SACRAMENTO | Project Rundown - Page 11

urban_encounter · #**201** Posted **Jul 20, 2006, 3:42 PM**

Official groundbreaking for the "Towers" will be this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Pile driving is expected to begin in the next few days.

The Towers @ 301 Capitol Mall
Twin 54 story 615' condo towers
800 condos, 276 room Inter Continental Hotel

creamcityleo79 · #**202** Posted **Jul 20, 2006, 5:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by urban_encounter

Now throw in the Capitol Grand, the Metropolitan, Cathedral and Library Loft towers, 500 Capitol Mall. Oh and for good measure the Westside towers and Sacramento may finally see an impressive skyline.

...and we'd be entering a whole new level if you added the Railyards in there!!!

urban_encounter · #**203** Posted **Aug 17, 2006, 9:39 PM**

Makeover for downtown mall unveiled
By Terri Hardy -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:01 am PDT Thursday, August 17, 2006
Story appeared on Page A1 of The Bee

The owners of the aging Downtown Plaza have submitted plans to the city for a $100 million renovation and expansion that would include a Target, an upscale grocery store and a controversial theater complex above the Hard Rock Cafe.
The project comes with a steep request -- a city subsidy of as much as $20 million.

"We have a development plan that is going to have broad support and position the Downtown Plaza for the future," said Larry Green, senior vice president of development for the mall's owner, Westfield Corp. Inc. "It has a major entertainment component, a new major anchor."
City leaders said they are excited that the long-anticipated project finally has been submitted to the planning department. Officials for years have criticized Westfield's inattention and lack of reinvestment at the Westfield Shoppingtown Downtown Plaza.

"We've been asking Westfield to come back with a comprehensive makeover and it sounds like they've done that," said Vice Mayor Rob Fong.

Councilman Ray Tretheway, whose district includes downtown, said Westfield's proposal "removes many, many doubts" about the mall owner's commitment to the property.

The plan would expand by 140,000 square feet the 1.2 million-square-foot mall, said David Kwong, city planning manager.

Westfield envisions transforming the office-like exterior into a sleek, open and updated building. Said Green, "It will have a strong retail presence -- you'll see fashion, see display windows, see people moving up and down -- a significant change to the L Street facade."

The structure at 515 L St., which houses Morton's of Chicago restaurant, would be torn down. It would be replaced with a grocery store on the ground floor and a 400,000-square-foot Target on the second and third levels, city officials said.

Westfield has signed a letter of intent with Target but is not officially naming the company as its new anchor until the city and Westfield's board approve the plans. However, city officials say the store is a Target.

Westfield hasn't signed a supermarket, but has talked with Whole Foods, Nugget and Bristol Farms.

The seven theaters now at the west end of the mall would be eliminated and the food court expanded, with an addition of a new restaurant or more retail. A new, expanded 3,800-seat theater complex would be moved to Seventh and K streets.

The Hard Rock Cafe would be on the first level, a retail store on the second, and the cineplex on the third floor.

Westfield listened to a city request to place the theaters atop the Hard Rock to boost foot traffic on the struggling K Street mall, Kaplan said. But the engineering difficulties and extra costs inherent in that design would require city financial help.

Early last year, Westfield estimated that the theater job would take a $5 million city subsidy. Skyrocketing construction costs substantially boosted the price tag, Kaplan said.

"We're doing everything we can to make the city's desire a reality, but the reality is that it will take a higher contribution than estimated," Kaplan said.

Westfield will be competing for a dwindling amount of redevelopment funds. Several large projects have put in requests for city subsidies in excess of $104 million, but $22 million remains in the redevelopment kitty.

On Wednesday, the Downtown Sacramento Partnership board voted to recommend that the two biggest priorities are moving the Greyhound bus station and renovating Westfield.

Michael Ault, executive director of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, said the two projects are pivotal to the success of the city's urban core. However, he said it's time to hear specifics about other tenants and detail why $20 million is needed.

Tretheway said the council would need to carefully weigh all applications for funds, including Westfield's. "The good news for them is that they have their plans in and they're now in line," he said. "If they'd kept missing their deadlines, they would have been out of the picture."

Meanwhile, community leaders have said they fear a larger complex will show art films and put the Broadway's venerable Tower Theatre out of business.

Century Theatres, which operates movies at Downtown Plaza, has said it wanted 16 screens in an expanded movie complex. But Century's merger with Cinemark Theatres has made it unclear how many screens would be built, Westfield said. Fong and other city leaders have said they will allow no more than 12 screens.

Luree Stetson, a member of the Tower District Alliance, said the position of Alliance and of Reading International, owners of the Tower, hasn't changed, she said. "A plan with 3,800 seats is a problem," Stetson said.

Plans were submitted last week to the city's development services department. It will take three to six months to go through the review process of design and environmental impacts, Kwong said. The Planning Commission has final approval of the project.

