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Developers around the world who were first movers on buildings that use mass timber for both structural and design elements are seeing a growing wave of projects lining up before them. The regulatory environment is adapting while the business model for use of mass timber is expanding across property types. In the United States, modern…
Curry Up Now will open in midtown Sacramento’s Ice Blocks development this Friday, Heller Pacific director of leasing Deron Benvenuti confirmed in an email to The Sacramento Bee on Wednesday morning. The long-awaited Indian fast-casual restaurant will open at 1610 R St., Suite 130, for lunch after hosting a series of soft openings throughout the…
While Sacramento’s restaurant and coffee scenes boom, we’ve often wondered–where are the wine bars? Sensing the need for something new, natural, and women-led, Kaila Niles and Emily Wilder, co-owners of design company Wool, opened Jeune, Sacramento’s first natural wine bar. Jeune is a pop-up tucked into the Ice Blocks, just a couple of doors down…
Many development projects are stalled by unforeseen obstacles, and in this case, several years ago a three-alarm fire destroyed a former ice company warehouse that was slated for restoration. In its place, the developer wanted to honor the original structure’s ambiance and history, while creating a modern hub that would enrich the neighborhood, a thriving…
It is, by all appearances, and urban utopia. Come this spring, more than 500 people will work there, more than 200 will live there, and thousands more will dine and shop there. Its innovative tenant mix ranges from an insanely popular “doughnuterie” to a gourmet dog food shop and an internet-based boutique where you don’t…
R Street has come a long way. Back when its remaking was merely a twinkle in the eye of developers and city planners, there were competing visions for what this urban corridor, which straddles downtown and midtown from Ninth to 19th streets, ought to be: a succession of traditional office buildings with virtually no signs…
Midtown’s fast-growing Ice Blocks is getting another trendy new tenant: West Elm, the international home decor store, is opening Thursday. The company features pieces with a clean, sharp, modern aesthetic. Near the middle of the store, there is a coffee table that embodies the store’s design credo – it’s a simple, rectangular pieces made of…
San Francisco’s famous Philz Coffee is opening their first Sacramento area shop in the R Street Corridor. “It’s a great fit. The space is great. The environment is inspiring and uplifting and comfortable and welcome. And that’s what Philz is all about,” said Philz Coffee CEO Jacob Jaber. It’s the first retail shop to open…
BY CATHIE ANDERSON canderson@sacbee.com Developer Mike Heller will announce Monday that his Ice Blocks project in midtown Sacramento has signed on a signature retail tenant: West Elm, the contemporary home furnishings store owned by Williams-Sonoma, is set to open in mid-2018. “Not only is West Elm a great fit for Ice Blocks and all the…
