
New Life for Vacant Lots in Sacramento’s Central City
Infill development near record levels on the grid
Throughout Sacramento’s central city, houses, apartments and businesses have often sat next to vacant lots. It’s been a sign of economic imperfection and, perhaps, of Midtown’s funkiness, with the land sometimes turned into unofficial parks, urban gardens or vehicle parking.
This is starting to change.

Back and Forward: Charles Bergson
Isleton’s city manager on revitalization
Isleton City Manager Charles Bergson offers his insight into the city’s revitalization.

Williams Offers Room to GROW
Canna-Hub, a cannabis real-estate development firm, is planning its own massive cannabis complex in the city of Williams.

Back and Forward: Commercial Cannabis
Sacramento’s inaugural chief of cannabis policy Joe Devlin on how legal weed is impacting local real estate
Joe Devlin, chief of cannabis policy for the City of Sacramento, offers his insight into commercial cannabis real estate in the Capital Region.

Powerhouse Science Center to Transform Sacramento Waterfront
Principal architect Jason Silva, of Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture, conceptualized the facade of the new Powerhouse Science Center in Sacramento to represent humanity’s place in the universe. The facade will be sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site.

California Military Department Aims to be First State Facility to Meet Zero Net Energy Mandate
The California Military Department headquarters in Rancho Cordova is one of the first large-scale efforts attempting to meet a California mandate regarding the energy efficiency of state facilities.

Homeless in California—What the Data Reveals
California is struggling to confront its a homelessness crisis: After big-city mayors up and down the state lobbied hard for more funding, state leaders agreed to spend an additional $600 million to help fight the problem.

Movers and Shakers
How a boss can deal with the dreaded office relocation
Moving offices is a dangerously stressful time for a business: Employee retention rates, cultural harmony and productivity will suffer. Your relocation might just be the straw that breaks your bottom line.

Civic Pride
How six public places came to be
Civic structures help define a community’s identity. We feature six projects from throughout the Capital Region that have employed unique delivery models and creative design solutions to produce structures worthy of their calling.

Reflecting on a Rehab
How preservation architects gave Sacramento’s Stanley Mosk Library and Courts building a much-needed makeover
The Stanley Mosk Library and Courts building in downtown Sacramento was in dire need of a rehabilitative makeover to bring back its historic beauty.