This 33-unit, four-story development will be situated on the corner of 18th and O streets, a prime infill location, with parking spaces available for each unit. All flats will be securely located within the gated community. Cléo residents will find themselves living within steps of Downtown Bakersfield’s employment centers, services, recreation and restaurants. The architectural style is thoughtfully considered, clean and modern, with nods to the neighborhood’s past.

The project will offer a lushly appointed resident lounge with fireplace, an expansive wellness room with exercise equipment, sauna and zen patio, private dog park, gardens, bike storage room, package lockers, trash chute and much more. A truly urban amenity, Cléo residents will enjoy meandering right downstairs to their own built-in craft coffee house – one of Bakersfield’s treasured gathering spaces, Cafe Smitten.

Eastbank invites us to reimagine what this wild and scenic life-giving force from the southern Sierra Nevadas has meant to our city since its inception. As part of the first settlement tract by the founders of Bakersfield, this location sits on the east bank of the original Kern River diversion through our city. Eastbank Flats will create synergy with nearby projects and continue our anticipated move eastward in the neighborhood.

This 50-unit development benefits from prior improvements and reflects increasing demand from other successful multifamily communities in Eastchester. Completing a sphere of influential projects to downtown and our entire region, Eastbank is located within steps of four separate Sage Equities developments—17th Place Townhomes, The Cue, 918 and Cléo.

Eastbank residents will find themselves tucked into one of the last peaceful corners downtown, right in the center of the city’s largest redevelopment infrastructure project (the multimillion dollar, award-winning Mill Creek Linear Park), within a block of the convenience provided by the Truxtun Avenue thoroughfare.

Fashioned to fit in a neighborhood of historic print shops, 918 is a new concept in luxury living for Bakersfield. An homage to the makers and creators that worked to build proud printing houses here, this project is all about reimagining our personal, collective, and citywide identities to meet the times. 

With an industrial-cool vibe, we refer to the area as Printer’s Row (a northern corner of Eastchester). It was once filled with warehouses and storefronts that housed publishing shops and printing studios.

Down to every last detail, 918 reflects and respects the heritage of this neighborhood. The numbers in its name and address, 9 - 1 - 8, are a reference to the minimum height of letters for printing when using a letterpress. In theory, letters that are “type high” or at least 0.918 inches can be printed with a press. 

We love this reference because, at Sage Equities, we believe that our development projects, like our city, are limited only by the height of our collective aspirations. Like The Cue, 918 will offer high-end finishes and a boutique hotel vibe with an elevator and interior corridors, central green space for residents, a roof terrace, and close proximity to employment, commercial and recreational amenities downtown.

PIONEERING PROJECTS

Commercial Developments in Downtown Bakersfield Creating a Thriving Central Core

In conjunction with 17th Place, Sage owners had the vision to turn a dusty brick building that once held an old tire shop across the street from 17th Place into Cafe Smitten. This now bustling urban coffee house, located in Eastchester, is one of the city’s most beloved gathering places.

We are proud to announce Sage Equities has sold 17th Place Townhomes, the firm’s first innovative urban development in Downtown Bakersfield, to an out-of-town group for a record-breaking amount

This purchase by a trusted private equity firm validates Sage's consistent message that Bakersfield is a strong and growing market with high-yield rewards for those who invest in its central core.