CenterCal unveils plan for Redondo Beach waterfront
The image of the proposed Redondo Beach waterfront presented at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Photo courtesy of CenterCal Properties There is an ironic photograph, snapped 20 years ago, hanging on the wall of CenterCal chief executive Fred Bruning’s office. In it Bruning is flying a biplane over the Redondo Beach waterfront – coincidentally the same 15 acres his company is preparing to completely transform. Bruning spoke last week to Easy Reader in his office, and at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting he shared the preliminary design concept with city officials, prompting extensive discussion and ultimately earning unanimous approval from the dais to continue fine-tuning a plan. Bruning wants to create something that will attract more visitors, particularly families, to the waterfront and in doing so wean the area of its negative stigma. He is aiming for something Blue Zones-friendly with an emphasis on activity and recreation. “If you do something this transformational, you can overcome the negativity because I think that negativity has nothing to do with location and everything to do with neglect,” he said. He believes the pier and harbor areas have fallen into a state of…
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