New construction of 5 office buildings with underground and above ground parking, and a separate parking structure, to consolidate 2 state departments on state-owned land to the east and south of Capitol Park. Blocks 171-174, bounded by 15th and 17th Streets and L and N Streets, Block 225, located between 14th and 15th Streets and N and O Streets, Block 224, fronting P Street between 13th and 14th Streets.
Consolidates the headquarters of the departments of Health Services, and Education, currently occupying several facilities located throughout Sacramento. Planned capacity of 6,000 employees.
In July 2002, the building on Block 225 (1430 N Street) completed and approximately 1,100 California Department of Education employees were moved into the building. The building's dedication ceremony was held on September 4, 2002. In October 2003, approximately 170 additional employees were consolidated into the building.
In December 2003, the Department of Health Services completed its consolidation of approximately 4,300 employees into the four buildings located on Blocks 171-174.
1.47 million gross square feet, 1.18 million usable square feet. Ranging from 4 stories at edges to 6 and 7 stories. $392 million total project budget (lease revenue bonds).
PARKING: Blocks 171-174, 1421 spaces; Block 225, 213 spaces; Block 224, 753 spaces (of which 340 are replacement spaces). Total: 2387 spaces. Block 224 (parking structure) completed and operational. Design/Build agreements signed and Notice to Proceed issued in February 2000.
Government Code Section 8169.5 (Chapter 761, Statutes of 1997 and Chapter 625, Statutes of 1999)
State Management Team
Department of General Services, Real Estate Services Division, Project Management Branch: Margaret (Peg) Hudson, Chief (Retired) Bob Houghton, Project Executive (Retired) Richard Teramoto, Project Executive
RESD Staff: Mike Meredith, Supervising Project Director (Resigned) Teresa Kaneko, Lead Project Director Wendy Roberts, Project Director, Tenant Improvements Joel Griffith, Project Director Kathryn Welch, Project Analyst Jack Richardson, Project Director (Resigned) Gary Sills, Chief Inspector, PSB (Reassigned) Bill McClean, Chief Inspector, PSB (Retired) Marc Fulton, Chief Inspector, PSB Dave Halstead, Construction Supervisor, PSB Robert Dighton, Senior Mechanical Engineer, PSB Jesus Cuevas, Senior Electrical Engineer, PSB Gustav Antwi, Construction Supervisor, PSB (Reassigned) Marc DalPoggetto, Construction Supervisor, PSB (Reassigned) Robert Berland, Construction Supervisor, PSB (Reassigned)
3D/International, Project Consultant: Joseph Griffin Jim Ogden Joe Cabral Windy Buller (Resigned)
Johnson Fain Partners, Master Architect: Block 225, 171-174 Office Buildings
Gordon H. Chong Partners, Master Architect: Block 224 Garage
Design/Build Teams: Hensel Phelps/Fentress Bradburn Block 225 Office Building
Clark/Gruen Design/Build Inc. Blocks 171-174 Office Buildings
State purchases 42 blocks for downtown state office campus.
1977
Capitol Area Plan amends planning objectives to include mix of office, housing, and
retail uses on quarter block modules.
1993
Assessment of Capitol Area Plan finds quarter block development modules impractical.
1994
After series of public workshops, new land use synthesis completed to improve
development opportunities for consolidated state office space and consolidated housing.
1995
April: Urban Land Institute Panel identifies Capitol Area as high risk for
blight; endorses mixed uses of housing, office, and retail in the Capitol Area; and recommends development of state offices at east end to improve the neighborhood and protect the Capitol Building and Park.
September: ULI findings reviewed at public workshop; two implementation task forces formed:
Procuremennt - To study state office procurement methods and office development in Capitol Area. Housing and Retail - To study housing and retail development issues and opportunities in Capitol Area.
October: Procurement and HART task forces meet biweekly through May 1996; issue final reports.
1996
March: DGS and CADA retain consultants (Blayney/Dyett and ROMA Design) for
massing studies for offices, housing, and retail on undeveloped sites in Capitol Area.
