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| Centrage Project proposed in 1988 |
What is now becoming McKinley Village was once the proposed
site for the Centrage Project, an alternative to suburban sprawl. Back in 1988 this $500 million, European-style self-contained community outraged
neighboring east Sacramento residence and the Sacramento Old City Association. Centrage
was a high density, transit oriented development that was to be built out over
10 years. At full build out the project would consist of 750,000 square feet of
office space, 230,000 sf of retail, 1200 residential units, 250 room hotel,
amphitheater, movie theater, 4.5 acre lake, greenbelts, bicycle paths, tennis
courts, swimming pools, other outdoor recreation areas, and parking for around 6000
cars. Originally 8 highrises were proposed ranging from 26 to 10 stories. In an effort to satisfy anti-Centrage folk, towers were reduced in size but the opposition were not happy demanding that 50% of the 48 acres be turned into parks and open area. Centrage was one of the most controversial developments in recent Sacramento
history, but after nearly a 5 year of heated debate and several reductions in size
to win over local residences and City Council, the project was abandon. Below
are a couple renderings showing what might have been.
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| Original rendering of Centrage Project proposed in 1988 |
Revised plans removed one of the eight planned towers for the project and reduced the size of some of the remaining seven, 26 to 19 story building (one), 16 story buildings (two), 18 to 12 story building (one), 11 to 8 story building (one), 10 story building (one), eliminated one 10 story building, 8 story building (one), 2-6 story building (12)
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| Centrage Project site plan proposed in 1988 |
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| McKinley Village currently under construction |
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Thanks for the great article (granted, a few years ago.) I was the renderer for the project and it was nice to see my drawings again after having completed them 30 years ago. I worked closely with the designers at Vitiello + Associates, and we all knew at the time that it may have been too much too soon for Sacramento. But we gave it a heck of a fight...
Best, John Duggan
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