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Folsom planning commission OKs Lennar’s revised condo plan for Russell Ranch.

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

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

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

West Sacramento reviews 60-acre housing project in Southport.

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&

Sacramento planning commission backs 447-acre industrial annexation near airport.

Braden project moves to next phase after site prep wraps.

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

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

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
CARTA approves dynamic pricing model for Sacramento Region’s first toll lanes.

Infrastructure
The Capital SouthEast Connector: A partial revival of Sacramento’s forgotten beltway.
In the decades following World War II, Sacramento's future appeared destined to unfold along an ambitious web of highways. City planners and state engineers envisioned a comprehensive network of beltways, bypasses, and expressways designed to accommodate the capital's postwar growth and transform it into a well-connected

Commercial Real Estate
Twelve Bridges retail project in Lincoln moves forward, groundbreaking targeted for 2026.

Infrastructure
Formal review begins for Republic FC’s proposed stadium in Sacramento’s Railyards.

Residential Real Estate
High-rise plans in doubt for Sacramento’s Lot X.
It was supposed to be a skyline-defining moment for Sacramento — a pair of gleaming towers rising above Capitol Mall, bringing hundreds of homes and a bold new future to a long-empty lot. But nearly four years later, Lot X remains what it’s always been: a parking lot with potential.

Residential Real Estate
Gibson Drive Apartments rise along Highway 65 in Roseville.
Travelers driving along Highway 65 near the Galleria Boulevard exit in Roseville can now catch a clear view of multi-story apartment buildings taking shape just west of the freeway. Known as the Gibson Drive Apartments, the project is the largest affordable housing development in Roseville. It broke ground in June

Residential Real Estate
Warehouse demolished for affordable housing on R Street.

Infrastructure
Southbound deck teardown begins on Business 80’s American River Bridge overhaul.
The American River Bridge deck replacement project is now in its third and final stage, with crews currently demolishing the existing concrete deck on the southbound lanes. Construction on the $216 million project began in early 2022. The first stage involved building a new substructure to support widening the bridge