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$520-Million Revamp of Long Beach Civic Center Takes Off

Last month, a pair of tower cranes took their place in the Long Beach skyline, as a display of continued work on the $520-million revamp of the Long Beach Civic Center.

The first phase of the project wil create a pair of mid-rise buildings, designed by SOM, which will serve as the new Long Beach City Hall and the headquarters of the Port of Long Beach.

The replacement City Hall will be an 11-story, 270,000-square-foot building along Magnolia Avenue containing a 250-seat council chamber, meeting rooms, office space and various government services. It replaces the existing City Hall, a 15-story brutalist tower completed in the 1970s.

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