Aspire Capital Heights Academy | Office Conversion

Project Executive: Doug Giffin

Project Manager: Nicolas Romano

Project Sponsor: 

Aspire Public Schools

School Operators: 

Aspire Public Schools (TK-8)

Max Enrollment:600 students

Construction Type: Conversion of Office Building

Project Delivery Method: Design Build MEP

Contractor: Ascent Builders

Architect: Artik Art & Architecture

Structural Engineer: Peoples Associates

Size: 38,244 SF on 2.1 acres

Status: Completed fall 2022

Total Project Cost: 

$15.2M ($397/SF) existing building, hard, and soft costs

Campus managed all aspects of the project development including building acquisition, design, entitlement, and construction.  City of Sacramento approvals included a use permit, design review, and CEQA and required an organized coalition building process to achieve project approval.  The seismic upgrade to an education occupancy involved deep foundations and significant changes to the building.  

 

One of our largest value-adds was in switching both builders and structural engineers to achieve a more collaborative solution to the upgrade.  We were able to reduce the contractor bid from a high of $7.3M to a contract price of $5.5M through the shift and associated re-design.