Proposals for a new residential building in the East Village Arts District, an expansion for the Houghton Park Community Center and alcohol sales at a northeast Long Beach cinema are on the agenda for the Long Beach Planning Commission’s next meeting.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 333. W. Ocean Boulevard.

Downtown apartments

Planning commissioners are scheduled to consider an application for a seven-story, 82-unit apartment building at 135 Linden Ave. A pair of private parking lots are presently on the project site. The proposal also calls for the construction of nearly 4,100 square feet of retail space and a four-level parking garage with 135 spaces.

If the project is built, the apartment units would be constructed above the parking structure, which would have two of its four levels standing above the street.

Designs for building’s exterior incorporate arches, enveloping semi-circular windows, as a means of blending with the adjacent Broadlind Hotel, according to a staff report. The 1928 hotel, built in the Italian Renaissance style, is listed as a historic landmark by city government.

Residences at Linden, LLC, which has a Costa Mesa address, is the named applicant for the proposal.

Houghton Park Community Center expansion

The Public Works Department is seeking commissioners’ approval for a 6,480-square-foot expansion for the Houghton Park Community Center in North Long Beach.

Councilman Rex Richardson and other city officials revealed plans for the expansion earlier this month. Designs for the initial phase of the project call for a new building housing a pair of multipurpose rooms and new restrooms. Renovations of part of the existing center that was built in the 1950s, as well as some demolition work, is planned for the second phase. The third phase is set to involve an expansion of the center’s parking lot.

Richardson has said the total project will likely cost about $20 million. The first phase, which may begin in early 2018, may be financed with $4 million from Measure A sales tax revenues and $3 million that was allocated to the center in Fiscal 2014.

The center is at 6301 Myrtle Ave.

Alcohol application

Commissioners are also scheduled to consider a conditional use permit that would allow Edwards Long Beach Stadium 26 & Imax to serve beer and wine to moviegoers.

The proposal had been scheduled for a vote in mid-October, but applicants asked for a delay.

Long Beach staffers have recommended that commissioners approve the permit. The theater is part of Long Beach Towne Center, at 7501 E. Carson St.