Beach Cities Health District names a developer for post-hospital project
by Garth Meyer The Beach Cities Health District board has chosen a preferred partner to develop half of its 11-acre Redondo Beach campus, shaping the post-hospital era of the land. A proposal by Mar Ventures and Continental Development Corporation (El Segundo) was picked during a Nov. 19 study session, over two other finalists, and eight total submissions. The BCHD put out a request in August for ideas on how to proceed on 4.5 acres of the property, with the option to tear down the closed 1960 hospital. BCHD Chief Executive Tom Bakaly and staff now pursue a ground lease agreement, to report back to the board in January. Mar Ventures/Continental’s plan, reviewed by a BCHD consultant and advisory working group, is to build a 217-unit residential eldercare facility and a separate medical services building. They would tear the hospital down, the private entity paying for it. The ground lease agreement adds up to $9 million total for the BCHD in the first ten years of the deal. The slated residential units span independent living to skilled nursing and memory care. The medical office building would be 60 feet high. Today, the tallest structure on campus is 76 feet – the very top of the…
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