CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA (MPG) - Multiple construction projects are ongoing at Sunrise Village in Citrus Heights.

A new gateway arch to the plaza from Sunrise Boulevard is now installed, prominent signage announces a new Visionworks store to be located next door to Rite Aid that is coming soon, and finishing exterior touches including exterior lighting and colorful awnings are up on a new See’s Candies superstore facing Sunrise Boulevard to be opening soon.

Sunrise Village Plaza, at the corner of Madison Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights is owned by the San Francisco-based Merlone-Geier investment company. The center has undergone a $15-20 million remodeling and expansion project which also includes new landscaping and upgraded signage.

Two additional businesses, Local Kitchens and the Milano Nail Salon have also signed leases to open in Sunrise Village but have not yet started construction. Milano Nail Salon, directly behind the new See’s superstore, was reconstructed from the shell of a former restaurant which was located there.

Moorefield Construction, a family-owned general contractor, with offices in Sacramento and Santa Ana, completed the gutting and reconstruction of all the existing commercial spaces within the Sunrise Village Shopping Center and building new spaces for two major anchor tenants, City Sports, and a 38,000-square-foot retail grocery store which has yet to be named.

Overall project construction work included phased rebuilding of all the exterior walls of multiple free-standing commercial spaces within the plaza.

Completion of new exterior façade work on the retail locations of Habit Burger, Sourdough & Company and

Teriyaki to Go along Sunrise Boulevard is done, according to Larry Moorefield, principal of Moorfield Construction.

Other retail stores within the plaza that faces Madison Avenue, including a Little Caesar’s take-out pizza, a coin-op laundry and a liquor store have also received an exterior refresh during the project.

The main parking lot of Sunrise Village has been repaved and landscaping work throughout the plaza is refreshed. Multiple electrical vehicle charging stations were also installed in the plaza.

A call for bids for the construction of a new 36,152-square-foot City Sports Club to open in Sunrise Village opened on February 2^nd with an expected construction start date of March 2023, according to Construction Journal, but work hasn’t started yet.

City Sports Club is operated by Irvine-based Fitness International LLC, the same entity that operates the LA Fitness chain of health clubs.

The overall sports club construction project is valued at $2 million in overall interior tenant improvements including construction of pool and spa spaces. When open, it is expected to be double the size of its current Carmichael location. A representative of the Carmichael club could not provide any detail on a likely opening date for the Citrus Heights location or the status of construction.

The public can view Merlone-Geier’s general project brochure at: merlonegeier.propertycapsule.com/p/commercial-real-estate-listings/Citrus+Heights-CA-95610/sunrisevillage