Sacramento Proposal/Approval/Construction Thread - III

[Schmoe]

Originally Posted by goldcntry

Not sure if anyone brought this up or not (senility kicking in...):

INC. Magazine listed their 2007 Hottest Boomtowns and we made the top 20!

Yeah, urban_encounter brought it up in the Companies thread.

[ltsmotorsport]

Do they think they're building a 900 footer?

[reggiesquared]

Actually, 4pm in December would mean the sun is very angled and near the horizon casting an unusually long shadow but the picture is a little out of control. Hilarious. Plus, it seems to be the only high rise that has the ability to cast mile long shadows

[joninsac]

Apparently we have 2 suns, judging by the other buildings' shadows.

[Texicali]

Hmm, hadnt noticed that. Must have kept the same figure from the morning analysis.

[ozone]

ltsmotorsport you know that everyone likes to think thiers is longer than it really is.

[innov8]

Provided by snatester



More 621CM Tower Feature here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=86268&page=21

[uzi963]

wow. they got the crane up at calSTRS







a couple close ups on the crown of 621

[aufbau]

Thanks for the photos folks. Wow, I'm please the crane is up at calstrs already.

regarding 621, it's amazing how much taller it looks with even the partial crown feature installed. Before it went up, I was disappointed on how stubby this building turned out to be, but this feature makes it better

[ozone]

Yeah it should be a nice feature. The parking garage however is an abomination.

[fatchocolatecow]

A couple of interesting items in the following...


Sacramento's Railyard: The Updated Vision

This spring, the plan for The Railyards project is under revision. Thomas Enterprises and city officials are weighing cost considerations, changing market dynamics and other factors to update their vision. Here's your chance to see it, in a presentation designed for a business audience. You won't want to miss the Structures breakfast on June 1st, organized by The Business Journal and the Metro Chamber.

Panelists:

Suheil Totah, Vice President of Development, Thomas Enterprises

Ray Kerridge, City Manager, City of Sacramento

Marty Hanneman, Assistant City Manager, City of Sacramento

[Sactorleans]

The small condo project at the corner of 21st and S Street (2031 S Street) has posted their units for sale through Coldwell Banker here:

http://www.coldwellbanker.com/servle...&page=property

The building will also include a bistro restaurant called Tuli:

http://tulibistro.com/?

[Schmoe]

Originally Posted by fatchocolatecow

A couple of interesting items in the following...


Sacramento's Railyard: The Updated Vision

This spring, the plan for The Railyards project is under revision. Thomas Enterprises and city officials are weighing cost considerations, changing market dynamics and other factors to update their vision. Here's your chance to see it, in a presentation designed for a business audience. You won't want to miss the Structures breakfast on June 1st, organized by The Business Journal and the Metro Chamber.

Panelists:

Suheil Totah, Vice President of Development, Thomas Enterprises

Ray Kerridge, City Manager, City of Sacramento

Marty Hanneman, Assistant City Manager, City of Sacramento

Hmm...I was planning to come back to Sac that day. Maybe I'll have to see about coming a day early and hitting that breakfast. Was there a link or any info on how to register? A few of us went to this a couple years ago, and it was good.

[fatchocolatecow]

Sorry, here is the entire email...


Sacramento's Railyard: The Updated Vision

This spring, the plan for The Railyards project is under revision. Thomas Enterprises and city officials are weighing cost considerations, changing market dynamics and other factors to update their vision. Here's your chance to see it, in a presentation designed for a business audience. You won't want to miss the Structures breakfast on June 1st, organized by The Business Journal and the Metro Chamber.

Panelists:

Suheil Totah, Vice President of Development, Thomas Enterprises

Ray Kerridge, City Manager, City of Sacramento

Marty Hanneman, Assistant City Manager, City of Sacramento

This event is sponsored by Bank of the West (http://www.bankofthewest.com/BOW/home), Kaiser Permanente (http://www.kaiserpermanente.org/) and Northern California Carpenters Regional Council (NCCRC) (http://www.nccrc.org/).

Tickets are $40/person ($50 after May 25). Table sponsorships are $600 and include table signage and one reserved table for ten guests. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. with breakfast and the program from 7:30 - 9 a.m.

Register on-line at http://sacramentocacoc.weblinkconnec...x?EventID=5742 or call the Sacramento Metro Chamber at (916)319-4260.

[downtownserg89]

don't get me wrong i think the tower feature looks great..

..but for some reason, i was KIND OF expecting it to be like, a little taller?

but i mean i'm not complaining, it looks good.

[urban_encounter]

Thomas Enterprises and city officials are weighing cost considerations, changing market dynamics and other factors to update their vision.

Translation: The scope of the project is being cheapened..

I have a feeling that by the time they're done, the railyards will end up looking like a suburban strip mall....

[brandon12]

perhaps, but it could also mean more retail and office, less housing. I wouldn't be too worried at this point.

[ozone]

I agree. The Railyards Project has too eyes on it for them to turn it into something so cheap. I guess we'll just have and wait and see.

[TowerDistrict]

i don't deny the concern that UE raises - but in my opinion, what will be be revealed at the structures conference will be not much more than what SacRising had rumored about a month ago.

I think we're going to see a new land use plan that features a continuation of the dowtown grid. I also think that since this is a "business" conference and not a public workshop, they will be pitching hard the first phase of the project to prospective local business owners.

i really think it should be stressed that this is not a public meeting. This conference is for business exposure only. The only cheapening i think it will reveal, is that there will be no $500 million sports & entertainment complex.

[SacRising]

Originally Posted by TowerDistrict

i don't deny the concern that UE raises - but in my opinion, what will be be revealed at the structures conference will be not much more than what SacRising had rumored about a month ago.

I think we're going to see a new land use plan that features a continuation of the dowtown grid. I also think that since this is a "business" conference and not a public workshop, they will be pitching hard the first phase of the project to prospective local business owners.

i really think it should be stressed that this is not a public meeting. This conference is for business exposure only. The only cheapening i think it will reveal, is that there will be no $500 million sports & entertainment complex.

Agree TD...and thanks for the throwback. yes, I still stand by it. The new railyard plan will be a continuation of the downtown grid. I did see the preliminary site plan that showed the new layout. I'm excited about it and understand the logic not only from a city planning perspective, but also from a development phasing perspective. with a grid, the railyard can better phase the delivery of the buildout.

UE, the suburban strip mall comment is actually how I felt about the old (still current) layout.