Michael Zwahlen

Michael Zwahlen writes the blog Living in Urban Sac.

Web Site: http://livinginurbansac.blogspot.com/


Railroad Track Relocation

Apr 24, 2012

Sacramento railroad track relocation project (click to enlarge) This project is relocating and realign about 2.3 miles of Union Pacific railroad track to make room for an expanded Sacramento Valley Station, which will be turned into an intermodal ...

Wells Fargo Center 20th Anniversary

Apr 20, 2012

Wells Fargo Center under construction in 1991 Today is the 20th anniversary of the Grand Opening for the Wells Fargo Center on Capitol Mall. As Sacramento’s tallest building at 423 ft, it has a distinctive curved copper roof caps the...

Cost Reductions Urged for New Sacramento County Courthouse

Apr 17, 2012

The Judicial Council working group overseeing the judicial branch’s facilities program is recommending that 13 planned courthouse projects be reassessed with the goal of significantly lowering their costs. Options to be considered in these projects m...

Arena effort dead: This is all a sad state of affairs

Apr 14, 2012

Yesterday Mayor Kevin Johnson admitted “Is the deal as we know it dead? Absolutely.”  According to the Sacramento Press, The breaking point for Johnson, he said, was the Maloofs’ refusal to put up collateral for the city’s refinance of their l...

Sutter Medical Center Expansion

Apr 4, 2012

Anderson Lucchetti Women’s and Children’s Center Construction crews continue work on the spanning structure over L Street, which is scheduled to be completed this summer. The next step is connecting the steel of the spanning structure with Sutter...

626 I Street Rehabilitation Project

Apr 3, 2012

626 I Street Rehabilitation Project This project will be completed in September 2012; it will consist of 108 units for extremely low income elderly persons. Rehab cost $19.4 million. 626 I Street before rehab March 2010 SHRA Report

La Valentina Station Construction

Apr 2, 2012

Corner of 12th and D David Baker + Partners Architects $27 million project 81 units of affordable housing Scheduled to be completed in summer 2012. One of the first near-zero-energy projects in the Sacramento area.

7th & H SRO Construction

Apr 1, 2012

7th & H SRO Construction Eight story 102 foot tall building $47 million project Developer and owner Mercy Housing California 122 studios (325sf) and 28 one bed room (500sf) units Sixteen parking spaces, retail and health clinic on the ground floor. Construction is expected to be complete in October 2012 7th & H SRO Construction 7th & H SRO Construction 7th...

East End Gateway Construction

Mar 31, 2012

East End Gateway 2 The contractor will be installing three levels of concrete blocks on top of the footings for East End Gateway 2.  They will also be installing steel reinforcement bar, underslab electrical conduit and plumbing and pouring ...

Sustainable Regional Growth Plans

Mar 23, 2012

In November, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments released its long awaited draft Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) -- a plan for guiding regional growth intended to reduce the region's greenhouse gas emissions while accommodating nea...



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