Westfield is also planning to submit a document detailing its costs and request for city subsidy to the city's economic development department. That department will evaluate the request and make a recommendation to the City Council by the end of the year, officials said

Pistola916 · #**204** Posted **Aug 17, 2006, 11:39 PM**

I actually like the plan. The renderings of the facade on the L street side seems nice. I wish Macy's can do a makeover of theirs. As far as Target, well I can live with that since there will be more residential units on the way. I was hoping for a Nordstroms. A full scale grocery store in downtown I support since there are none. Whether it's WF or Nugget, it will better serve that general community.

urban_encounter · #**205** Posted **Aug 18, 2006, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Pistola916

I actually like the plan. The renderings of the facade on the L street side seems nice. I wish Macy's can do a makeover of theirs. As far as Target, well I can live with that since there will be more residential units on the way. I was hoping for a Nordstroms. A full scale grocery store in downtown I support since there are none. Whether it's WF or Nugget, it will better serve that general community.

A Nugget would be better but i'm just partial to their selections of wine..

BTW do you have the renderings that can be posted or a link where they can be viewed? I'm curious what they look like.

On another note i really think that Macy's (or Federated) should be urged to give up one of their two store locations. The Macy's anchoring the west end of the Mall existed just fine prior to Federateds purchase of Weinstocks. By giving up the location at the est end Westfields could bring in a third anchor in addition to Macy's and Target.

innov8 · #**206** Posted **Aug 19, 2006, 12:09 AM**

Downtown Plaza Redevelopment
Total existing area: 1,198,229
Total Net New Area: 138,039

represent916 · #**207** Posted **Aug 19, 2006, 2:38 AM**

ive seen those pictures of the us bank tower on first page of this thred. now i like the look of that building

urban_encounter · #**208** Posted **Aug 30, 2006, 6:59 PM**

Proposed airport terminal to be 'signature'
Supervisors OK design concept for one of biggest county projects ever.
By Ed Fletcher -- SacBee Staff Writer
Published 12:01 am PDT Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Story appeared in Metro section, Page B1

Compared to Sacramento International Airport's shiny Terminal A, Terminal B, built in 1967, has always been "Terminal Blah."
But Tuesday, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors signed off on a design concept for a replacement Terminal B described as a "signature" regional gateway -- an airy glass structure suffused with filtered natural light.

Supervisor Roger Dickinson said it's important to make a statement to visitors whose opinions often are shaped by a city's airport and downtown.
"We have a great project in the making," Dickinson said. The design concept was approved 5-0. The new Terminal B -- which would be built alongside the existing terminal -- is part of a planned $1.1 billion airport expansion. Officials hope to begin construction of the replacement terminal by late 2008 and finish in early 2011. A parking garage would be built after the old terminal is torn down.

The new Terminal B would feature a 200-bed hotel stacked on the ticketing gateway and would be three times the size of the existing terminal. It would feature a split-level roadway for arrivals and departures and an automated shuttle moving passengers from the terminal to a 23-gate "island" concourse.

The design seeks to balance what has worked at other airports and the needs of local travelers. Among the design features:

• More street access to the building;

• Trams running every two minutes;

• A design that accommodates future growth with space set aside for a light-rail terminal.

The construction will be funded by fees paid by airlines and federal grants. But the sheer magnitude of the project did not escape the board.
"This is probably one of the biggest (projects), if not the biggest in terms of dollar amount, that the county has ever built. That is a big number," said Supervisor Don Nottoli. The board approval of a final design and an environmental review still is ahead.

The design concept selected from three choices was favored by the board, area residents who attended a June workshop and airport staff.
The building design seeks to draw on canopies of filtered light created by Sacramento's numerous tree-lined streets, officials said.
The new terminal will accommodate growing passenger traffic, which is expected to reach 16 million by 2020.

Passenger traffic currently is 10.2 million annually, officials said.
"We really need to build a facility to meet the passenger demands. We are at capacity," said Cheryl Marcell, an airport spokeswoman.

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Facts

Sacramento International Airport Phase I Expansion 2010/11
$1.1 Billion
New Central Terminal Complex
New 23 Gate Concourse B (with 3 International Gates)
New Parking Garage #2
New FAA Control Tower
Automated People Mover to Concourse B
Upper/Lower Decking of Roadway for Central Terminal (Arrivals and Departures)
Fentress Bradburn Architects of Denver/Corgan Associates

innov8 · #**209** Posted **Sep 25, 2006, 9:29 PM**

Demolition

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The site has been fenced off in preparation for the demolition for where the
new tower will be built.

