Elk Grove Freezes New Self-Storage for Two Years, Prioritizing Land for Housing and Jobs
Why this matters
Land continues to behave as the highest-conviction long-duration bet in CRE. In supply-constrained luxury markets, replacement-cost-positive entitlements remain scarce; in growth-corridor exurbs, sponsors with patient capital are accumulating positions ahead of the next residential or industrial pipeline. The trade is a basis call, not an income call, and continues to attract family-office and high-net-worth capital that can hold through the cycle.
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The Elk Grove City Council voted unanimously to halt new self-storage construction for two years, an aggressive land-use bet that recasts the low-employment sector as a drag on the Sacramento suburb's push for housing…
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