Infrastructure
A decade after Gold River residents packed City Hall to protest it, the long-planned U.S. 50/Rancho Cordova Parkway Interchange is finally moving forward — this time with renewed funding, final design work underway, and a city that looks very different from when the project was first approved. Back in
Infrastructure
Elk Grove is weighing how to move people more efficiently as the city grows south. The question is whether to extend light rail from Cosumnes River College further down Bruceville Road and Big Horn Boulevard or to build a bus rapid transit system that could cover the same corridor with
Commercial Real Estate
After years of delays, Baseline Marketplace in Roseville is moving ahead. On August 28, 2025, the Planning Commission unanimously approved changes to the site plan, design rules, and subdivision map for the 79-acre shopping center at 5000 Baseline Road. The decision allows Target, Home Depot, and Raising Cane’s to
Infrastructure
At its August 14 meeting, the Sacramento Transportation Authority discussed funding for the $300 million I Street Bridge Replacement Project connecting Sacramento’s Railyards to West Sacramento. The meeting’s main goal was to guide solutions for a projected short-term funding gap, estimated at up to $165 million, without delaying
Infrastructure
What the RTP is and why it matters Every five years, the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency updates its Regional Transportation Plan, a state-mandated document that lays out every major transportation investment the county expects to make through 2050. Known as the RTP, it is more than a list of
Commercial Real Estate
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
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
Residential Real Estate
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&
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
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
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,
Infrastructure
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'