Tonight the Sacramento Preservation Commission will hold a
public hearing to recommend the Capitol Towers superblock within N Street, P
Street, 5th and 7th Streets be registered as a historic
district. The applicant, Sacramento Modern (SacMod,) requested the nomination
of the Capitol Towers complex for listing in the Sacramento Register of
Historic & Cultural Resources (Sacramento Register.) The Preservation
Director found significant features and characteristics of the Capitol Towers
superblock meet several criteria for eligibility and recommends consideration
and action. Click here to view all the “historic” reasons.
The proposed Sacramento Commons project includes two
high-rise (24 story) apartment buildings with 550 total units (275 apartments
per building), 12 live/work units, 21,000 square feet of ground floor retail /
support services, 604 parking spaces, and an open space plaza. Two 206 mid-rise
(7 story) apartment units, 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail / support
services, 916 parking spaces, and 30 live/work units. One Hotel/Condo/Retail 300 room hotel, 110 condominium units, 37,000 square
feet of retail / support services, and 639 parking spaces in a 24-story mixed
use building, and 4 live/work units.