Kensington nearing completion
Redondo Beach School Board members Brad Serkin, Brad Waller, Anita Avrick and Superintendent Steven Keller with Billy Shields. Photo Redondo Beach Unified School District Superintendent Steven Keller paused for just a second during a tour of The Kensington, an assisted-living facility that’s being built atop the site of a former RBUSD elementary school. He looked into an empty, unfinished closet, spotted a taped-over hole in the drywall, then looked over to Billy Shields, the head of Fountain Square Development, the project’s builder. “So, what’s that for?” Keller deadpanned, pointing to the hole. “A gun safe?” Based on Shields’ laughter, and the looks on the faces of Kensington’s representatives, no, gun safes aren’t likely to be among the project’s amenities, though they might argue the property will fit practically every other resident desire. The approaching completion of The Kensington, an 80,000 square foot, 92 unit property, promises a new revenue source for the school district. The site, at 320 Knob Hill Road, was once home to Patterson Elementary School but was twice declared surplus over the span of three decades. The district attempted for years to find a development…
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