UC Davis Medical Center’s California Tower

Looking north from 45th St. on the medical center campus

On the eastern side of the existing UC Davis Medical Center, two tower cranes are in place to construct the 14-story hospital tower. At a total construction cost of $1.2 million (project cost: $3.7 billion), the building will connect to the existing Surgery and Emergency Services Pavillion to over 909,000 square feet of space in the new structure. When completed in 2030, the project will have a total of 334 beds, intensive care, and medical/surgical bed types; 12 hybrid operating rooms; and two rooftop helipads.

Looking east from Stockton Blvd. and X St.

Looking west at 45th and X Streets

Seen from Hwy. 50 and 65th St. looking west

Seen from Hwy. 50 going east

Demolition of Arco Arena Parking Lot

Arco Park in the foreground 

Over the weekend I was driving on Truxel and Del Paso Roads and noticed what appeared to be several giant concrete/asphalt piles while looking west towards the former Arco Arena location. My curiosity made me wonder if they were also removing the unfinished Arco Park stadium foundation. I found no such thing, the Arco Park foundation is still there but 2/3^rd of the parking lot that surrounds the former arena has been removed and roads for the new Innovation Park are being built. The most southwestern part of the land has a proposal for California Northstate University Medical Center project on 25 acers and is expected to generate $4.04 billion in regional economic output in the next 10 years as it’s developed.

1986 proposed Arco Park

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Railyards Sacramento

With the ground breaking in March of this year, the 8-story Kaiser hospital in the River District appears to currently drilling piles into the ground as well as shoring up walls that are below grade. This $1.5 billion project is expected to competed in 2029.

365 Railyards Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95811