Affordable housing unwrapped at 2400 Long Beach Boulevard

One year since we last dropped by in Midtown Long Beach, completion nears for Meta Housing Corp.'s new affordable housing complex near the A Line's Willow Station.

The project, located at 2400 Long Beach Boulevard, replaced a school bus parking lot with five-story building featuring 194 apartments above 5,622 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

According to a December 2021 staff report to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, the apartments will include a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom floor plans, with rents set for households earning between 30 and 70 percent of the area median income level.

The Architects Collective designed the contemporary podium-type building, which includes a central courtyard.

The project is the latest in a string of affordable housing developments recently built along the A Line's right-of-way on Long Beach Boulevard. Meta Housing Corp. is no stranger to this trend, having broken ground last year on a similar project not far south at 1400 Long Beach Boulevard.