The Planning Dept. received plans to demolish the existing building at 2031 K Street and construct a new development with 296 mixed unit with 8 floors and 91 feet tall. Demolition requires historic evaluation as well as a deviation for height. The proposal includes 233 studio units, 50 1-bedroom, and 13 2-bedrooms. Total square footage would be 250,595 sf. and 162 parking stalls. Documents submitted to Planning Dept. can be found at AgencyCounter.
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| UC Davis Health Sacramento campus is undergoing a massive expansion over the next decade |
The proposed California Tower will include a 16-story,
332-bed hospital facility and 5-story pavilion. The $3.75 billion project is
scheduled to have patients moving in by 2030 and is currently in the design
development phase and will replace the north-south wing originally built in
1929 and the addition from the 1950’s and will be demolished in the coming
years. These were images out of Comstock’s Magazine promotional supplement for
March 2022. UC Davis Health is also investing 1.1 billion in the nearby AggieSquare where both research facilities and housing will improve the neighborhood.
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| The propose California Tower is expected to be completed in 2030 |
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| The 5-story pavilion adjacent to the California Tower |
201 N Street - Southern Land Company proposal
In October of last year, the Southern Land Co. purchased Lot
X (201 N Street) for $16.75 million in Downtown Sacramento and has since proposed
building a 30-story residential tower with 237 units. The 2.5 acre site sits
directly across from Crocker Park and would also include offices, retail, restaurant
and parking for 426 vehicles. The project consists of residential tower rising up 350
feet with an open-air pool 165 feet high and a five story office building constructed
with mass timber.
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| 201 N Street - Southern Land Company proposal |
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| 201 N Street - Southern Land Company proposal |
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| 201 N Street - Southern Land Company proposal |
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| 201 N Street - Southern Land Company proposal |
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| 201 N Street - Southern Land Company proposal |
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| 201 N Street - Southern Land Company proposal |
On these brisk winter mornings, the clarity when looking across
the Sacramento valley can be perfect. One hundred miles away, the Sierra Mountains
look to be an Alpine wonderland behind the Sacramento skyline. Both these
photos were taken from the west looking east, one on county road 102 near
woodland and the other on Levee road 30 east of Davis.Sacramento skyline taken from 7.5 miles away on
Levee Road 30 east of Davis
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| Sacramento skyline taken from 15 miles away on County Road 102 near Woodland |
It appears the Sacramento County Courthouse has almost reached
its final height. The steel skeleton for the structure itself is going up
around the two concrete elevator shafts that look to be topped out. Completion
is scheduled for September 2023.Driving east on Hwy 50 toward two concrete elevator shafts
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from the train station |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from 7th Street |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from the train station |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from the train station |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from the train station |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction seen from I-5 |
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| Sacramento skyline from Hwy. 50 |
The Sacramento office market is continuing to retract as
public sector agencies continue to downsize. The national office market posted
its first quarter of positive net absorption since the start of the pandemic, while Sacramento has seen seven straight quarters of negative demand and rising
vacancy rates. Also noted in the Colliers Sacramento office report, the State
of California accounted for a majority of occupancy losses. Read the Sacramento office report here.
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| Sacramento office market vacancy rate rose to 16.7 percent in Q4 2021 |
Back in 1984 the dominate buildings in the Sacramento skyline were three state offices buildings that were built in 1964 and 1969 and a bluish green private office tower built in 1984 that came to be known as the Emerald tower. Today the skyline has grown equally by both the private sector and government office towers. My favorite is still the Emerald Tower (229 ft tall) also known as West America Bank Building. It’s interesting with the curved glass facing Capitol Mall and the steps moving up to the top of the tower. The skyline has evolved quite a bit in 38 years.
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| ENVOY at 1030 J Street in Downtown Sacramento |
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| ENVOY at 1030 J Street in Downtown Sacramento |
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| 1717 S Street Mixed-use housing and ground floor retail |
1717 S Street is a residential mixed-use project consisting of 159 affordable housing units and 11,376 SF of ground floor commercial uses. This project broke ground in March of 2021 and is expected to be completed in February 2023. When completed there will be 159 units (16 Studios, 119 One bedrooms, 24 Two bedrooms) regulated at low or very low income levels. The original cost was $62 million, but rising construction costs in the three years before ground breaking caused the price to rise to $80 million.
It's becoming very clear that the plan to demolish and rebuild the State Capitol Annex on the east end is the most secretive public project the State has ever tried to slip by the people. The more I learn about this horrible process as it’s slides through the approval process, the more I want it stopped all together. In the latest issue of Sactown Magazine, Rob Turner does some digging and finds that this entire project is being done in seclusion, everything from the underground parking garage to $1 billion cost to build a modern Annex replacement. At this late date in the approval process, neither design for the Annex or the underground garage have been made public.
