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Restaurant owner Matthew Oliver announced Wednesday the closure of his Lincoln restaurant, Oliver’s Brewhouse and Grill.

In a video posted to the restaurant’s social media page, Oliver and his wife, Siobhan, said they have decided to make their family more of a priority and focus on things that “God’s placed in our heart.”

Speaking by phone Wednesday, Oliver said he and his wife are “focusing on other projects and passion that have been stirred during the COVID shutdowns.”

Namely, Liberty Learning Ministry, an independent learning membership program. Oliver said he has been working on building it over the last year and it now serves 130 students.

Oliver, a pastor, opened Oliver’s Brewhouse and Grill in 2021 in a historic brick building in downtown Lincoln. The restaurant served mostly American fare such as sandwiches, burgers and pizzas.

The restaurant, including its in-house brewery, had previously been listed for sale for $750,000 in November 2022 after a family member in England was diagnosed with cancer, Oliver said at the time.

Oliver and his wife later decided not to sell the restaurant after community members stepped up to help run the business during that time, he said.

“It’s been a wild ride, hasn’t been a perfect ride,” Oliver said in Wednesday’s video. “In fact, we’ve had some ups and we’ve had some downs, and we’ve learned a lot. And for me, it’s been a learning experience and a humbling experience, but it’s been beautiful.

“And that’s why it’s with a heavy heart that we have to announce that we are closing the doors of Oliver’s Brewhouse and Grill in Lincoln,” he said.

“I’m always looking for ways to give back to the community and the reality is that restaurant was tough, the economy was tough, that building and location was tough,” Oliver said. “We were spending a lot of time keeping things duct-taped together when we had other things on our heart.”

Gift cards for Oliver’s Brewhouse and Grill will be honored at his Roseville restaurant, House of Oliver at Douglas and Sierra College boulevards, Oliver said in the video.

This story was originally published May 11, 2023, 7:51 AM.

LINCOLN, Calif. — Lincoln is kicking off its Fourth of July Celebration Tuesday with a few different events planned throughout the day.

From family-friendly activities to a variety of food and entertainment, here are all the details on how the Lincoln 4th of July Foundation is celebrating the Fourth of July.

The pancake breakfast is from 7-10 a.m. Adults are $10, kids are $5 and under 5-year-olds are free. The breakfast will be at Veterans Memorial Hall at 541 5th Street. The breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, ham, juice, coffee and milk.

The Hometown Parade is presented by the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce and will start at 9 a.m. The parade starts at 5th and B Street. The parade continues up 5th Street then turns on F Street to 6th Street, down 6th Street and ends at A & 5th Street.

Attendees are advised to arrive early for the best parking and viewing areas.

The horseshoe tournament will be at the McBean Park horseshoes pits. Teams will be competing for trophies and cash. Check-in is at 11 a.m. People can call (530) 786-16466 to register.

McBean Memorial Pool

McBean Memorial Pool is open to the public on the Fourth of July. The cost of admission for adults is $5, for 4-17 years old it's $3, and 3 and under are free. The pool is open from noon to 5 p.m.

Food Trucks and Vendor Booths

Food trucks and vendor booths will be open starting at 2 p.m. Some of the featured food trucks include Authentic Street Taco, Cafe a la Mode, Cousins Maine Lobster, Dave's Dawgs, Flores Munchies, Hefty Gyros, Mini Donut Shack, Old Town Pizza, Parker's Hot Dogs, Rainbow Snow and more.

Free Kids Zone, Mechanical Bull, Inflatables

A free kids zone, mechanical bull and inflatables will be available for fun in the McBean Park grassy area. It goes from 3-9:30 p.m.

Live Bands

Live bands will perform at the McBean Park Gazebo from 3-9:30 p.m. Seating is first come, first served. Some of the performers include Jessica Malone, AC McKinney Band, Aaron Gayden Band and DJ Tim Kennedy.

