Manhattan Beach City Council compromises on Metlox request to add more restaurants
The Manhattan Beach City Council approved changes to the Metlox master use permit governing the mix of restaurants, retail, and personal services Tuesday night in order to give the plaza operator more flexibility as the economy shifts away from bricks and mortar retail. But the Council stopped short of giving Jonathan Tolkin, the principal of the Tolkin Group, which operates Metlox Plaza, the broader changes he sought. Tolkin won the ability to convert the space now occupied by Nick’s into to two smaller restaurants. When a previous restaurant went out of business in that space, Tolkin said, it took nearly a year to fill the vacancy due to the size, and cost. He also was granted the ability to convert the space now operated by Waterleaf — a retail interior decorating store — into personal service uses, such as a yoga or pilates studio or a hair salon. But the council denied his request to possibly allow Petro’s restaurant to expand to the second-floor space now occupied by Kasai Hair and likewise nixed a proposed change that would have allowed the space operated by Beehive to convert to restaurant use. The Beehive space was approved as a personal service use. Tolkin emphasized…
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