New Owner Plans Restaurant at Former Buca di Beppo Site On Howe Avenue

A new owner plans to open an eatery at a well-known restaurant building on Howe Avenue in Arden-Arcade.

Escrow closed earlier this month for 1249 Howe Ave., where Italian restaurant Buca di Beppo closed about 18 months ago after a nearly 25-year run.

Ahmadi bought the two-story, 8,550-square-foot building for $1.75 million, records show, or about $205 a square foot. On the southwest corner of Howe Avenue and Hurley Way, the building is in a busy commercial area near Arden Fair mall, the Campus Commons neighborhood of Sacramento and California State University Sacramento.

Ken Turton and Scott Kingston of Turton Commercial Real Estate brokered the sale to Ahmadi.