Lincoln Potters Baseball Game

Lincoln Potters will face off against the Bay Area Admirals at McBean Stadium. The first pitch is at 6:05 p.m.

Fourth of July Fireworks

Fireworks will happen right after the Potters' Baseball game around 9:30 to 10 p.m.

If you choose to celebrate Independence Day at home and bypass the parades and public events, you should read up on any local ordinances in your city or county before buying any fireworks. Fireworks are illegal in certain areas of the state due to serious injuries and millions in property loss from fireworks-sparked wildfires.

According to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, an average of 18,000 fires are started every year by fireworks, both illegal ones and “safe and sane” fireworks” used improperly.

To celebrate the Fourth of July safely, the Office of the State Fire Marshal says you should only use fireworks outdoors, and never near dry gas or other flammable materials. It’s also recommended to keep a bucket of water and a hose nearby when using fireworks.

Regardless of where you go in California, using fireworks that explode, leave the ground or move about the ground uncontrollably is illegal. These fireworks include skyrockets, bottle rockets, and Roman candles. Anyone caught with illegal fireworks could face fines or even arrest.

All legal fireworks include the “Safe and Sane” logo from the California State Fire Marshal on them. If you are not sure if your fireworks are legal, you can contact your nearest Cal Fire facility or local fire station.

After years of planning and even one entitlement approval and then expiration, retail project Ferrari Pavilion in Lincoln is closer than ever to breaking ground.

Within the next few weeks, developer Amar Sidhu said he's hoping to firm up the schedule for starting construction of the 11.4-acre shopping center on the northeast corner of Ferrari Ranch Road and Lincoln Boulevard.

"The goal was to get it approved, and we did that," Sidhu said. "It'll be a few weeks before we get a good time frame to start work."

Ferrari Pavilion would have about 69,000 square feet of retail space, including a grocery store, car wash, gas station, child care center and at least two restaurants with drive-thrus.

Right Site Retail broker Ariel Fox, who's handling center leasing, said even before work has started, much of the center is pre-leased. A leasing brochure shows 4,700 square feet of divisible space in one building and about 1,600 square feet in another as the only available spots.

Fox said she couldn't name any of the signed tenants, citing confidentiality agreements. However, the July 19 Lincoln Planning Commission agenda, which had an item for the project's final approval, lists Grocery Outlet (Nasdaq: GO), Circle K, Quick Quack Car Wash and Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) as project tenants.

Some of Ferrari Pavilion's success in leasing may have come from being in the works for a while. The July agenda item notes the city's planning commission approved a slightly bigger version of Ferrari Ranch in December 2018, with the Lincoln City Council approving a tentative map for the project the following year.

Though the developer at the time, Guggenheim Retail Real Estate Partners, received an extension on some entitlements, those ultimately expired at the end of 2021. The planning commission decision last month approved the current version of Ferrari Ranch.

The current tentative map for the project remains valid through January 2027. Fox said if the project breaks ground this fall, the first businesses could open in fall 2024 or early 2025.

Sidhu said he had no idea why the project didn't move forward last time. Guggenheim Retail Real Estate, headquartered in Dallas, didn't return a message.

According to real estate information website Reonomy, Arm Properties LLC, with an address in Turlock, acquired the Ferrari Pavilion site in December 2021 for $5.15 million.

The first occupants of the rental housing community Cyrene at Meadowlands in Lincoln moved in earlier this month, part of a relatively new real estate trend in the Sacramento region.

While rental property is common in Sacramento, it is less common to see a developer build out a project with the intention of renting the units rather than selling them.

Curve Development of Phoenix is the company behind the development of the 81 two- and three-bedroom homes in Lincoln. This is the company’s second development in Placer County.

Curve’s first rental housing project in Placer County, Cyrene at Fiddyment in Roseville, opened in 2021.

Curve is backed by a major new force in Placer County real estate, New York private equity firm JEN Partners.

