Adding Art to Redevelopment

Long Beach Senior Artist Colony -- would a housing development by any other name smell as sweet? The multi-million dollar affordable senior rental housing project at 1235 Long Beach Boulevard will not require its over-55 residents to wax artistic, but it will include studios, a gallery, and a library as well as a fitness center and performance theater. Phase 2 of the project will include mixed general affordable occupancy. The first units should be open by fall of 2012.