Arup served as lead advisor to the City and Port of Long Beach, providing comprehensive advisory services integrating financial, commercial, real estate, design, engineering, and cost consulting. The Arup team included HOK for architecture consulting, BAE for real estate economics, and MBI Media for outreach. Sheppard Mullin provided legal advice to the owners and worked closely with Arup.
"We are excited to see this deal move forward and to meet the goals set by the City three years ago when it embarked on the Civic Center P3 procurement," said Mayor Robert Garcia. "I'd like to congratulate and thank our City Council, City staff, our partners, and the Plenary led consortium that helped us to reach this important milestone."
Plenary Group is the lead P3 developer, sole equity provider and financial arranger for the consortium. Other consortium members include Clark Construction, Edgemoor, Johnson Controls and SOM. Allianz, in a private placement, is providing US$237 million in long-term financing. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is providing a US$213 million loan. Long Beach would contribute US$11.8 million in cash and land valued at nearly $30 million. Plenary is contributing $21 million in equity.
"Arup has been a real force behind our success with this project, helping us move it from a hunch to reality in such a short timeframe," said Michael Conway, Director of Economic and Property Development for the City of Long Beach. "They have shown great skill in helping the city and port navigate a very complex transaction, managing the entire process from the RFP to the end of negotiations. We picked the right advisor."
"A significant value added for the City is how the P3 model accelerated what would more conventionally have been a three to five year project development process using traditional project delivery methods to a two year process," said Orion Fulton, Arup's project team leader. Arup was recently retained to manage the design and construction process for the City and the design for the Port. Now construction begins and the next phase of this exciting project is being launched.
According to Ignacio Barandiaran, Arup's leader of transaction advice team, "We congratulate the City and the Port of Long Beach in achieving this notable milestone. The project is an investment in Long Beach's downtown that will generate jobs, attract new residents, and generate new tax revenues." The brand new state-of-the-art facilities – a City Hall, Port HQ, Main Library, Public Park and street improvements – are designed to be occupied within a week of a major earthquake and meet REDi Gold earthquake performance, a performance and rating system for operational resilience of buildings developed by Arup. These buildings will help both owners achieve improved staff satisfaction and operational efficiencies.
Arup's transaction advice team enables clients to reach their investment goals in infrastructure and real estate assets. Based on the integration of financial, technical, and commercial expertise the firm focuses on deal drivers, value opportunities, and mitigation of risk. This results in creative, practical, and informed advice that makes a real difference. Arup has provided transaction advice for a diverse range of projects including Presidio Parkway in San Francisco, the Los Angeles Convention Center, and the New Champlain Bridge in Quebec.
About Arup
The preeminent provider of consulting, planning, engineering, design and technical specialist services in the built environment, Arup aims to do the best quality work across diverse specialties to deliver value to its clients and achieve a positive impact on our world. The firm opened its first US office over 30 years ago and now employs 1,300 people in the Americas. Since its founding in 1946, members of Arup have developed transformative ways of working with its clients. The firm's unique version of employee-ownership promotes long-term thinking and significant investment in research and innovation for the benefit of its clients. For additional information, visit Arup's website at www.arup.com and the online magazine of Arup in the Americas at doggerel.arup.com.
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