500 Capitol Mall
25 story office tower
467,942 sf office
27,124 sf retail
Developer: Tskakopoulos Investments
Architect: Ed Kado
Location: 5th & Capitol Mall
Estimated Completion: 2008

urban_encounter · #**210** Posted **Sep 28, 2006, 2:48 PM**

Light-rail stop near arena urged
RT envisions trolleys bringing thousands to events at the proposed railyard facility.
By Tony Bizjak - Bee Staff Writer
Last Updated 12:30 am PDT Thursday, September 28, 2006
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B1

Sacramento Regional Transit officials this week said they want to build a light-rail station near a proposed downtown sports and entertainment arena -- and transport at least 20 percent of the people attending Kings games or other arena events.

"The closer, the better," Regional Transit General Manager Beverly Scott said of the proximity of a rail stop to an arena. "Each block counts."

A recent RT study shows public transit plays a notable role in bringing fans to downtown arenas and ballparks in other cities.

The numbers vary: Up to 41 percent of those going to San Francisco Giants baseball games take transit to AT&T Park; 15 percent take Bay Area Rapid Transit trains to basketball games at the Oakland Arena; while just 3 percent do at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

"It's clear when transit service is provided -- that is quality service -- people will use it," Scott said this week, throwing her agency into the transportation debate at the proposed arena.

RT officials say they believe they can cobble together funds and have a station ready to go if and when an arena is built in the largely vacant railyard in downtown's northwest corner.

Sacramento County voters will be asked Nov. 7 whether they are willing to help finance an arena through a quarter-cent sales-tax increase. About half the estimated $1.2 billion in revenues is proposed for an arena, and the rest for other as yet undetermined improvement projects across the county.

Negotiations on details of the financing deal, however, have stalled.

Fans park an estimated 8,000-plus cars during Kings games at Arco Arena in Natomas. The team collects those parking revenues.

Team officials this week declined to comment on RT's desire to transport at least 3,600 fans to and from games, saying they haven't seen any specifics of RT's plans.

Kings President John Thomas said "some form of enhanced mass transit" generally does play a role in downtown redevelopment projects, including arenas, but cautioned that "every city is different."

"From our standpoint we just need to make sure that our customers who love what they have at the current location and do not view a downtown as ... (necessarily a better site) have assurance there is sufficient, safe and available parking," Thomas said.

Representatives for the city and the private company that intends to develop the railyard said they welcome light rail as a travel mode for arena events, and said the transit trains should play a key role in bringing people to the area's restaurants, stores, offices and residences.

A station near the arena would help reduce congestion, Sacramento Assistant City Manager John Dangberg said. That way, some fans would drive, some would take light rail, and those who live in the area or who work nearby could walk to and from the railyard district.

County Supervisor Roger Dickinson, the RT board chairman, said he has enjoyed taking transit to sports events in other downtowns, and thinks Sacramentans would too. "Simply put, it's fun."

Suheil Totah, project manager for Thomas Enterprises, which is planning apartments, offices, stores and restaurants in the railyard, said his company wants light rail, but prefers that it be a few blocks away.

"You want to create this great walking experience where you can get off a train and walk through a district with restaurants and retail uses," he said. "We don't want to create another Arco where people drive up ... and just leave. We want people to stay and enjoy a drink, or dinner or shop."

Totah said one of main avenues -- a meandering Fifth Street -- is planned to have only one lane in each direction, but extra wide sidewalks.

"It's a European feel we are trying to communicate," he said. "It's unusual for Sacramento."

Other key streets in the district, however, would be larger, with four and possibly six lanes.

The latest drawings for the district put the arena three blocks, or less than 300 yards, from the proposed Seventh Street light-rail station.

RT currently is building a station at the Amtrak depot at the southern end of the railyard, but a closer station would get substantially more use, RT officials said.

As envisioned by RT, the arena station could run trains directly to and from the transit agency's three existing light-rail lines.

One of those lines runs through Rancho Cordova and ends in the city of Folsom. It would be approximately a one-hour ride, end to end. RT officials say they plan a faster, limited-stop train on that line.

A second light-rail line runs to the junction of Interstate 80 and Watt Avenue.

The third line currently ends at Meadowview Road, but in the next few years is scheduled to be extended to Cosumnes River College.

The railyard light-rail station would be the first station on a line RT plans to extend, some day, from downtown, through Natomas to Sacramento International Airport.

Web · #**211** Posted **Oct 29, 2006, 6:41 PM**

bumpy road for q and r

urban_encounter · #**212** Posted **Oct 29, 2006, 9:15 PM**

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bumpy road for q and r

SacTownAndy · #**213** Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 6:13 PM**

I noticed that no one has posted these here yet, so here are the updated renderings for the Capitol Grand. Could be Sacramento's first 700+ footer. Renderings courtesy of Innov8.

colemonkee · #**214** Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 7:59 PM**

Looks pretty good. Classical shape with modern elements. I like it!

urban_encounter · #**215** Posted **Dec 7, 2006, 5:02 PM**

Sacramento: Downtown/Midtown/Waterfront
31+ Towers Planned, Approved or U/C....(Updated 3/03/07)

