Commercial Real Estate
Vitaliy Moskalenko
Vitaliy Moskalenko is a development reporter passionate about documenting how communities grow. Through Onsite Observer, he delivers site visits, drone footage, and research-driven stories that bring transparency and context to local development.
Commercial Real Estate
Aerials reveal latest progress on Placer County’s massive commerce center.
Commercial Real Estate
Sacramento City Council opposes County’s Upper Westside plan ahead of key vote.
The Sacramento City Council has voted 8–1 to formally oppose Sacramento County’s Upper Westside Specific Plan, a 2,066-acre development proposal in the unincorporated Natomas Basin. City staff say the project violates long-standing agreements and could disrupt the balance between growth and habitat conservation. The vote comes just
Residential Real Estate
Vertical construction underway at The Crawford in West Roseville.
Construction at The Crawford apartment community in west Roseville is well into its early stages, with vertical construction already underway on the first four buildings. Aerial footage taken this week shows four building pads fully poured, while two more are prepped for their concrete foundations. The 10.8-acre site at
Commercial Real Estate
Allen Ranch medical buildings redesign clears Elk Grove vote.
Residential Real Estate
Early site work finishes at Stone Beetland in South Sacramento.
Sacramento’s next major transit-oriented development is beginning to take visible shape just north of Cosumnes River Boulevard. A recent site visit by Onsite Observer captured aerial footage showing that early grading is now complete on the 140-acre Stone Beetland project. Stone Beetland site footage captured on August 5, 2025.
Residential Real Estate
Russell at Truxel scales back density, adds for-sale homes in revised South Natomas plan.
Plans for Russell at Truxel have shifted since the project was first proposed. What began in 2022 as a high-density rental community with 384 apartments is being reshaped into a mixed-tenure neighborhood—fewer homes overall, but with a larger share reserved as income-restricted rentals and a new for-sale component. The
Residential Real Estate
13‑acre North Natomas site slated for 378 apartments.
Residential Real Estate
Folsom planning commission OKs Lennar’s revised condo plan for Russell Ranch.
Residential Real Estate
Housing project restarts as Isleton works to recover from fiscal crisis.
Tucked between levees and farmland along the Sacramento River, Isleton is easy to miss. With just over 800 residents and a two-block main street lined with weathered brick buildings and faded neon signs, it is the smallest incorporated city in Sacramento County by both land and population. Known for its
Commercial Real Estate
Sacramento region plans for surge in population, 580,000 more by 2050.
Last month, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments released its draft 2025 Blueprint, outlining how the six-county region plans to manage rapid growth over the next 25 years. Home to 2.6 million people today, the region—which includes Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Sutter, and Yuba counties—is projected
Infrastructure
Fix coming for unused Del Rio Trail bridge as city, contractor reach deal.
Work is expected to begin in the coming weeks on replacing a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Interstate 5 that was deemed structurally unsound before it ever opened to the public, Sacramento city officials announced. The Del Rio Trail bridge, meant to link a new 4.8-mile path through south