Sacramento Area Council of Governments

Mixed-Use Infill Development Presentation

Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency March 2005

Mixed-Use Infill Development – SHRA & RDAs

Redevelopment Agency and Housing Authority 13 redevelopment areasMany RDAs are older, struggling commercial corridorsAuto-oriented with obsolete uses and many are over-retailed Plans call for more housing and mixed-use projects

Infill Opportunity

•115 acres Agency owned/controlled land for development

•30 acres actively being acquired

•21 Agency-owned infill acres being developed

500 proposed new units

120,000+ square feet proposed office/retail

Mixed Use on Commercial Corridors

9th Avenue & Stockton Blvd (75,000 square feet)Broadway and Martin Luther King (10,000 square feet)Marysville and Grand (15,000 square feet)Del Paso Blvd (10,000 square feet)

Mixed-Use Infill Development – 40 Acres Project

CRA Award-winning mixed-use project

10,000 Sq Ft Retail, 12 Apartments, 200 seat theater

Challenges

Substantial public assistance

Retail attraction

Parking

Offsite Improvements

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Stockton/9th Ave.

Agency assembled 11 properties for nonprofit office building andcleared site

Private Developer to build mixed-use project and town homes

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Stockton/9th Ave.

Challenges

Contamination; Parking/Traffic; Fire flows; Community resistance;

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Broadway/MLK

Agency-owned site (2+/- Acres x parcels) AF Evans Development CompanyMixed-use, mixed income development – 10,000 SqFt of retail, 50 affordable apartments, 27 market rate town homes

Challenges Irregular-shaped property – alleys, etc. Community resistance to density Competitiveness of site/area

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Challenges to Infill Development

Site Challenges-Shallow lots, contamination, community issues, traffic/parking, relationship to existing neighborhoods

Financing Challenges-Income demographics, prevailing wages,need public assistance

Competitiveness Challenges-Time spent vs. return generated, risk

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Making our sites more competitive – Site Assembly

Construct off site improvementsStreetscape improvements, utility upgrades

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Making our sites more competitive

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Making our sites more competitive

Assist with contamination issues

– Polanco Act - compel owners to pay for cleanup

– Brownsfields $$

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Making our sites more competitive

Speed-up the development approval process

Adjust underwriting for the market– assume retail will follow housing

Mixed-Use Infill Development – Making our sites more competitive

Continue community education process on Blue Print goals with real projects