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2015. But through conversations with colleagues, Rodriguez said he believes current construction projects may compare to the years prior to the great recession.
“You can drive around the community and see some significant projects going on,” said Rodriguez. “You can drive around a city twice this size, and they don’t have development at this pace.”
Several new buildings are underway, with an 18,000-squarefoot Sullivan’s Auto Dealership expansion being the largest.
Other new building construction includes a 13,000-square-foot Farm West Credit Union on Lassen Boulevard; a 6,800square-foot Pete’s Restaurant &
Brewhouse on Highway 99; 5,500square-foot North Star Construction Corporate office near Lassen Boulevard and Tharp Road; a 5,100square-foot Surf-thru Carwash on Colusa Highway; a 4,500-square-foot Evergreen Homes Loans office on the corner of Plumas Street and Colusa Highway; and a 3,700-squarefoot Panera Bread on Colusa Highway.
Beauty supply store Ulta and the Sutter Theatre remodel are under construction in existing buildings. Those projects will soon accompany recently completed projects in existing buildings, which include Millennium Entertainment Center, a Sephora cosmetic center inside JCPenny, Peach Tree Clinic, Yuba City College administration offices, Mongolian BBQ and The Grange.
New building projects under review include a Yuba Crossings complex across the street from Winco on Franklin Road, which will contain 89 residential units and 15,000 square feet of retail space.
New building projects to be submitted shortly for city review include the west half of a shopping center named Carriage Square on the corner of Bridge Street and Highway 99, Franklin Pharmacy Shopping Center on the corner of North Walton Avenue and Franklin Road, and Feather River Mills complex on the corner of Bridge Street and Shasta Street, which will include a hotel and office space.
Doug Libby, interim deputy director of planning and building for Sutter County Development Ser- vices, said commercial and industrial development for the unincorporated areas of the county are restricted by designated floodplains and lack of urban infrastructure.
Agricultural processors have undertaken some expansion and created new facilities, but nothing of significance, said Libby.
A trend that has been developing
for the last decade, especially in the southern portion of the county near Highway 99 and Oswald Road, is land developed as trucking yards.
A Dollar General set to begin construction in the town of Sutter is the one significant commercial project in the unincorporated area. The building permit for the project was issued Wednesday. It will be located on the west side of Acacia Avenue as you enter town, said Libby.
According to Alison Schmidt of the building and code enforcement department, a Dutch Bros. coffee shop on Live Oak Boulevard is the only new building to be constructed recently in Live Oak.
“Our business investment in the community is slow,” said City Manager Jim Goodwin. “Live Oak’s trade area of over 11,000 people will support more robust commercial investment. We are hoping to experience that as the economy improves and the commercial development community understands the changing demographics of Live Oak.”
The city is expected to award the Fifth Street Bridge Replacement Project construction contract in July, with construction beginning in August. The