Marina Wins Award

By Karen Robes Meeks

The Port of Los Angeles-owned and Westrec Marinas-operated Cabrillo Way Marina has earned a 2018 Boaters’ Choice Award by marinas.com. The announcement was made Tuesday, Feb. 12.

The Boaters’ Choice Awards are based on audience reviews posted on marinas.com. Boaters praised the Cabrillo Way Marina’s helpful staff, cleanliness, new docks, and ease and accessibility of the slips.

“Marinas are the very first point of visibility and experience for most boaters,” said Westrec President Bill Anderson. “Setting a high bar to ensure their experience keeps them coming back and out on the water is one of Westrec’s primary mandates.”

Located south of 22nd and Miner streets, the 700-slip Cabrillo Way Marina encompasses 87 acres of land and water in the West Channel/Cabrillo Beach Recreational Complex, which includes a public waterfront promenade.

The $147.6 million marina was completed in 2011 and represented the port’s biggest non-terminal construction project at the time.

“Between 2005 and 2025 the Port of Los Angeles is investing more than $1 billion in the LA Waterfront, with approximately $700 million already spent,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka. “The Cabrillo Way Marina is a great example of how that investment continues to provide significant benefits to the community.”

Port of LA Receives Waterfront Development Awards

The Southern California chapter of the Construction Management Association of America has chosen two major Port of Los Angeles waterfront development projects for achievement awards.

The port’s new Cabrillo Way Marina Phase II facility has won the 2012 award for sustainable projects valued at over $100 million; and the Wilmington Waterfront Park project has received the 2012 project of the year award for infrastructure/public parks valued at $51-100 million.

Cabrillo Way Marina is a 700-slip marina covering 87 acres of land and water in the West Channel/Cabrillo Beach Recreational Complex. The project updated a decades-old marina facility and added about a mile of public waterfront promenade. Construction was completed in December 2011 at a total cost of $125 million, making it both the largest LA waterfront and non-terminal construction project at the Port of LA.

Wilmington Waterfront Park was designed to serve as a buffer between the port and adjacent residences. The project called for constructing a new 30-acre buffer area while the park was constructed on adjacent, vacant port-owned property. The park’s 16-foot high slope along the south border serves as a noise barrier and offers elevated views of the harbor. Construction of the park was completed in June 2011 at a total cost of $55 million.