Currently Under Construction

The Towers
@ 301 Capitol Mall
Twin 54 story 615' condo towers
834 residential units with a 276 room InterContinental Hotel
65K sf retail
40K sf gym
10K sf spa
Developer: John Saca/Saca Development
Equity Partner: CalPers
Architect: Mulvanny G2
Construction Status: Temporary work stoppage (?) due to escalating costs.
John Saca and equity partner CalPers in negotiations for addtional capital $$

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=85715

U.S. Bank Tower
@ 621 Capitol Mall
25 story 400' office building
366K sf commerical space
24K sf ground floor retail
Developer: David Taylor
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum
Construction Status: Steel frame currently u/c

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=86268

CalSTRS Headquarters
3rd street along the West Sacramento Riverwalk
19 story office tower
14 floors of commerial offcie space atop 5 story parking garage
400K sf Commerical Office
1000 space garage
Developer: Panattoni Development Company
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum (HOK)
Construction Status: Pile driving complete/foundation work underway.....

Marriott
@15th and L street
15 story 150' hotel
250 hospitality rooms with 30 residential units on top 3 floors
Developer: Three Fires, LLC
Architect: Johnson Braund Design Group
Construction Status: Exterior work complete/Interior work ongoing

500 Capitol Mall
25 story office building (height estimate 400')
467,942 sf office
27,124 sf retail
Developer: Tskakopoulos Investments (Privately Financed)
Architect: Ed Kado
Construction Status: Retaining wall and pre construction site activity

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=116260

L Street Lofts
@ L street between 18th and 19th streets
8 stories
92 lofts
6K sf ground floor retail
Developer: Sotiris Kolokotronis
Architect: Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
Construction Status: Steel frame currently u/c

Globe Mills
@ 12th and C street
6 Story refurbishment of Mill
143 residential units
Developer: Cyrus Youssefi and Skip Rosenbloom
Architect: Applied Architecture, Mike Malinowski
Construction Status: Under renovation

Cathedral Building
@ 12th and K Street
4 story refurbishment of old Sears building
23 residential units
Spa
Ground floor dining
Developer: Bob Clippinger
Architect: FFA Design
Construction Status: Exterior and frame work complete/Interior work ongoing

(Photo Update courtesy of friedpez)

M.A.R.R.S (Midtown Art Retail & Restaurant Scene)
20th street between K and J streets
2 Story 50,000 sf historic structure.
Interior and exterior renovation including the addition of an expansive pedestrian walkway and plaza
area spanning the full length of the building along 20th Street, as well as creative upgrades to the building exterior, lobby, and core areas.
M.A.R.R.S. is a unique, daring, urban, artistic, funky project right in the heart of Sacramento's Midtown Arts & Entertainment District.
Construction Status: Exterior work complete/Interior work ongoing

Joie de Vivre Hotel
"The Citizen Hotel"
@ 10th and J street
Historic 15 story Cal West office building being converted into a 200 room
boutique hotel with two ground floor restaurants, 7th floor sky deck (lounge)
and penthouse ballroom.
Construction Status: Under interior renovation

Sutter Medical Center Urban Village Project
@ 28th and N street
New Anderson Lucchetti Women's and Children's Center (Hospital)
Renovation of Sutter General Hospital (Ose Adams Medical Pavilion as of 2010)
Renovation of Sutter Cancer Center
32 new residential units on N Street between 26th and 27th Streets
New retail, restaurant and commercial space
New parking garage
New theater complex for the B street Theatre
New Children's Theatre of California
Construction Status: U/C

New Ose Adams Medical Pavilion

New Sutter Medical offices

New Residential units (N street between 26th and 27th)

Cooper Union Building
@ 16th and H street
43 Residential units
10k sf ground floor retail space
Construction status: u/c

City Approval/Awaiting start of construction

Aura
@ 601 Capitol Mall
39 story condo tower 440'
282 residential units with ground floor retail
Developer: Craig Nassi/BCN
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Construction Status: Test driving of piles complete
City approved $10 million loan request. BCN in escrow for parcel at 601 CM

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=90073

K Street Central
@ 10th and K Street
14 story tower
130 (+) residential units
200 seat Live Theater Cabaret
Restaurant and lounge
Developer(s): CIM/ Group, David Taylor, St. Anton Partners,
Cordano Company and Paragary’s Restaurant Group
Construction Status: Council Approval 10/31/06 with $6.75 million loan
Pedning interior work/estimated completion of theater/restaurant
and lounge in 2008

Planning Process (Pending City Design Review and Planning Commission Approval)

UP Railyards (Sacramento Gateway)
240 acre redevelopment includes
10,000 residential units
low, mid and high-rise towers of up to 40 stories
3 million square feet of office space
1.3 million square feet of retail
18,000 seat arena
1,000 seat concert hall
Canal district
Public market
Railroad Technology Museum
Bass Pro Shop signed letter of intent May 2006)
Developer: Thomas Enterprises (Atlanta)
Architect: Jon Jerde
Construction Status: Thomas Enterprise closed escrow on the 240 acres in December 2006.
Accelerated cleanup of contaminants over the next two years.

