Sacramento’s Ice Blocks project redeveloped a historic section of R Street, adding a host of businesses to the trendy corridor in Downtown and Midtown Sacramento. Now completely full, it’s become a must-visit section of the city. On this week’s episode of the Visit Sacramento Podcast, Deron Benvenuti, director of leasing for Heller Pacific, which developed…
Located in The Ice Blocks – a design-forward mixed-use development in Sacramento’s Midtown – Spaces R Street sits alongside trendy urban housing, shops and restaurants, creating a multifunctional urban hub for hybrid workers. Construction is in Mike Heller’s blood. His father was a builder, so it was perhaps fated that he would follow in his…
Salt & Straw, the popular Portland-based ice cream brand known for its eclectic flavors, will expand to Sacramento in 2022, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Sacramento Bee. The ice cream shop will land in midtown Sacramento’s Ice Blocks mixed-use project, developer Michael Heller told The Bee on Saturday. It’ll neighbor the new See’s Candies…
In a sign of optimism for urban retail, two new leases have taken Midtown Sacramento’s Ice Blocks project to completely full. Soft goods retailer Anthropologie and Salt & Straw ice cream should open in upcoming months in spaces of 6,000 and 1,000 square feet, respectively, on the south side of R Street between 16th and…
Building booms in the urban cores of Portland, Ore., and Austin, Texas, have long left Sacramento leaders envious. But the capital city’s big moment may finally be on the horizon. Hundreds of residential units will open next year in the central city grid — and even more are in advanced planning stages. From locally-designed projects…
Years after the Ice Blocks project on the R Street Corridor in Sacramento appeared to be completed, the developer has filed plans for a new phase. Heller Pacific Inc. filed plans for a new six-story structure called Ice Box on what’s now a parking lot at 1701 R St., with 65 units, ground-floor retail and…
See’s Candies is the latest retailer to join Midtown Sacramento’s Ice Blocks project, with a store that’s expected to open later this year. The San Francisco-based candy maker will fill around 1,100 square feet at the corner of 18th and R streets, said Ice Blocks developer Mike Heller. “To me See’s is one of America’s most iconic brands.…
Furniture retailer The Lovesac Co. is joining Midtown Sacramento’s Ice Blocks project. Stamford, Connecticut-based Lovesac (Nasdaq: LOVE) will fill a space between Bluemercury and West Elm, said Ice Blocks developer Mike Heller. The store is expected to open around April, he said. Lovesac will fill 1,133 square feet in Ice Blocks. “They are a national brand growing…
Sacramento’s first Shake Shack will open at 11 a.m. Thursday for to-go orders in midtown’s Ice Blocks development after a year’s wait, a company spokeswoman confirmed to The Bee. The New York-based fast food chain famous for its crinkle-cut fries and “concretes” will sell a few area-specific takes on the latter out of 1710 R…
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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…
