Residents and business owners will soon have a chance to help fine-tune ideas to improve the look of 16th Street, a major gateway into the capital city. The Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) will lead a workshop on Tuesday, July 21, to share updated information on development activities and to collect input on streetscape elements to brighten 16th Street. Those upgrades will be part of a renaissance unfolding there, along with a surge in businesses such as Hot Italian, Mochi, Pronto and Starbuck's. The ideas that are gathered will be used to help form a cohesive vision for the street. That vision and specific details will be incorporated into a $20,000 conceptual streetscape desi

Revitalization of 16th Street continued Friday as first steps were taken to create an updated streetscape. The improvements will be part of an ongoing effort to upgrade the corridor, a major entrance into Sacramento giving many people their first impression of the capital city. Once part of State Highway 160, the roadway deteriorated into a motel corridor that had grown extremely run-down by the 1990s. The street is home to longtime powerhouses like Simon's Restaurant and Luna's Cafe & Juice Bar. Newer businesses including Starbuck's, Pronto and Mochi have set up shop across from renovated Fremont Park. The three-lane, one-way street has been a major focus for the city, state and Capito

EM Johnson Interest and Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund Holdings (NCRFH), a member of the Nehemiah family of companies, has been selected as the developer for East End Gateway Site 1. Located on the northwest corner of 16th and N Streets, the site is currently occupied by a parking lot and a small apartment building. The selected proposal identifies sources of equity and construction financing and emphasizes the development of mid-rise entry-level “workforce” housing. The structure was designed by Devrouax + Purnell Architects and will be 8 floors (7 floors over a concrete podium). The structure will contain 98 condominiums, 6,000 s.f. of retail and 120 parking spaces. Construction i

It seems as if the whole of Downtown Sacramento is in a state of change and development. It also seems as if the majority of this development is happening right in Southside Park's backyard. This fall, the city will begin construction on a slew of development ventures, beginning with the East End Gateway Project. Like the R Street Corridor Improvement Project, the East End Gateway Project will be another step towards revamping the dying warehouse district into a thriving neighborhood.   The project is under the jurisdiction of the Capital Area Development Authority (CADA), a joint powers authority created by the State of California and the City of Sacramento in 1978. CADA plans to build