Capitol Grand Tower
@ 12th and J street
70 story 965' to spire
771' to roof
mixed use condo/hotel tower/office tower
1.17 million sf (total space)
54,634 sf commerical office
278 residential units
200 hospitality rooms
Developers: Mo Mohanna and California Medical Group
Architect: Nadel Architects Inc
Construction Status: Traffic study currently underway

Epic Tower
@ 12th and I street
50 story (actually 51?) 615'
mixed use condo/office tower
354 units (45 floors)
68K sf (4 floors) of commercial office
51K sf (2 floors) of retail space
Developer Craig Nassi/BCN
Architect: Daniel Libeskind

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=110616

K street condo tower(s)
800 block of K street
Two towers approx. 22-25 stories
220+ residential units per tower
28,769 sf retail
Developer: John Saca, Mo Mohanna, John Lambeth
Architect: Kwan Henmi

The Metropolitan
@ 10th and J street
38 Stories, 430'
350 residential units
13K sf ground floor retail
Developer: Saca Development
Architect: Kwan Henmi

701 L street
31 story mixed use residential/office 445'
80 residential units
240K commerical office space
10K retail
Developer: Danny Benvenuti
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum (HOK)
Privately financed by developer and pending relocation of Greyhound Station

Meridian II
@15th and K street
22 Story Office Building, 300'
Developers: Tony Giannoni & Angelo Tsakopoulos
Architect: Hornberger & Worstell

Cathedral Square Condos
@ 11th and J street
26 story 290' tower
233 residential units
27K sf commerical/office
15K retail
Developer: St Anton & J Cordano Company
Architect: Kwan Henmi

Westside State Office Complex
Option #3
Two towers: 20 and 26 story tower(s)

(Note: This is not the final design or building height)

Riveredge
7 Towers (between 10 and 20 stories)
Along 14 acres of West Sacramento Waterfront
South of Tower Bridge and West Capitol Avenue
791 market residential units
104 affordable residential units
120k sf retail/commercial office space
200 room hotel
Developer/Architect Dean Unger and Associates
Status: Proposal/ financing not yet secured

Capitol Lofts
@ 12th and R street
119 Warehouse Conversion Loft Units,
3K retail space
12th and R Street
Developer: Regis Homes
Architect: David Baker & Partners

Newton Booth
@ 27th and V Street
32 Residential units
Developer: LJ Urban
Architect: David Mogavero

Crystal Ice Building (Inudstrial/Residential Rehab)
R Street between 16th and 18th
141 Residential units/retail and dining
Building height (up to) 7 stories
Developer Mark Friedman
Architects: GBD Architects

401 Broadway
@ 4th and Broadway

East End Gateway 226 condo/lofts on four separate sites.
SW corner 16th and O street. NW corner of 16th and O Status: Requiring new RFP
NW corner of 16th and N, and SE corner of 16th and P Status: Approved

The Docks...
Front street
Multiple mid/highrise towers
35 acre high density riverfront development between Capitol Mall & Broadway
23 acres North of Pioneer Bridge
14 acres South of Pioneer Bridge
Developer: Kenwood Investments (San Francisco)

*Two towers 20 and 15 stories
Mixed use commerical/residential
South of the 13th street RT Metro Station
between Q and R streets
Developer: John Freguson

*15 story officer tower
9th and L street
Developer: Cordano Development

Other notable projects

Sacramento Intermodal Transportation Facility
Rail: RT Metro Trains (local light rail), Capitol Corridor (Bay Area), San Joaquins (San Joaquin Valley),
Amtrak, Greyhound and Regional Transit as well as other Metropolitan transit agency buses.
The proposal moves the historic depot 350 feet north and restores its original use as a
waiting area and ticketing area.
Status: Planning process/Partial funds secured

Crocker Art Museum Expansion @ 3rd & O street
Highlights of the new state-of-the-art Museum building include:
*Three times the current space for the permanent collection
*Four times the current space for temporary exhibitions
*300-seat auditorium/lecture theatre
*Café with indoor and open-air seating in the courtyard
*Double the current number of parking spaces
*Expanded Museum Store
*Increased accessibility
*7,000-square-foot courtyard plus public access to the current courtyard
*Loading dock, freight elevator and increased onsite storage space
http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/about/expansion.htm
Status: $78 million fund raising drive nearly complete.

