Category: In the News

This article gives an overview of projects in Sacramento’s Railyards and River District neighborhoods in various stages of development. It’s part of our Redefining the Core coverage, which features projects […]

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After about five years of planning, Alchemist Public Market broke ground Thursday morning in Sacramento’s River District. Alchemist Community Development Corp., a nonprofit focused on advancing food access, will be the operator […]

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Residents of Sacramento’s River District tend to ask the same three questions of the area’s business improvement group: When will the neighborhood get a coffee shop? When will a grocery […]

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Blue Diamond Growers said it has seen “strong interest” from prospective buyers of its century-old campus that spans 12 city blocks in Midtown Sacramento and the River District. The almond […]

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Sacramento Republic FC over the past few weeks has selected a series of development firms that will construct the team’s planned, 20,000-seat stadium in the Railyards district. Moorefield Construction, the […]

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Blue Diamond will continue a portion of its almond-processing operations at the cooperative’s 53-acre midtown Sacramento campus, executives said Wednesday, though a majority of the work and hundreds of jobs […]

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Sacramento’s Railyards District buzzed with activity in recent weeks. Cement trucks rolled in and out of the future site of Kaiser Permanente’s 310-bed hospital. The soil to the east was […]

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After false starts more reminiscent of bad football than soccer, a stadium for Sacramento Republic FC in Sacramento’s Railyards development is underway. City officials, team executives and members of Wilton […]

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Recent opposition to the expansion of a financing district in the downtown Railyards isn’t slowing Sacramento Republic FC from beginning construction on its new multi-use soccer stadium. Republic FC will […]

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Cherry blossoms, or sakura, are iconic flowers heralding the arrival of spring in Japan. During this season, many take part in hanami, meaning flower viewing, where people gather beneath canopies […]

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