Sacramento, California's, urban development plans unveiled

Sacramento is transforming its urban landscape by repurposing sites and addressing housing issues. Articles detail projects converting vacant stores into housing, like the plan to turn a former Macy's parking lot into apartments. The city aims for 1,000 new shelter beds for the homeless.

Rancho Cordova seeks a central hub with a new indoor soccer arena. Affordable townhomes and apartments target workers and low-income residents.

A developer plans to build a 200-unit apartment complex in a parking lot of a former Macy’s store near El Camino and Watt avenues in Arden-Arcade.

NO. 1: APARTMENT COMPLEX PLANNED FOR PARKING LOT OF FORMER MACY’S STORE IN ARDEN ARCADE

A parking lot next to a vacant Arden Arcade department store is planned to become an apartment complex. | Published October 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

Traffic on Highway 37 passes Sears Point in January 2022. The two-lane section of the highway through this marshland is the focus of a widening project that does not include long-term protections against rising seas. By Alan Dep

NO. 2: GAVIN NEWSOM GREENLIGHTS A HALF-BILLION DOLLARS FOR CALIFORNIA’S SINKING HWY. 37

Gov. | Published October 8, 2025 | Read Full Story by Ariane Lange

Jacqueline Saffo, 71, stands in the doorway at The Palms apartments in Arden Arcade on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, where she’s lived for six years. A year ago, a fire destroyed one of two buildings in the complex and she lost everything, narrowly escaping with her family and dogs. By Renée C. Byer

NO. 3: TENANTS SAY COUNTY FAILING TO ACT, ENABLING ‘RENOVICTIONS’ AT ARDEN ARCADE COMPLEX

Tenants of the Palms Apartments in Arden Arcade say Sacramento County’s failure to hold landlords accountable is fueling the region’s housing crisis. | Published October 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cathie Anderson

A developer plans to convert a vacant building at 1228 H St. in midtown Sacramento to 24 units of housing.

NO. 4: HOUSING PLANNED FOR LONG-VACANT BUILDING NEAR MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO

A long-vacant building in Sacramento’s Mansion Flats neighborhood is set to become housing. | Published October 4, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

A city-owned lot stands vacant on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, behind Fire Station 16 on Gardendale Road near 24th Street in Sacramento's Meadowview neighborhood. The property is the proposed location for tiny homes for the homeless. By HECTOR AMEZCUA

NO. 5: SACRAMENTO IS PLANNING 8 NEW HOMELESS SITES. HOW LONG UNTIL THEY’RE OPEN?

Last month, Sacramento announced plans to roughly double the number of available shelter beds in the city. | Published October 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Mathew Miranda

The Meadow Vista Community Center sits incomplete in this undated photo. Placer County residents have been trying to raise money for about 50 years to complete the center.

NO. 6: CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS WANTED COMMUNITY SPACE. SOME DIED WAITING FOR IT TO BE BUILT

Brenda Starbird and her gardening club members longed for a community center to meet in Placer County and swap cultivation tips for their green spaces. | Published October 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Ishani Desai

A developer is planning to build 23 affordable townhomes at 2900 Wah Ave. in south Sacramento.

NO. 7: AFFORDABLE TOWNHOMES AND APARTMENTS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS VACANT SACRAMENTO LOT

Developers are planning to build affordable townhomes and apartments on a vacant lot in south Sacramento. | Published October 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

A rendering shows an indoor soccer stadium planned for Rancho Cordova after Major Arena Soccer League announced Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, it plans to expand with a men’s and women’s team.

NO. 8: RANCHO CORDOVA SEEKS A CENTRAL GATHERING PLACE IN AMBITIOUS ARENA PROJECT

An indoor soccer arena was a surprising proposition, to some, for the corner of Kilgore Road and Trade Center Drive, in a section of Rancho Cordova dominated by large, commercial buildings. | Published October 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annika Merrilees

Prime Property Management Corporate Inc. plans to build 33 units of affordable housing at a vacant lot at 3000 T St. in Sacramento.

NO. 9: SIX-STORY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT PLANNED NEAR MIDTOWN, EAST SACRAMENTO

A developer is planning to build a six-story affordable housing building at a vacant lot two blocks from East Sacramento. | Published October 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

A rendering of a housing development that 19Six Architects has applied to build in South Natomas. The 115-unit development would offer discounted rent to employees of the Twin Rivers Unified School District.

NO. 10: FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND HOUSING FOR SCHOOL WORKERS PLANNED FOR THIS SACRAMENTO LOT

A developer plans to build affordable housing for employees of the Twin Rivers Unified School District, marking the first known project of its kind in the city of Sacramento. | Published October 15, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

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