Capital Unity Center @ 16th & N street

Sacramento Center for the Perfroming Arts
13th and K Street Mall
Renovation of the City's 2500-Community Center Theater
Status: Intial funding provided for design work

700 Block of K street
Revitalization of 700 Block of K street
Developer: Joe Zeiden (Z Gallery Founder)
Retail to include: Borders, Urban Outfitter, Lucky Brand Dungarees and Sur la Table
Construction Status: Current Tenants being relocated/Preparing start of construction

Sacramento International Airport Phase I Expansion 2010/11
$1.1 Billion Replacement and Expansion (of Terminal B)
New Central Terminal Complex
New 23 Gate Concourse B (with 3 International Gates)
New Parking Garage #2
New FAA Control Tower
Automated People Mover to Concourse B
Upper/Lower Decking of Roadway for Central Terminal (Arrivals and Departures)
Architect(s): Fentress Bradburn Architects of Denver/Corgan Associates
Status: Currently undergoing design and EIR.

(Rendering for the phase I 2010/11 from Corgan Associates)

(Central Terminal Rendering at night)

(New Concourse B and automated people mover)

Sacramento International Airport Phase II Expansion 2020 (and Beyond)
12 Gate Expansion of Concourse A
New 23 Gate Concourse C
New Automated People Mover from Central Terminal to Concourse A
New Automated People Mover from Central Terminal to Concourse C
Expansion of Central Terminal (Centralized ticketing and baggage handling for Concourse A, B and C)
New RT Light Rail station for Natomas/Airport extension.
New Parking Garage #3
Status: Phase II part of Airport Master Plan. Phase I EIR and design work currently underway

Other notable projects not pictured or listed above......

Currently under construction:

*19th & O 10 lofts/10,000 sf ground retail

*9th & K (Former Hale Dept Store/office building) 33 Lofts

*North End Lofts II 14th & H street 11 Lofts

*H street Lofts approximately 8-10 Lofts

*IronWorks (Triangle Area Of West Sacramento) 180 Lofts

* Upper Eastside Lofts (Transit Oriented mixed use Development Planned are 140 units adjacent 65th street RT Metro station) Ravel Rasmussen Properties/partnering with Separovich Domich.

*Whiskey Hill Lofts (30 lofts and carriage houses at 21st and S streets/Rite Aid Drug Store, just one block from the Meridian project. (Paul Petrovich).

*Alchemy on R Street, High density residential townhomes/lofts N. side of R street between 26th and 27th street

*McNamme Townhomes S.E. Corner of 26th and R streets

*1531 L street Firestone Building (Dining/Retail) Cordano http://www.cordanoco.com/project_pdfs/firestone3.pdf

Approved/Awaiting start of construction:

*11th Street Lofts (11th & R street behind exisitng 3 story brick building) 14 Live Work Lofts

*12th Street Lofts (12th & R street) 16 Live Work Lofts

*SoCap Lofts (Phase I) 32 high density loft style homes North side of R street between 6th and 7th street (2006)

Planning Process:

*Raley's Landing West Sacramento Mulitple towers:
1) 'River One' is an 18 story 150+ unit residential tower 245,000sf commerical and 42,000 Restaurant/Retail
2) Washington street property 6 story 550 residential units (Panattoni Development)

* Downtown Plaza (Remodel) Addtition of new 'Urban Target Store' as well as specialty grocer,
relocation of theaters as well as Plaza improvements. (Westfield)

*3,000 condos/lofts (West Sacramento Riverfront) Friedman/Rumsey Band. Estimated construction start 2007

*"North Town North" 2,723 residential units or (1,831 apartments, 891 houses and 792 condominiums) 75k sf retail at 7th Street and Richards Boulevard. Developer: Capitol Station 65 LLC

*SoCap Lofts (Phase II) 32 high density loft style homes South side of R Street between 6th and 7th street (2007)

*Cal Pers High density housing project on the South Side of R street between 3rd and 4th street

*61 single-family homes
21st and U street,
45 detached three-story townhouses
16 units will be 1,000-square foot carriage houses
Developer: Meridian of San Diego

Recently Complete

*Capitol Terrace 21st & L street; 65 units/3,000 retail (St. Anton)

*Fremont Mews 118 Lofts/22,000 sf community garden

*16th & K street; 23 lofts/ground floor retail (Loft Works)

*Plaza Lofts at 8th and J street; 225 Lofts 22k Ground Floor Retail
8th and J Street

*1801 L street at 18th and L street
5 Stories
187 rental units,
10K ground floor retail
Developer: Sotiris Kolokotronis
Architect: Vrilakas Architects

If anyone has any corrections to what is listed above, please feel free to post it and I'll make any necessary changes.

innov8 · #**216** Posted **Dec 31, 2006, 4:06 AM**

Sacramento Urban Design Plan Update
Dec. 11, 2006

These are slides from the Sacramento Urban Design Plan Update meeting
that the City of Sacramento Development Services had on Dec. 11th. Good Stuff.

SacTownAndy · #**217** Posted **Jan 25, 2007, 10:25 PM**

More news from the Railyards:

Developer motivated to move quickly
For Thomas Enterprises, cleaning up rail site is good for business

By Chris Bowman - Bee Staff Writer
Last Updated 12:46 am PST Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B1

Suheil Totah, vice president of development for Thomas Enterprises, recently set up shop in a historic building overlooking the railyard.

