Hi-fi bar operator eyes space at The Diggs adaptive reuse project downtown
The biggest adaptive reuse project currently in Sacramento’s urban core appears to have a nightlife-focused tenant in one corner.
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Downtown adaptive reuse project The Diggs scores Miyamoto International as tenant
Locally based global structural engineering firm Miyamoto International is taking a ground-floor office lease in The Diggs, the biggest adaptive reuse project currently underway in Sacramento’s urban core.
It was a Freeport Boulevard icon. Why the Hollywood Hardware sign moved downtown
Mike Heller couldn’t fathom Hollywood Hardware’s sign going to waste. The neon sign, which spells out the word “hardware” along the handle of a giant hammer, stood for decades at the family-owned business at 5303 Freeport Blvd. in Sacramento’s Hollywood Park neighborhood. After the store closed in 2024, the sign remained in place before Heller…
Good Neighbor included in The Infatuation’s “Best Restaurants in Sacramento”
“The Sacramento region isn’t trying to be the next big food destination anymore. It already is.” Keyla Vasconcellos – The Infatuation From the hitmakers behind Urban Roots, Good Neighbor is the buzziest new neighborhood restaurant in town and an easy choice for a night out with friends. The cocktail list keeps things fun with milk…
Making Adaptive Reuse Possible
In the heart of Sacramento’s R Street corridor, a long-standing industrial building is now solving one of the city’s most pressing challenges: the need for more housing. The DIGGS brings new life to a historic structure, transforming the 1911 Thomson-Diggs warehouse into 132 new residential units, over 24,000 square feet of mini-storage, and vibrant commercial…
Heller, other developers talk strategies as funding challenges reshape project timelines
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Country-western retail chain Tecovas replacing Device Brewing in Ice Blocks
A country-western retail chain from Austin, Texas, is the latest tenant to join the Ice Blocks development in Sacramento.
3 Sacramento restaurants are added to Michelin’s 2025 guide for California
Three Sacramento restaurants have been added to the prestigious 2025 Michelin Guide for California, bringing more attention to the city’s vibrant food scene. The restaurants feature Thai, Italian and Vietnamese cuisines. Kin Thai, located on 20th Street in Midtown, is praised by the guide for its menu that “runs the gamut of flavors from sweet…
Finding New Purpose
A slow but steady trend of returning to the office is helping define the future of many of the region’s smaller office buildings – and whether they have a future at all. One of the more intriguing conversion projects is Heller Pacific’s The Diggs at 3rd and R streets. The 4-story building dates back to…