Ice Blocks Phase Three

These are pictures of the project's third phase which is under construction and expected to open in early 2018. This includes three stories of office space above ground-floor retail in two buildings.

Ice Blocks Phase Three - 1601 R Street, Sacramento, CA, 95811

Ice Blocks Phase Three - 1601 R Street, Sacramento, CA, 95811

Ice Blocks Phase Three - 1601 R Street, Sacramento, CA, 95811

The Ice Blocks

Ice Blocks Sacramento

The Ice Blocks are a three block area on R Street between 16^th and 18^th streets. The estimated cost at more than $50 million with three phases of construction include 145 apartments, 55,000sf retail, and 106,000sf office. All three phases are expected to be completed in late 2017 or early 2018.

Ice Blocks Sacramento

Ice Blocks Sacramento

Ice Blocks Sacramento

Ice Blocks Sacramento

Ice Blocks Demolition

Future site of Ice Blocks project on R Street, Sacramento

After a fire destroyed the bones of the former Crystal Ice Block building last November, developer Heller Pacific is forging ahead with revised plans to develop the three block site. The land is now cleared and construction has begun at Block One next to Safeway.

This $80 million development will have 145 residential units, 46,966SF retail space, 100,631SF office space, 17,000SF for restaurant. 

Renderings of Ice Blocks on R Street, Sacramento

Ice Blocks Project

Next week the Ice Blocks Project will be up for review with the Preservation Commission. The Ice Blocks by Heller Pacific, Inc., develops three half-blocks consisting of 142 residential units, 63,900 square feet of commercial uses and approximately 54,853 square feet of office. Block 1 of the three block project is listed in the California Register of Historical Resources.

Ice Blocks on the R Street Corridor

If all goes as planned, the building on R Street between 16^th and 18^th streets could start construction as early as September. This $80 million project has been in the planning stages for the past 20 years but either a tumbling economy or bureaucrat opposition stopped the project. With city crews completing the multimillion-dollar upgrade of R Street, this will help cap the end of a growing and evolving district. 

Back in 2006, here is what the Ice Blocks proposal looked like: Ice Blocks Renderings

Ice Blocks on the R Street Corridor

Ice Blocks on the R Street Corridor

Ice Blocks on the R Street Corridor