The railroad operators took 20 years hauling away topsoil they polluted at Sacramento's historic downtown train yard.

Stan Thomas, the new owner of the 240-acre site, believes he can finish the last third of the job in just two years -- all the while proceeding with plans for urban villages, public markets, museums, entertainment complexes and more.

That would surpass by fivefold the pace under Union Pacific Corp. and its predecessor, Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

How can Thomas outrun the kings of rail? Because his motivations are more powerful than a locomotive, according to officials with his development company, Thomas Enterprises Inc. of Atlanta.

Thomas Enterprises is anxious to recoup cleanup expenses and the cost of the property purchase -- figures the company declines to disclose. The faster the cleanup, the sooner Thomas will get city approval for development. The sooner the company sells parcels to developers, the faster it can pay off loans and turn a profit.

"You have a clock ticking on you because you are paying interest, and because you want to be ready to develop when the market is ready," said Paul Petrovich, who is redeveloping the former railyard in Sacramento's Curtis Park neighborhood.

"You will see in the next few weeks a lot of activity, a lot of dirt being moved around," said Suheil Totah, Thomas vice president for development, who keeps a pair of binoculars on his conference table overlooking the railyard.

The insurance giant AIG also has a financial stake in a speedy cleanup of the downtown yard.

Under terms of the Dec. 29 property transfer, Thomas paid AIG upfront the full estimated cost to finish the job in two years, plus an insurance premium ensuring the work will be done in that time. Any environmental remediation needed beyond 2008 will be on AIG's dime, Totah said.

The cleanup engineers and excavators also are under political pressure to move full speed ahead. Sacramento city officials are counting on the grand redevelopment to revitalize and expand the downtown area. And environmental officials are banking on the project as a showpiece to inspire cities to redevelop polluted properties, known in regulatory parlance as "brownfields."

"This is the poster child brownfield project for the whole state," said Paul Carpenter, who oversees the cleanup for the state Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Much of the yard is on reclaimed marsh and a lake known as China Slough or Lake Sutter, which the railroad routinely filled with debris through the early 20th century. Records on what was dumped are scarce. Rumors abound of old locomotives buried whole.

When Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific in 1996, it assumed liability for removing the toxic wastes that had leaked, spilled or been dumped in what was once the largest industrial center west of the Mississippi.

Under an early 1980s state-enforced agreement, Southern Pacific began extracting millions of gallons of groundwater polluted with various solvents, mineral spirits, battery acid, diesel fuel and heavy oil that fueled steam engines. The daily pumping and cleansing of groundwater is expected to go on for decades.

The plume of contamination is contained, does not threaten drinking water wells and does not affect development, state toxics officials said.

Vapors emanating from soil contaminated with such volatile organic compounds, however, can seep through buildings and create a breathing hazard to occupants.

"We are going to assure there is none," said Fernando Amador, who also is supervising the soil remediation for the state toxics department.

Development can proceed during the cleanup so long as the state regulators have declared "no further action required" at the site under construction.

The sequence of the cleanup will follow the development timetable, which spans about 15 years, Totah said.

Construction can proceed during the cleanup on sites regulators have stamped "no further action required." AIG retained the environmental remediation company of ERM-West to finish the soil cleanup that it began under Union Pacific.

The first area targeted is a northwest corner parcel next to Interstate 5 where Thomas Enterprises has landed its first retail tenant -- Bass Pro Shops -- a fishing and outdoors emporium.

Excavators then move to the area planned for the 5th Street Emporium, with ground-level shops and restaurants and topped with residential units.

On track next would be the footprint that will be left after the planned relocation of the freight and passenger rails. The tracks are to move 300 feet north of the depot for a new transportation center.

Crews then will attack the Central Shops, where locomotives were built and rebuilt. Thomas Enterprises plans to transform these cavernous old brick buildings into a public marketplace on the scale of the Ferry Building in San Francisco and Boston's Faneuil Hall.

Totah said the cost of the insurance policy on the cleanup took into account the possibility of excavators' uncovering surprises.

innov8 · #**218** Posted **Feb 14, 2007, 11:47 PM**

Nassi secures Aura land
Sacramento Business Journal - 4:18 PM PST Tuesday, February 13, 2007by Michael ShawStaff writer

Denver developer Craig Nassi reached an agreement Tuesday --- the last day before a city of Sacramento deadline expired -- to purchase the land for the Aura condominium project at 601 Capitol Mall, after falling out of contract last summer with David Taylor, the landowner of the Aura site.

The city council had given Nassi just seven days to resolve the land issues for Aura, a 36-story, 268-luxury condo project designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, in order to qualify for a $10 million loan approved last week.

Nassi, owner of BCN Development, must have financing in place by March 31 under the agreement with Taylor, which entered escrow Tuesday.

"We won't sell to him unless he's got all the financing," Taylor said.

