The abandoned Sutter Manor Hotel in downtown Stockton will be getting a facelift soon. On Jan. 13, the City Council approved a loan that will allow the Cort Group development company to renovate the building's facade, a prelude to plans for undetermined retail businesses on the ground floor and, eventually, possible housing on the upper floors. The building, which is about 90 years old, is at 201-215 N. California Street, across Channel Street from the downtown transit center. ROGER PHILLIPS/THE RECORD