Talks Planned on Purchase of Former Pottery Firm Site
The city is scheduled to hold a closed meeting Tuesday to continue negotiating the proposed purchase of a portion of the old Metlox Pottery site, the last piece of undeveloped property in downtown Manhattan Beach.
The 66,000-square-foot parcel has been vacant since Metlox declared bankruptcy in 1989. The city purchased a 63,000-square-foot parcel owned by the pottery company for about $2.3 million last summer. City officials said they are seeking to acquire the adjacent property, also owned by Metlox, to enable them to have more control over how the land is developed.
“This is a very important piece of property,” City Manager Geoff Dolan said. “It’s adjacent to the civic center complex and it’s in our commercial district.”
Dolan said there are no formal plans on how to develop the land, but officials hope that the two plots will be combined. In 1996, residents favored a hotel or retail space.
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