Reached by phone, Nassi said he's closing the loans and construction could begin in a few weeks.

"Everything is done," he said. "We just needed to get the land back under contract. The financing is done, it's there."

Work was supposed to begin months ago. Rising construction costs have made money for high rises scarce and led to several delays.

The land deal with Taylor requires Nassi to provide an immediate sum, two additional payments in March and a closing amount on March 31, Taylor said. He declined to say how much Nassi will pay for the land.

Nassi gave credit to city manager Ray Kerridge and assistant city manager John Dangberg for helping make the project happen.

"We've got a great downtown redevelopment agency," he said referring to the Kerridge and Dangberg. "They put in 50 to 60 hours each in the past week to get the deal finalized."

thekid@455 · #**219** Posted **Feb 15, 2007, 9:58 PM**

Sacramento Business Journal - 10:29 AM PST Thursday, February 15, 2007by Michael ShawStaff writer

A notice of default was filed Wednesday by a local investor who holds a $22 million loan on the Towers at Capitol Mall condominiums, just as the two principal partners in the stalled project are seemingly at odds about how to resolve millions of dollars of cost overruns.

The 53-story Towers project, a landmark building for Sacramento if constructed, is owned jointly by developer John Saca through his Saca Towers LLC and the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which committed $100 million.

Work stopped a month ago with little more than concrete pilings in the ground.

Through a series of written statements released Wednesday, John Saca expressed frustration with his "partners," or "partner" in varying instances, though he never names CalPERS directly, saying they have rejected proposals he has brought in to get bills paid and keep the default notice from being filed.

"This predicament is out of my control," Saca wrote. "I have proposed several alternatives to my partner on how we pay these bills, however, none have been accepted."

Saca did say of CalPERS: "I am not sure they are the right partner for this project."

While the default notice was not immediately available for viewing, Saca's representatives confirmed that it was filed by Joseph Mohamed Enterprises Inc. of Sacramento. The loan was originally made through First Bank and Trust for the $21 million needed to buy the land, according to Saca's representatives.

Joseph Mohamed said he purchased the note from First Bank and Trust last week.

"Almost all of the notes that we buy are settled before a foreclosure," Mohamed said. "This one is very well secured. They just need to resolve their differences. I feel very sure that they will."

Including that loan, a total of $35 million is already owed on the Towers project. Several liens have been filed by companies that have done ground work at the site.

Payments on the loan were due in December, but the Towers corporation does not have the funds to pay on that loan, Saca said. A six-month extension was offered, but the jointly-owned corporation did not accept the extension.

"I felt we should have accepted the extension," Saca wrote.

A spokesman at CalPERS said it is awaiting Saca's reorganization of his financing on the project.

"We have been in discussions," said Brad Pacheco. "We realize that the materials costs are higher than estimated."

The pension fund's involvement has not changed.

"We understand that the project is important for the city, but there really isn't any update from our end," Pacheco said. "We are still just talking through the issue."

CalPERS has not disclosed how much of its $100 million commitment it has delivered so far, but a source said it was $25 million.

Sacramento assistant city manager John Dangberg said the city is eager to see the situation resolved.

"Right now we have a hole in the ground at the gateway to the Capital," he said. "We'd like to see both sides compromise and come to a reasonable middle ground -- come to a solution to move this project forward."

The city committed an $11 million subsidy in the project, but that money won't be transferred until it is nearly complete.

Saca assured deposit-holders on more than 380 of the planned 804 condos that their money is in escrow, earning interest.

"I am extremely disheartened," Saca wrote of the state of The Towers. "This project is critical to the city of Sacramento."

Mohamed said he expects to hear a plan to resolve the outstanding debt from the Towers partners within the next two months.

urban_encounter · #**220** Posted **Mar 3, 2007, 5:28 PM**

Bob Shallit: Pinch hitter on deck for 21-story loft project
By Bob Shallit - Bee Columnist
Published 12:00 am PST Saturday, March 3, 2007
Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page D1

A "nationally known" developer soon could be stepping in to build a 21-story housing and office complex at a downtown site abandoned by Texas home builder D.R. Horton.

Sacramento County Supervisor Roger Dickinson confirms reports that talks are under way with another developer for the county-owned site at Eighth and I streets.

"Things are going quite well," he says of negotiations. "The hope is that within 30 days we can go back to the board and say we have an agreement, that we're back on track."

The project -- called Library Lofts -- got off track in September when Horton backed out of an agreement to buy the vacant building and replace it with a high-rise.

The new developer is looking to build "essentially the same project as Horton," Dickinson says.

The original plans called for about 300 condos, ground-floor retail and 40,000 square feet of office space, some of which would be occupied by county departments. The new plans call for "a little more office, a little less residential," says Dickinson.

The supervisor isn't revealing the identity of the new developer, but says it's a "nationally known company that already has a presence in the Sacramento area."

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(old rendering from D.R. Horton)