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The Long Beach Press Telegram and Signal Tribune covered the Grand Opening of the newest Starbucks in the Signal Hill Gateway Center.
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City officials celebrate new Starbucks in Signal Hill
The new Signal Hill Starbucks is located at 899 E. Spring St. Photo courtesy of the Signal Tribune.
A new drive-through Starbucks has officially opened at 899 E. Spring St. in Signal Hill at the Signal Hill Gateway Center as the shopping center’s newest addition. Signal Hill city officials and staff from Signal Hill Petroleum, which owns the shopping center, celebrated the store’s opening with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and reception on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
Courtesy of Neena Strichart/Signal Tribune
Signal Hill Mayor Ed Wilson and Starbucks District Manager Fauzia Adams cut a ceremonial ribbon marking the grand opening of the company’s new location in the Gateway Center of Signal Hill. Also pictured are various city officials, Chamber of Commerce members, Starbucks employees and Signal Hill Petroleum representatives.
The new coffee shop features an outdoor dining and seating area. In addition, a new full-service Sprint retail store, a Chipotle restaurant and ATMs are expected to open at the center once construction is completed.
(Front row from left to right): Signal Hill Police Captain Christopher Nunley, Mayor Ed Wilson, Starbucks District Manager Fauzia Adams, Councilwoman Lori Woods, Signal Hill Petroleum Executive Vice President & CEO David Slater and Signal Hill Petroleum Real Estate Manager Ashley Schaffer
November 14, 2014 – Signal Hill, CA –The Signal Hill Gateway Center, operated by Signal Hill Petroleum, celebrated the grand opening of a drive-thru Starbucks Reserves store, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception on Wednesday, November 12th, 2014.
Starbucks, located at the corner of E. Spring St. and California Ave., is the most recent business to open at the 24-acre retail shopping center. Attendees included Signal Hill Mayor Ed Wilson, Councilmembers Tina Hansen and Lori Woods, Signal Hill Police Chief Michael Langston, Signal Hill Chamber of Commerce President Terry Rogers, Planning Commissioners Jane Fallon, Shannon Murphy, Rose Richard and Devon Austin, as well as Randy Wilson, owner of the general contractor company, Norm Wilson and Sons.
“We are so pleased to have the newest Starbucks in the city and look forward to a long, lasting relationship,” said Mayor Wilson at the reception.
This is the first Starbucks in the City of Signal Hill to boast the brand’s new Reserve experience, with an interactive roastery and tasting bar as well as exclusive blends and premium brewing equipment.
“We’re excited to welcome Starbucks to the Gateway Center,” said David Slater, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Signal Hill Petroleum. “The enthusiasm and support from the community has been overwhelming and we look forward to enjoying an excellent cup of coffee with our neighbors and friends at this great new location.”
The new 1,700 square foot store, located at 999 E. Spring St., is now open daily from 4:30 am – midnight and features an outdoor patio area.
The Signal Hill Gateway Shopping Center will also be celebrating the opening of a new Sprint store on Saturday November 15th, as well as a Chipotle Mexican Grill in early December 2014.
About Signal Hill Petroleum
Signal Hill Petroleum is a privately owned California-based energy specializing in sustainable real estate redevelopment within Long Beach and Signal Hill. Through its decades of operating experience, SHP has developed a unique expertise not only in urban oil and gas production operations, but also in in the renewal of oil-impacted land acquisitions. The Signal Hill Gateway Center is home to several operating oil wells and anchored by a Home Depot, Petco, and Ross Dress For Less.
Ashley Schaffer, Real Estate Manager for Signal Hill Petroleum was recently quoted in the local Signal Tribune Newspaper about a new development project at the Signal Hill Gateway Center. See below Ms. Schaffer’s quote and information about SHP’s project.
New and improving Signal Hill businesses in the works
July 11th, 2014 · Photos by Ashley Fowler/Signal Tribune
Framing for the new Sprint, Chipotle and Starbucks locations.
Sprint, Chipotle and Starbucks are among the businesses slated to open at the Signal Hill Gateway shopping center, its property manager confirmed to the Signal Tribune.
“We have started framing this week,” said Signal Hill Petroleum property manager Ashley Schaffer.
Schaffer added that her team hopes to have the properties ready before Thanksgiving, though it will be up to individual tenants to decide their opening dates.
“Finally after eight years, the entire shopping center will be complete,” Schaffer said. “It’s the final piece of the Signal Hill Gateway puzzle…and we could not be any more excited.”
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Signal Hill Petroleum helps bring in new retail to Signal Hill through its shopping center Signal Hill Gateway.
Economic Outlook 2014: The ‘Best’ Year Since The Great Recession
City Of Signal Hill
An exciting year lies ahead for Signal Hill, according to its Mayor Michael Noll. New retail stores and restaurants opening – Chipotle, Sprint, a drive-thru Starbucks and a Bank of America ATM – are just some of the additions to the city.
According to City Manager Ken Farfsing, what’s exciting about those new openings is that they fill what will become one of the biggest sales tax generators in Signal Hill – the Signal Hill Gateway shopping center at Spring Street and Atlantic Avenue. “I’ve been able to see it transform from a vacant lot to one of the better shopping centers in the area,” Farfsing told the Business Journal. “That’s exciting for the city. It’s 100 percent leased up. It carried us through the recession. There’s always something going on up there.”
The top sales tax generator for Signal Hill is its auto row. The city has plans to add a Fiat dealership along with a CarMax, though the two have not yet been approved as part of the former redevelopment property long-range management plan. “We hope that within a six-month period to no more than a year that we would have the California Department of Finance’s sign off to begin marketing the properties,” he said.
The major project kicking off 2014 in Signal Hill is the widening of Cherry Avenue to Pacific Coast Highway. The project recently received approval from CalTRANS and will soon be out for bid. Construction is expected to run through spring and summer, and a detour plan is being developed.
Noll said the multi-million-dollar project has been in the works for a decade and is funded through state and federal grants. “We’ve always had traffic bottleneck there,” Noll said of the Cherry Avenue narrow, which is technically in Long Beach. The cities partnered to make the project happen, according to Farfsing.