Sacramento's I-5 Project Begins Tonight

If you travel to downtown Sacramento or will be using I-5 on a regular basis, go here for details on the repairs and to plan your commute.

Downtown Sacramento Building Update

Think $250 a square foot is too high?

Consider this news story from the Sacramento Bee which suggests that downtown Sacramento is booming. Newly constructed lofts are selling for between $400 a square foot and $540 a square foot.

Also read: Downtown Sacramento Headed for Change?

Downtown Sacramento - Headed for Change?

It's interesting the kind of remarks that catch your ear sometimes. A long while ago, when I was visiting Fresno, I overheard someone call Sacramento "a farm town that thinks it's urban." And then a little later, a friend of mine complained that downtown Sacramento was "dead, dull and boring." And then of course there was that article about Sacramento being so provincial!

All that might be set to change over the next few years.

I have signed up for updates on quite a few of the luxury condominiums being built in the heart of downtown Sacramento and I must say I am quite excited about them. I like the idea of being able to walk around and not have to get into the car to go have dinner with friends or shopping. And since these residences are in downtown, they might be just what some of us need to feel like we live in a city!

500 N Street boasts upscale shops, restaurants, movies and shopping are a stone's throw away, commuter trains are walking distance. They have a library, a fitness center and a business room. Aura Condos go a step ahead and offer spa facilities and wine and cigar lockers. Epic Tower plans on having two signature restaurants and a cafe and a wine cellar.

Anyone besides me feeling like they have several more lives to live?