JEN made a $100 million investment through Taylor Builders to buy the stalled Placer One Development, near Roseville in August 2021. The development is supposed to include 5,000 housing units and a new second campus for Sacramento State.

The rents at the new Lincoln community run from $2,025 to $3,350 a month for the two story homes on a six-acre site by Gladding Parkway and Avenue C in the city’s Meadowlands area.

A promotional offer of up to a month’s free rent is currently being offered.

Cyrene at Meadowlands sits across several hundred other homes that have developed in Lincoln in the past years, part of an economic boom that has brought thousands of new residents to the Sacramento region.

“We are building single-family for rent homes to feel like a true single-family detached community, where if your friends or family come over they cannot tell if you are renting or owning,” said Nate Pile, president of Curve Development, in a statement in late June.

The homes have three models. They range in square footage from 1,227 square feet to 1,381 square feet. They all contain two-car garages and 2.5 bathrooms, stainless steel kitchen appliances and kitchen islands with room for seating.

Trevor Bane, community manager for Cyrene at Meadowlands, said all homes have an no wall nook, on the first or second floor, to be used as an office, given the trend toward remote work

For outdoor space, the homes only have front yards. While detached, the homes only have a small setback between each other.

While homes are available for immediate occupancy, much of the 6.2 acre site occupied by Cyrene At Meadowlands remains a construction site. The development is not expected to be completed until next March.

Bane said many residents renting can afford to own a home, but they don’t want the hassles.

“People have busy lives and don’t have the time to deal with all that can come with home ownership,” he said.

In other cases, he said, people are in transition, waiting for a home to be built for example, and see living at the Lincoln rental community as a temporary move.

He said another common scenario is people saving the down payment for a house.

“People are done with apartment living, but they’re not quite ready to buy a house,” he said. “That’s a big market for us.”

Tour model units: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday

Location: 1120 C St., Lincoln

This story was originally published July 25, 2023, 5:00 AM.

Dallas’ Lincoln Property Co. is making a major expansion with its purchase of a California-based property management firm.

Lincoln Property has acquired Irvine-based RiverRock Real Estate Group, which manages more than 50 million square feet of office, retail and industrial properties in California and Arizona. The purchase will expand Lincoln Property’s operations in third-party management for institutional clients.

“By combining our firms, we create an even stronger property management service offering that is bolstered by RiverRock’s unmatched knowledge and superior third-party management execution,” Lincoln Property’s David Binswanger said in a statement.

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RiverRock founder John Combs will join Lincoln Property’s executive ranks.

“I founded RiverRock in 2003 to provide a better solution for clients, embracing the most successful ideas in customer service, technology, training, and pricing,” Combs said in a statement. “I am honored to embark on this new opportunity to collaborate with Lincoln’s leadership and teams to again redefine best-in-class service at the local, national and global level.”

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

With recent declines in leasing and new developments, many commercial property firms are gaining income from management operations.

The merger is the first such deal since Lincoln Property earlier this year disclosed a major investment from Greenwich, Ct.-based Stone Point Capital. At the same time, the longtime Dallas property firm announced the promotion of co-CEOs Binswanger and Clay Duvall.

In March, Lincoln Property sold its legacy apartment operations to Canada’s Cadillac Fairview. Cadillac Fairview manages property investments for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Founded in 1965 as a partnership between Dallas developers Trammell Crow and Mack Pogue, Lincoln Property has built tens of thousands of apartments in North Texas and nationwide.

Lincoln Residential is one of the largest multifamily operators in the U.S., with over 4,500 employees. It has $2 billion in projects under development, including several in North Texas, and over 200,000 rental units under management.

Lincoln Property‘s continued business lines include leasing, development and investment in office, life science, retail, industrial, data center, production studio and mixed-used properties throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.

It has acquired and developed more than $24 billion and 62 million square feet of commercial projects since 2018.

“When we announced the Stone Point Capital investment earlier this year, it kicked off a growth plan intended to align Lincoln with the best brands in the business,” Duvall said in a statement.