May-July: DGS and CADA present massing model to stakeholders, including:
Governor
Legislature
Mayor
City Council Members
CADA Boards
Capitol Area Homeowners Assocs.
Capitol Area Committee
County Official
City Planning Commission
Redevelopment Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Community/Neighborhood Assocs.
Local News Media
Freemont Park Neighborhood Assocs.
July: Based on master planning studies, Senate Bill 1770 directs DGS to update Capitol Area Plan, prepare EIR, and develop Comprehensive Facilities Plan for East End.
1997
March-May: Draft Update of Capitol Area Plan and EIR available for review;
EIR public hearing on April 9. Presentations made to community, including Mayor's Downtown Summit, City Design Review Board, Planning Commission, CADA Board, Capitol Area Committee, City Council members.
July 1: DGS approves 1997 Capitol Area Plan and certifies EIR.
October: Senate Bill 1270 authorizes development of 1.2 million nsf of office to consolidate headquarters of Education, Health Services, and General Services. Senate Bill 666 enables sale of property to CADA to promote development of ownership housing.
1998
January: Master architect, Johnson Fain, selected to design East End Office
Complex project.
February-July: Capitol Area Committee conducts public forums-February 25, March 9, May 21, July 9.
July: Capitol Area Committee endorses design concept for East End Office Complex.
The Capitol Area East End Complex is being developed using a modified design-build method known as "bridging," in which the design criteria and related documents describing the State's requirements form the basic of the work when proposals are solicited from teams of contractors and architects, called "Design-Builders." For more information about Design/Build Process, click here.
Master Plan Considerations
Johnson Fain Partners, the design architect for the office building projects of the Capitol Area East End Complex, initiated the design of the project with historical and urban analysis. The western gateway to Capitol Park is marked by the Library and Courts Building and the Jesse Unruh Office Building. Similarly, Johnson Fain Partners' design for the Capitol Area East End Complex extends the visual boundaries east of Capitol Park and provides an eastern gateway and a neighborhood amenity, which is highly accessible and responsive to the surrounding context. For more information about Master Plan Considerations, click here.
The joint-use space for the East End Complex is multi-faceted, and will be useful to both the Complex tenants and other state offices in the downtown area on a reservation basic. The joint-use space will include an Auditorium and Conference/Training Center both centralized within the complex on the ground floor of Block 172. The Child Care Center for the Complex will be located on the ground floor of Block 225. For more information about Joint-Use Space, click here.
Government Code Section 8169.5 (Senate Bill 1270, Chapter 761, Statutes of 1997, and Assembly Bill 883, Chapter 625, Statutes of 1999), in furtherance of the Capitol Area Plan, authorizes the construction of facilities on Blocks 171-174 and 225 consisting of approximately 1.47 million gross square feet of office space. This office space is being developed for use by the departments of Education and Health Services, as well as an additional 753-space parking structure located on Block 224. The office project is located east and southeast of Capitol Park on existing state-owned land within the Capitol Area. The bill authorized financing of the facilities by the sale of Public Works Board revenue bonds not to exceed $392 million. SB 1270 also required that, prior to the construction on any other blocks, the construction of the parking structure on Block 224 shall be completed. The parking structure was completed on time and within budget on February 2000.
Government Code Sections 13332.19 and 14661, Appendix 8, (Senate Bill 776, Chapter 252, Statutes of 1998) authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services when authorized by the Legislature to use the design/build procurement method for a specific project. "Design/Build" for the purposes of this report means a procurement process in which both construction and elements of design of a project are procured from a single entity. The Department of General Services concluded the design/build procurement process with the award being made to HenselPhelps/Fentress Bradburn (Block 225) and Clark Gruen (Blocks 171-174), the Design/Build Teams whose proposals were judged as providing the best value based on perfornance and other criteria as set forth by the department in the Request for Proposal. For more information about legislation, click here.
