The belief system that powers condo sales in downtown Long Beach

They’re calling it Pine@Sixth, with that little character for the “at” sign, which raises the question: Which Pine at Sixth? There are four corners: the old Press-Telegram building—soon to be lofts; Rite-Aid (formerly Thrifty); and the units built to replace the old Long Beach Plaza.
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Some of the most interesting parts of last night’s Long Beach City Council discussion of apartment renters’ rights weren’t just the heartrending testimony of disabled tenants who feared being pushed out in the street by future condominium conversions–or the plain speaking from several landlords, one of whom used a phrase you don’t hear much anymore: [...]

The Press-Telegram takes on all you apartment renters
Well, it had to happen; sure as the Long Beach City Council tonight will consider extending–if not an olive branch–then some money and concessions to apartment renters as the city’s stock of rentable apartments falls low, Press-Telegram editorialists gallop the other way.