angeles and other key areas of Southern California.
To review the proposals, the port created a five-member panel that includes two port representatives and three other individuals with extensive redevelopment and urban planning experience. The panel will conduct interviews and use evaluation criteria to score proposals. By the end of 2012, the panel is expected to recommend a developer to the Los Angeles Harbor Commission.
The 30-acre parcel is located just south of San Pedro’s historic downtown business and is within walking distance from the port’s World Cruise Center. Other attractions within walking distance include the USS Iowa Battleship museum and Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles, a large-scale permanent indoor craft marketplace fashioned from two WWII warehouses by the developer of the Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica.
The proposed redevelopment site is in the immediate vicinity of several public waterfront enhancements, including a new downtown harbor and public plaza slated for completion in 2014. In recent years, the port has made extensive investments in promenades, marinas, parks and other public waterfront amenities aimed at providing greater public access to the waterfront. In addition to the multi-phase, $36 million Downtown Harbor water basin, promenade and public plaza under construction, other projects completed or underway include the $130 million Cabrillo Way Marina and public promenade, the $16.3 million Fanfare Fountain and Plaza, and the $23.4 million Harbor Boulevard Parkway promenade.
“We
are very pleased with the number of responses,” said
Port
Executive Director Geraldine Knatz. “We received
proposals from a variety of respected, experienced and
well-financed firms that see great potential and possibility
for this unique waterfront site.”The development site includes 3,000 linear feet of rare water frontage and 375,000 square feet of retail and tourism-related entitled uses. Located at the south end of the Harbor (I-110) Freeway, the site is conveniently accessible to downtown Los Angeles and other key areas of Southern California.
To review the proposals, the port created a five-member panel that includes two port representatives and three other individuals with extensive redevelopment and urban planning experience. The panel will conduct interviews and use evaluation criteria to score proposals. By the end of 2012, the panel is expected to recommend a developer to the Los Angeles Harbor Commission.
The 30-acre parcel is located just south of San Pedro’s historic downtown business and is within walking distance from the port’s World Cruise Center. Other attractions within walking distance include the USS Iowa Battleship museum and Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles, a large-scale permanent indoor craft marketplace fashioned from two WWII warehouses by the developer of the Bergamot Station Arts Center in Santa Monica.
The proposed redevelopment site is in the immediate vicinity of several public waterfront enhancements, including a new downtown harbor and public plaza slated for completion in 2014. In recent years, the port has made extensive investments in promenades, marinas, parks and other public waterfront amenities aimed at providing greater public access to the waterfront. In addition to the multi-phase, $36 million Downtown Harbor water basin, promenade and public plaza under construction, other projects completed or underway include the $130 million Cabrillo Way Marina and public promenade, the $16.3 million Fanfare Fountain and Plaza, and the $23.4 million Harbor Boulevard Parkway promenade.
