Despite what folks at the city told us Monday, one of Acres of Books’ owners said this afternoon that they do want to keep the store open after its pending $2.8 million sale to the city’s Redevelopment Agency.
In fact, with some luck–and another building–one of Long Beach’s oldest businesses could remain here for years to [...]

Some of you might have read this weekend about Acres of Books’ pending demise.
LBReport.com posted mutterings to that effect on Saturday, and the Los Angeles Times had something this morning.
I got the official word from the city earlier today: it’s true–and according to Craig Beck, director of the City of Long Beach’s Department of Development [...]

The moment I walk onto the American Hotel property at 221 E. Broadway, SL Residential Project Superintendent Bob Boyle asks me what I want. (He’s in charge of building the condos for Lennar next door.)
I tell him I’m looking at the Hotel–which is vacant and now owned by the city’s Redevelopment Agency–and Boyle says immediately: [...]