Business

The 28-acre Montage Apartment community in Citrus Heights has been sold to a southern California-based investor group for $74 million. According to a news release this week from the investment sales group Marcus & Millichap, the sale was arranged by its Investment Property Advisors division. The sales price for the 636-unit property averages to just over $116,000 per...

Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches is planning to open a new Citrus Heights location this year, promising "freaky fast" sandwich preparation and local delivery. Franchisee Phil Hornstra told The Sentinel via email this week that the new location is scheduled to open in mid-September, joining the recently opened Smart & Final Extra store in the new shopping center under construction at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Madison Avenue...

Looking for some food truck flavor in Citrus Heights? Every second Wednesday through September, Food Truck Mania is on schedule to take over part of Rusch Park with a diverse selection of mobile street food offerings. The monthly event is hosted by SactoMoFo, a group organizing food truck events in the region, and the Sunrise Recreation and Park District. The local event series kicked off last summer at Rusch Park and is continuing this year as well, with food and music on tap each time from 5 to 8 p.m...

A pair of chefs are turning the old Charlie's Cafe building on Auburn Boulevard into what they describe will be a cafe-style atmosphere with crepes, burgers, beer and more. Jose Garcia and his business partner, Martin Garcia, met 12 years ago when Jose was a manager at Sacramento's popular Crepeville restaurant and hired Martin as a cook. Several years later, the two Garcias (no relation) went into business together, taking over an East Sacramento crepe restaurant and naming it...

A new Southern California-based pizza franchise is planning to open two Sacramento-area locations later this year, including one on Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights. Entering an already crowded pizza market in 2012, the relatively new PizzaRev restaurant chain has sought to distinguish itself with a "craft your own" pizza assembly process, with diners traveling along an open counter and selecting toppings from a wide array of choices in front of...

Updated May 7, 8:39 p.m.-- The Aeropostale clothing store in Citrus Heights is among 113 stores across the country slated to close within the next six months, as the company undergoes Chapter 11 bankruptcy and significant transformation. On May 4, the company posted a complete list of locations slated for closure, with the Citrus Heights store listed along with four other Aeropostale stores in California. In a news release on Wednesday, the company said store closing sales will begin this weekend, starting May 7...

On Wednesday, Citrus Heights will welcome the grand opening of a new 28,000-square-feet grocery store at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Madison Avenue. "We are excited to join the community and looking forward to meeting our new friends & neighbors," the Southern California-based Smart & Final company announced on its Facebook page earlier...