Measure K is the key for Kensington project
A conceptual drawing of the Kensington project. Image courtesy City of Redondo Beach For more than 30 years, the site of the former Patterson Elementary School, 320 Knob Hill Road, has been in search of an identity. After shutting its doors in 1981 due to declining enrollment, the site has twice been named surplus property by the Redondo Beach Unified School District, once in 1983 and again in 2008. For decades, the leftover buildings have played home to rotating sets of uses, from a charter school subleased under the City of Redondo Beach to, most recently, the L.A. County Office of Education. But with the passage of zone-changing Measure K, which will appear on Redondo Beach ballots in a June 7 special election, the 3.37 acre site would become home to the Kensington, a residential home for the elderly, specializing in Alzheimer’s care. “I’m ecstatic to see this happening,” said RBUSD Board of Education President Anita Avrick. “This is one of the first things I voted on after I was elected to the school board.” In 2009, the RBUSD School Board began searching for potential long-term lease tenants for the property. However, bid after bid fell through, as charter schools, housing…
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