The whole plan is also ill-timed as the Governor said he wants to explore the possibility of 75% of state workers telecommuting after the pandemic ends. So now should be the time state offices rethink how offices function. Also, as mentioned in the article, the only reason the annexation is in such bad shape is because for 70 years the Legislature found it inconvenient to their calendar to do major upgrades to bring deficiencies up to code along with other improvements. There’s a name for this in the world of historic preservation: “demolition by neglect.” Owners who have neglected historic properties often argue that they need to tear them down because they’re not up to code even if they were the ones who didn’t make those upgrades throughout the life of the property.
I highly recommend reading “No Annexation WithoutRepresentation” in Sactown Magazine.
https://www.dgs.ca.gov/RESD/Projects/Page-Content/Projects-List-Folder/State-Capitol-Annex-Project
There is a new rendering for the proposed 16-story Califrornia Tower at UC Davis Medical Center. Expansion plans are underway for a $3.75 billion, 16-storty hospital tower at 1 million square feet. Rebuild, Expansion at UC Davis Health
In a partnership between Southern Land Company and the Sacramento Kings, a 28-story mixed-use luxury high-rise has been proposed at Capitol Mall and 3rd Street in Sacramento. What makes this project unique is that it would be constructed with mass timber. To learn more about this largely untested method, click here.
The Southern Land Company purchased the 2.56-acre site yesterday with great fanfare from nearby Crocker Art Museum and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg. The proposal would have 28-floors, 225 luxury apartments and 80,000 sf office space. Construction could begin as soon as 2023 and completed in 2025. At this time, neither a cost estimated or rendering have been given for the proposal.
I think this proposal is ridiculous at a time when nearly 2 million square feet of office space has been put back on the market in the last 18 months. Also, with so many others similar high-rise proposals failing over the years, I wonder what makes the developer this time think 225 high-end renters will want to reside there? Sacramento has successfully built and filled many mid-rises up to six stories, but not high-rises where the costs to build are much greater. Kings press release.
According to the report below, the Sacramento office market has shed 1.9 MSF in the last 18 months. The vacancy rate has risen for six consecutive quarters. The negative impact to the office market has been less severe than markets like San Francisco where the rate has more than doubled over last year.
This historic 10-story building built in 1914 has been converted from an office building into a boutique hotel. The Exchange Sacramento hotel has 100-rooms, rooftop lounge, basement fitness center and meeting room, and a restaurant and bar on the ground floor. Room rates appear to start at $285 a night an up.
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| The Exchange Hotel - 1006 Fourth St., Sac. CA |
Read more here: www.bizjournals.com
The Sacramento County Courthouse construction project appears to be poring two concrete elevator shafts and are currently on the 9th or 10th floors. Construction began in November 2020 and is estimated to complete in January 2024.
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking south on 6ht Street |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking east from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking east from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking east from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking east from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking east from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking east from I-5 |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking south from 6th Street |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking south from 6th Street |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking south from 6th Street |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking west from Gth Street |
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| Sacramento County Courthouse construction looking north from H Street |
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| Project rendering for 1116 18th Street by SKK Developers |
Alfa Romeo Automotive at 1116 18th Street in mid-town Sacramento
has demolished in favor of a seven-story residential project.
The proposal would have retail/restaurant on the ground floor with the second floor
becoming the developers (SKK) new office and then 24 units above.
There will be not parking at the building, but across the street at 1801 L
Street, parking will be dedicated to this project. Construction could start in
late 2021 and be completed in 18 to 20 months. Back when I rode a motor scooter to work I used to bring it in to Alfa Romeo for repairs and tune-ups, really neat guy running the shop and fun place to observe a classic car/motorcycle repair mechanic. It will be missed.
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| Current automotive shop Alfa Romeo at proposed location |
It was only three years ago CADA put forth a taller nine story proposal at this location with 92 condos and I thought this was something Sacramento could support. This new proposal for the same location will have 17 condos and 75 apartments with retail space on the ground floor. This revision is proposed by HRGA Architecture and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and still needs planning permits approved by the city. It appears the materials used for the exterior of the building are a lower quality than the original proposal.
The A.J. is the first residential project at the Railyards
to begin construction. It broke ground in August 2020 and is set for completion
by Winter 2022. Located
at the corner of Railyards Boulevard and 6th Street, the first Railyards
mixed-use residential project, The A.J., will consist of 345 residential rental
units, 69 of which will be affordable units, and 5,000 square feet of ground
floor retail.
The A.J. residential project in the Railyards
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| The A.J. residential project in the Railyards rendering |
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