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Article: 'Old Arco Arena' renewed with geothermal heat pump system.
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- Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
- Article date:
- November 13, 1995
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When Sacramento outgrew it's first professional basketball arena, a new facility was constructed nearby. The owner of the "Old Arco Arena" took on the challenging task of converting the former stadium-concert hall into a three-story, 211,000-sq-ft office building.
As part of the renovation project, a packaged variable air volume (vav) system was designed and partially installed. However, the waning commercial real estate market caused the project to be halted with less than 20% of the building occupied.
The building was then acquired in 1994 by Buzz Oates Enterprises, a major Sacramento commercial property builder-developer. Based on past occupant satisfaction ...