New subdivision with 275 homes proposed for this vacant lot in Sacramento
Pappas Investments this week submitted an application to the city to build 275 single-family homes on a 38-acre lot just west of Interstate 5, in Sacramento’s Gateway West area.
The development, called Pappas Duckhorn and located east of Duckhorn Drive, would require Sacramento City Council to approve a zoning change for the majority of the property from “office mixed use” to “medium density residential.” It would also include a 2.4-acre public park.
The houses will be for sale at a variety of price points, in response to “historic housing shortages and increasing demand for small lot ‘for sale’ housing,” the developer wrote in a letter to the city.
“The single‐family lots in this plan include a mix of traditional front‐loaded small lot homes, and efficient alley‐loaded homes that will provide an attainable housing opportunity for the missing middle workforce,” said a letter to the city from Wood Rogers Inc., the planning and engineering firm for the project.
The project would include 106 small lots, at 35 feet by 80 feet; and 169 alley-loaded lots, at 32 feet by 65 feet, the letter said.
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To keep up with its goal of building 45,580 new housing units by 2029, the city would have had to issue 5,698 new housing permits last year, according to an April report from the city. It issued 2,387.
Construction will start after the project obtains all its entitlements, which could be in late 2026, said Thad Johnson of Pappas Investments, which also owns the parcel.
While the development would be within the borders of the North Natomas neighborhood, which is mostly represented by Councilmember Lisa Kaplan, the parcel itself is in the district represented by Councilmember Karina Talamantes, due to a recent redistricting.
