Sacramento Proposal/Approval/Construction Thread - III - Page 60

sugit · #**1181** Posted **May 12, 2007, 9:00 PM**

10th and K is pretty darn important, esp since it's being built around exsisting businesses that can feed off each other..but thoese 1000 housing units, along with the hotel get a lot of people within a very short distance of all these places on K Street..people that will spend money there..along with some expected pretty high retail in Aura and The Towers are pretty darn important too.

Hell, anything that gets built DT is important..ha

friedpez · #**1182** Posted **May 12, 2007, 11:28 PM**

^ I agree. I think between Aura and the Towers, Aura is more important for K Street because its residents will be within walking distance of the pedestrian mall portion. Residents of the Towers will have their own little "city" with shops and restaurants, spa and gym, etc, but Aura's residents will have to leave the "compound" if they really want anything substantial. Plus, Towers residents are at 3rd & CM, and I doubt most will walk from there to let's say 10th & K. Instead, they're likely to drive and once they're in their cars, they may just head for Midtown, instead. That's why I think Aura is really important, at least for Downtown's most "needy" spots.

friedpez · #**1183** Posted **May 12, 2007, 11:46 PM**

To illustrate my point I made a map. Towers walking area in red, Aura in blue, overlap in grey. I just think that Towers residents won't walk too far from the site because they have more amenities on-site than Aura...

sugit · #**1184** Posted **May 12, 2007, 11:53 PM**

Aura residence will have an easy walk to K Street, even the The Towers people are 8-9 blocks away from 10th and K, that's not very far either. The proposed streetcar route would take The Towers residence right to K Street though, that's even easier. The Towers residence won't need to leave as often like you said, but if they want to go to the theatre or something, they will have to. That is where I hope the Streetcars really help.

sugit · #**1185** Posted **May 13, 2007, 12:05 AM**

Okay, I have a question: When someone puts a "^I agree" does that mean you are agreeing with the post directly above, or the post above the one directly above you?

I guess I could just ask friedpez which post he agreed with and that would answer the question.

friedpez · #**1186** Posted **May 13, 2007, 12:14 AM**

Lol good question... personally, I use "^ I agree" to mean I agree with the post directly above my response. So yes, I was agreeing with what you were saying about the fact that anything that gets built in downtown is important.

sugit · #**1187** Posted **May 13, 2007, 12:22 AM**

okay, cool..thanks

downtownserg89 · #**1188** Posted **May 13, 2007, 1:10 AM**

once the citizen and parlarle open up to the public, and if the metropolitan and the cathedral lofts ever get built, they will REALLY liven up J street between 10th and 11th st. I'm excited for that, since i live on 10th st!

creamcityleo79 · #**1189** Posted **May 13, 2007, 7:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by sugit

Okay, I have a question: When someone puts a "^I agree" does that mean you are agreeing with the post directly above, or the post above the one directly above you?

I guess I could just ask friedpez which post he agreed with and that would answer the question.

It always helps me to check the posting time when I see things like "^I agree". If the person agrees with the person directly above them the posting time will probably be more than 5 or 10 mins after the post above them. But, if the posting time is less than 5 mins, then it's possible that the person is responding to the post that is 2 posts above them. That reminds me, just to confuse you even more, check this out!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo

When I read this, it made me crazy trying to figure it out! Just like the post above the post above the post above the post! AAAAAGH!

foxmtbr · #**1190** Posted **May 13, 2007, 9:33 PM**

^ That article is classic!

sugit · #**1191** Posted **May 14, 2007, 4:22 AM**

Speaking of Wikipedia..these could use some updates, who better than us to do it....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown%2C_Sacramento%2C_California

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Sacramento

sacamenna kid · #**1192** Posted **May 14, 2007, 6:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by downtownserg89

once the citizen and parlarle open up to the public, and if the metropolitan and the cathedral lofts ever get built, they will REALLY liven up J street between 10th and 11th st. I'm excited for that, since i live on 10th st!

What's the parlarle?

sugit · #**1193** Posted **May 14, 2007, 7:04 AM**

Parlare Euro Lounge

downtownserg89 · #**1194** Posted **May 14, 2007, 7:15 AM**

i walked by the parlarle site earlier, and they're making lots of progress! again, i wish i were old enough to hit one of these places up.

Grimnebulin · #**1195** Posted **May 14, 2007, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by downtownserg89

i walked by the parlarle site earlier, and they're making lots of progress! again, i wish i were old enough to hit one of these places up.

My friend from SF is good friends with the owners of this place. I'm trying to get more info from him about what's happening with it. I *think* he said they are originally from Sacto but now live in SF. He says they've had a few private events so far but are still working on the main opening.

sugit · #**1196** Posted **May 15, 2007, 1:50 AM**

300 R Street – Located on the block bounded by 3rd, 4th, R, and S Streets. A request to develop a six (6) story, +/- 490,000 square foot residential mixed use building. The project will include 305 residential units along with 14,000 ground floor retail along R Street. A parking structure will be provided for on-site parking.

sugit · #**1197** Posted **May 15, 2007, 2:02 AM**

TowerDistrict · #**1198** Posted **May 15, 2007, 4:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by sugit

300 R Street – Located on the block bounded by 3rd, 4th, R, and S Streets. A request to develop a six (6) story, +/- 490,000 square foot residential mixed use building. The project will include 305 residential units along with 14,000 ground floor retail along R Street. A parking structure will be provided for on-site parking.

I was able to attend a short presentation of this project by the developer Sares Regis. Great company known for Metro Square, Metro Place (W. Sac), Iron Works, SoCap Lofts I & II.

It was interesting that this project is basically a decked out parking garage - they needed parking for nearby offices, and we're able to combine that with this project, add 300 residential units and parking for them, and retail too.

They also added that the land has already been aquired - so they could start soon. In contrast, Sares Regis had sat on an option to buy the land for SoCap for three years before deciding to go for it.

TowerDistrict · #**1199** Posted **May 15, 2007, 8:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by sugit

Awesome. Originally it was going to be a 14 story building. Good news!

remember the models johninsac discovered and posted from the architect's website? Maybe the tower might look something like that, considering it's the same architectural firm, and about the same amount of floors?? also, that office condo project on the north-west corner is being designed by the same firm - WRNS Studio

on a side note, i didn't notice it earlier... but I'm pretty sure the architect made a big mistake of putting the whole project on the wrong block when they made these cool models...

innov8 · #**1200** Posted **May 16, 2007, 5:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by TowerDistrict

on a side note, i didn't notice it earlier... but I'm pretty sure the architect made a big mistake of putting the whole project on the wrong block when they made these cool models...

The original proposal for K Street Central included three corner blocks at 10th and K...
David Taylor with CIM Group are in a partnership to develop both the southeast
and northeast corners of K Street. Phase one included a renovation of the existing
Woolworth bldg. Phase two is northwest corner that is pictured above.