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Town Center in El Dorado Hills
Completed housing retrofit at Town Center, El Dorado Hills; supported by local housing demand and peer conversions. · summary, model-written
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Site profile5 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 102,000 on 50 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisCounty typical rent $2,000+
This site: $2,498/mo zillow · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: 50 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisReinhabited
This site: record · all sites with thisHousing
This site: …new_use field record · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Retrofit builtWikipedia no source |
|---|---|
| Strategy | ReinhabitedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | housingWikipedia no source |
Site context
| Housing permits, El Dorado County (CA), 2024 | 0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 2 in 2–4, 435 single-family; 2023: 60 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Other atlas sites nearby | 0 within 10 km, 2 within 25 kmcomputed |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 6,597 jobs in 490 establishments; average annual pay $41,793; employment location quotient 1.13; employment +0.6% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 1,008 jobs; 17 in retail trade, 164 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 06017030706)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 54th income percentile as adults; 0.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (159 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 59% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 3.8%; median family income $134,205; 16 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | El Dorado Union High School District (09-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: William Brooks Elementary; Oak Meadow Elementary; Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter; Russell Ranch ElementaryNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 709 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 173 county-logged events: 110 heavy rain, 41 flood, 9 hail, 7 debris flow; $8,634,000 property damage reported; 8 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 95762, 2026-09 | median list price $1,090,000 (-0.7% on the year); 189 active listings; median 59 days on market; 21% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 522 establishments (-2%); 6,826 jobs (+17%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $648,637 (+1% 1 yr, +2% 5 yr); typical rent $2,498/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 102,000 vehicles a day on 50 (freeway or expressway, 7 lanes); 9,845 trucks; 24 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Retrofit already completed as housing.
Why. Status: built. Strategy: reinhabit. New use: housing. Opp reasons: retrofit already built, county population grew 3.0% (2018–23), median rent $1,626, housing in record.
Where it stands. Permits show 2023–2024 housing units: 542 single-unit, 6 two-four-unit, 60 five-plus-unit (total value $290M in 2023).
For a planner
- County housing demand supported by rent ($1,626 median) and population growth (3.0% 2018–23).
- Peer examples (5 CA malls) used same 'reinhabit' strategy.
For a developer
- Completed retrofit confirmed (status: built).
- Permit data shows active housing construction (2023–2024).
What we do not know yet
- No current retail activity data (retail trend shows stable but declining establishments).
- No cost or timeline details provided.
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county grew 3.0% 2018–23
- median rent $1,626
- housing in the record
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
Links out
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Official records (3)
government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record
- El Dorado County (06017) profile (data.census.gov)from site.county_fips 06017
- FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this pointfrom site.lat/lon
- EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom site.lat/lon
Reference (2)
encyclopaedic and research references
- Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom site.lat/lon
- Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from constant
Place (8)
map and street views by coordinates
- Google Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- Street Viewfrom site.lat/lon
- Bing Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- Apple Mapsfrom site.lat/lon
- OpenStreetMapfrom site.lat/lon
- Walk Score at this pointfrom site.lat/lon
- Transitland mapfrom site.lat/lon
- USGS National Mapfrom site.lat/lon
Market (1)
listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow
- LoopNet: for sale in El Dorado Hills, CAfrom site.city + state → search
News (2)
news searches and archived pages
- Google News: “Town Center in El Dorado Hills”from site.name + city → search
- Bing News: “Town Center in El Dorado Hills”from site.name + city → search
Planning (1)
the jurisdiction's own pages
- El Dorado Hills, California on Wikipediafrom city_wikipedia.json (Wikipedia API)
History and original facts
| County | El Dorado County |
|---|---|
| Census division | 9 · Pacific |
| Notes | Draft from kephart.com, model-extracted, unreviewed: Element 79, a 214-unit luxury multifamily community, was designed to seamlessly connect the existing big-box retail, office spaces, and boutique shops at Town Center in El Dorado Hills. |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, year opened, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.
Sources
- Transforming Retail into Residential Spaces - KEPHART
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Town Center in El Dorado Hills