Sacramento K Street Housing Push Revives Downtown
How the Hale Building Could Add K Street Housing Rising at 825-831 K Street, the 1881 Hale Building is emerging as a leading adaptive-reuse candidate that could introduce new housing into a critical stretch of downtown Sacramento. The three-story, 73,000-square-foot property offers exposed brick, high ceilings, renovated interiors, and 32 underground parking spaces. Those features support a historic conversion that can adapt existing space for residences while preserving character. The city’s 2025 request for proposals gives ground-floor priority to active commercial uses with housing envisioned above. The City of Sacramento bought the building in August 2023 and is now marketing it for sale through JLL. Similar West Coast housing efforts are increasingly shaped by permit streamlining measures designed to speed residential approvals. Its location between the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center and DOCO strengthens mixed-use redevelopment potential. Officials are seeking proposals cen...