In early November, the city released a memo showing that Urban Commons was in the process of developing plans for $5 million to $7 million in repairs on the ship. In October, Long Beach city officials asked Urban Commons to present maintenance and repair plans for the Queen Mary or face the possibility of being declared in default of its lease. Revenue from the new development would help pay for desperately needed repairs to the rusting luxury liner. In an email statement, Taylor Woods, principal and co-founder of Urban Commons, said there were plans to develop the area now occupied by the submarine into a “beach club feature, with a sandy beach, a pool and a refreshment area, accessible to visitors to the property as well as to guests of the hotel.” The plan called for a 200-room hotel, an amphitheater for concerts and nearly 700,000 square feet of retail space. Urban Commons unveiled a plan two years ago for a $250-million entertainment complex on the bay front next to the Queen Mary that would include a 2,400-foot-long boardwalk, a new small-boat marina and cafes, bars and shops.
Portions of a rock wall that surrounds the sub and the Queen Mary will be removed to clear the submarine and will be repaired afterward. Under the plan, the submarine will be removed from its location between the ocean liner and the rocky shore by mid-May, according to Urban Commons. Once the bill of sale is signed, plans to remove the sub will be drafted, with the help of Long Beach city officials, the U.S. Representatives for Urban Commons said a bill of sale had been sent to the proposed buyer, who asked to remain anonymous. 16 photos Photo: The Foxtrot class Russian submarine, as NATO designated it, represented the dull mass of the Soviet and then the Russian navy from the late 1950s all the way. Court records showed the lawsuit was dismissed last year. Lisnow said the sale of the submarine was part of a settlement of the 2016 lawsuit.
Urban Commons took over the lease of the Queen Mary and the Scorpion in April 2016. In 2015, the submarine began to list to the port side, forcing it to be closed to tourists, according to the lawsuit, which demanded $10 million in repairs. The lawsuit said the ship was covered in rust, grime and peeling paint and infested with raccoons.
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