6 stories chronicling new development and house in the Sacramento region
Redevelopment and housing solutions continue in Sacramento.
Vacant Rite Aid stores are being reimagined, with one midtown location set to become apartments featuring ground-floor retail, and others proposed as gyms and grocery stores. The county is also updating rules around converted housing, making safety and tenant protections a priority as old commercial buildings become places to live.
Neighborhood safety is in focus, too, with the popular speed bump program expanding across 20 local roads. In Oak Park, first-time homeowners celebrated building and buying their homes through Habitat for Humanity, showing new ways communities are growing stronger.
NO. 1: SACRAMENTO AIRPORT IS ADDING THOUSANDS OF NEW PARKING SPOTS. WHAT ABOUT OFF-SITE OPTIONS?
A reader asked Bee Curious why Sacramento International Airport doesn’t have off-site parking. | Published January 29, 2025 | Read Full Story by Marcus D. Smith
NO. 2: SACRAMENTO COUNTY ADOPTS STRICTER REGULATIONS ON CONVERTED HOUSING FOR TENANT SAFETY
The ordinance is in compliance with Senate Bill 1465, which focuses on putting more regulations on substandard housing. | Published February 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emma Hall
NO. 3: VACANT RITE AID BUILDINGS TOWER OVER SACRAMENTO STREET CORNERS. MAP SHOWS WHAT COULD BE NEXT
Challenges in the retail pharmacy industry have left vacant storefronts across the Sacramento region. | Published January 31, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annika Merrilees
NO. 4: REPUBLIC FC OFFERS FIRST LOOK AT NEW SACRAMENTO STADIUM RENDERINGS AND ASKS FANS TO WEIGH IN
Sacramento Republic FC unveiled a first look at the team’s planned design for the downtown Railyards. | Published February 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Chris Biderman
NO. 5: SEVEN SACRAMENTO FAMILIES BUILT THEIR FIRST HOMES AND THEN PURCHASED THEM. HERE’S HOW
These families worked 500 hours of “sweat equity” — labor on their home — to qualify for a 30-year, 0% interest-equivalent mortgage. | Published February 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Mathew Miranda
NO. 6: POPULAR SPEED BUMP PROGRAM WILL MAKE 20 SACRAMENTO COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS SAFER
The program gets near-universal approval from residents. | Published March 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Ariane Lange…