Residential 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.
Residential Real Estate
Suisun City becomes center stage in California Forever’s city plan.
When California Forever pulled its ambitious East Solano Plan from the November 2024 ballot, many assumed the tech-funded vision for a brand-new city in Solano County was dead—at least for now. The politics were too toxic, the details too murky, and the opposition too organized. But the company didn&
Commercial Real Estate
Sacramento planning commission backs 447-acre industrial annexation near airport.
Infrastructure
Braden project moves to next phase after site prep wraps.
Residential Real Estate
Newsom signs SB 131 and AB 130, reshaping housing law in California.
California just took a political sledgehammer to one of its most sacred cows—its own environmental regulations. In a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation, the Legislature passed and Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills, SB 131 and AB 130, that together amount to the most sweeping housing reform in the
Infrastructure
Elk Grove’s Project Elevate moves from concept to contract.
After years of delays and a failed partnership with a national developer, the City of Elk Grove is officially moving forward with a new vision for Project Elevate—a long-planned, high-profile development on city-owned land next to District56. On June 25, the City Council voted to approve a new Purchase
Commercial Real Estate
Planning commission recommends approval of Upper Westside Specific Plan.
The Sacramento County Planning Commission voted Monday night to recommend approval of the Upper Westside Specific Plan, advancing a project that could reshape a large swath of Natomas farmland into a dense, mixed-use community along the edge of the Sacramento River. The 2,066-acre proposal—which includes 9,356 homes,
Residential Real Estate
El Dorado Hills project wants to reinvent how Californians age — but will it get built?
Infrastructure
The rare moment Sacramento gets to redesign itself—and it’s happening now.
For decades, the Railyards, the River District, and West Sacramento's Bridge District were the kinds of places you passed by without thinking twice. If you noticed them at all, it was probably from the freeway—rusting warehouses, dirt lots, forgotten silos. These were the leftovers of Sacramento'
Commercial Real Estate
After decades of stalled dreams, Sacramento approves Railyards revival.
For more than 40 years, the Railyards sat dormant just north of downtown Sacramento—a vast industrial skeleton, too big to ignore and too costly to fix. This week, the city finally moved to break that cycle. On Tuesday, the Sacramento City Council unanimously approved a sweeping development deal that
Infrastructure
$600 Million Bet on Wastewater: Sacramento’s boldest water project yet.
In the fields south of Elk Grove, where groundwater pumps have long been lifelines for farmers, a new kind of water is coming — not from wells or rivers, but from the region's sewers. Along Franklin Boulevard, excavators claw through dirt, traffic detours snake past trenching zones, and the
Infrastructure