Redondo Beach School District’s Knob Hill project inches forward
A conceptual drawing of the Kensington project, which is moving forward after years without traction. Image courtesy City of Redondo Beach After twice being named a surplus property, three ultimately-failed bids, and ten years in limbo, the saga of 320 Knob Hill may have an end in sight. The property, site of the former Patterson Elementary School, was declared surplus by 7-11 committees in 1981 and 2007. It was also the subject of multiple scrapped leasing bids. In May 2012, the Redondo Beach Unified School District, which owns the property, awarded a bid to Fountain Square Development West. In place of Patterson and the site’s more recent use, the Knob Hill Community Center, will be the Kensington Assisted Living facility, a two-story, 96 unit, 80,000 square foot project that would house and care for its residents. The project was in bureaucratic limbo for years, only recently getting on track with the completion and subsequent review of a Draft Environmental Impact Report before the public. Now, with progress on Knob Hill beginning to inch forward, RBUSD may have an opportunity to close a chapter in its history, and focus on increased revenue generation on the property. It’s a…
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