Developer Connections Winter 2019
SMUD CEO Arlen Orchard to retire in 2020
CEO & General Manager Arlen Orchard recently announced his retirement plans. Orchard says he’s been in a reflective mood as he approaches a milestone birthday, and while there’s no perfect time to leave, he’s decided to retire from SMUD by the end of August 2020.
Your SMUD Commercial Development RepresentativeOur Commercial Development team works with many other SMUD subject matter experts to help you connect, or enhance, your project’s electrical service. We can help you best when we know your projects coming. That’s why we encourage you to contact us early in the design phase before pursuing entitlements. Tell us what your concerns are early, and we will strategize together to help make your project a success. Your dedicated development representative can help with all phases of your project, from pre-planning to meter-set. |
Plotting parcels in Central City
This past year, we continued to assess vacant or underutilized parcels in the Central City by contacting 200 parcel owners to find out if they have plans to develop their sites. Over 80% of the parcel owners responded, which allowed us to plot a map of future development projects, aiding us in identifying and planning for any needed SMUD infrastructure to support the expected growth within the downtown area.
Here’s a list of recent projects in development we’ve been working with lately.
Folsom South
South of Highway 50, the SMUD team was busy energizing subdivisions for Phase 1 Villages at Mangini Ranch to support production home construction with builders such as Lennar and Taylor Morrison. We also worked closely with representatives from the New Home Company to install and energize our facilities for their initial phase of development.
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Sutter Park in East Sacramento
Site work was completed at Sutter Park and SMUD worked closely with the Stonebridge Properties team and builders Tim Lewis Communities and Urban Elements in the planning and construction phase of the redevelopment of the former Sutter Memorial Hospital site, which will feature single-family and mixed-use projects.
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Sutter Park, Urban Elements |
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In Rancho Cordova, we completed the backbone infrastructure for a 69kV power line extension to run eastward along Douglas Road to Grant Line Road. As a result, several developers and home builders were able to start construction and will be bringing new home products on-line in 2020.
The California Military Department Headquarters
This project began vertical construction this year and we’ve been working closely with the design team on energy efficiency and permanent service design to support operational reliability needs in order to open in 2021.
65th Street and Sac State
We worked closely with GMH Capital on The Academy project, which built 90 units of much needed student housing adjacent to Sac State. In addition, we’re working closely with the Hornet Commons project team, which broke ground on the project sited on the former McAuliffe baseball field. The housing project will have 284 apartments and 1,100 beds in six four-story buildings. We also worked with Jackson Properties on initial energy planning and energy efficiency opportunities for its Home2 Suites project in this area.
The Academy, 1325 65TH Street |
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Metro Air Park
2019 was a year of substantial progress for Metro Air Park. The close proximity to Sacramento International Airport and I-5 and HWY-99 make Metro Air Park an attractive option for new development in the SMUD Service Territory. NorthPoint Development LLC, based out of Kansas City, MO purchased 132 acres of property along Power Line Road, north of the existing Amazon facility. NorthPoint is planning to construct two phases a Metro Air Park. The first phase, which is under construction consist of 1.13 million square feet of warehouse space.
Buzz Oates, a Sacramento Development company, is also a major property owner at Metro Air Park. Over the decades, Buzz Oates along with the ownership group has made significant investments in infrastructure Metro Air Park. However, Buzz Oates waited for the right time to invest in vertical construction. In October 2019, Buzz Oates began construction of its first phase at Metro Air Park, a 500,000 square-foot project at the intersection of Elverta and Metro Air Parkway.
In August 2019, Sacramento County, Caltrans and the Metro Air Park ownership group started construction on a freeway interchange at Metro Air Parkway and I-5. The $17.9 million project will provide easy and convenient access from I-5 to Metro Air Parkway and the rest of Metro Air Park. The project is expected to be completed in mid-2020 and will provide a critical piece of infrastructure to Metro Air Park.
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