Construction has finally begun on Curtis Park Village, located just east of City College, last month after the developer spent 10 years removing hazardous waste from the site, according to The Sacramento Bee.
According to developer Paul Petrovich in an interview with The Sacramento Bee, he has been a part of the housing project from the very beginning. Ten years and $30 million later, Petrovich has cleaned toxic contamination from the days when Western Pacific Railroad built and repaired locomotives there.
“It’s about time,” Petrovich told The Bee. “There’s nothing stopping it now – nothing. The first 85 homes and the main spine roads and all the amenities are going in now, on a nonstop basis.”
The City College campus will be connected to the development by a pedestrian bridge located on the southeast side of the parking structure.
Petrovich said he’s pursuing a solution in the low-lying property that would include a 14-foot-deep, 2-acre lake. In the event of a flood, water from the lake could be pumped into the Donner Trunk, a city water main that crosses the property.
The first homes erected in the project will be 12 “cottages” ranging from about 1,550 to 2,150 square feet. They’re being built by local custom homebuilder Mike Paris, who owns BlackPine Communities.
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