Nighttime construction hours OK’d for Manhattan Beach Village mall project
Manhattan Beach City Hall. Photo The Manhattan Beach City Council unanimously approved a developer’s request to conduct construction at night at the Manhattan Village Mall, saying the work involved required evening hours because of safety concerns. The decision allows developer JLL, who is handling the mall’s interior updates as well as the upcoming city-approved expansion plan, to perform nighttime construction for a period stretching from May 1 to Nov. 15. Anne McIntosh, the city’s interim community development director, said evening hours are needed to work on the clear-story canopy located near the center of the mall. The six-and-a-half month period is a maximum, and that the evening construction may be done sooner depending on how long the canopy work takes. Phil Friedl, a senior vice president with JLL, said that construction will not take place every night during the allotted period. And the nature of the work, Friedl said, made it dangerous to do during daylight hours when customers were inside the mall. “I want to stress how critically important it is to be able to do this work at night for safety reasons,” he said. The council unanimously approved the nighttime hours…
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