Jim Anderson got a pacemaker a few weeks ago. Then he did something that really got his heart racing.
He picked up the keys to the priciest piece of residential real estate in the region in years, the $4.1 million penthouse atop the 16-story Sawyer hotel and condominium tower downtown.
"It's an awful lot of money," Anderson admitted. By one analyst's account, it's the third-highest price paid for a home in Sacramento County history.
But the 69-year-old construction products industry retiree says he and his wife are excited, and looking forward to the downtown lifestyle that will include Sacramento Kings basketball games, restaurants, theater and dinner parties backed by the best views in the valley.