A Web site for the on-again SeaPort Marina Hotel project site has some details about its upgrade proposals, including new structures that might reach 12 stories.
After Lennar pulled the project in late 2007, the current development group consisting of David Malmuth of Los Angeles-based Development Services Group and Cliff Ratkovich of Long Beach-based Ratkovich Properties took on the project and met with business and residential groups.
On its Web page, readers -- visiting its "A Fresh Approach" section, FAQS -- are told that "the building heights will evolve as part of the community planning process."
In answering the question, "How high will the buildings be," the Web site declares:
"Our goal is to design and build a project that is properly scaled to its existing surroundings and which establishes an iconic gateway to East Long Beach.
"We don't believe in constructing all buildings to the same heights, which lacks interest and forces a denser, less porous development. We'd like to see buildings of varying heights to create a more visually exciting skyline with one or more buildings as high as eight to 12 stories."
Community activist Melinda Cotton spotted the Seaport Marina Web site.
"Interesting that nearly all the photos shown on the Web site are of waterfront locations with 2-3 story residences surrounding the water. And nearly all the other photos and sketches show low-rise buildings, and much of the description mentions only low rise. Only in one or two places do they disclose they are looking at a 12-story hotel and mention of other 8-story buildings," she declared in her email, which added the developer's Web site address: http//www.secondandpch.com.
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