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California big-box reuse

California state lawmakers and local municipalities are exploring the conversion of empty malls and big-box sites into housing, with various approaches and proposals across different cities.

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Jan 29, 2026
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Which California cities have municipal strategies for reusing former big‑box or department store sites?

has both top-down interest from state lawmakers in and a patchwork of and local examples — from ’s policymaker advocacy to reuse projects or plans cited in , cities (, , , ), , and others — but the av...