The milestone tracker for the biggest redevelopment in Concord's history — 12,272 homes, 6 million sq ft of commercial, 30 years. Done vs. upcoming, and what each milestone unlocks for permits. The reference the whole industry works from.
Last updated: October 4, 2026. We update this page as milestones land.
What's already happened — and what it unlocked.
Unlocks: the legal backbone — 12,272 homes, 25% affordable, 6M+ sq ft commercial, 65%+ parks/open space, transit-oriented at North Concord BART. Zoning designations: low/medium-density residential, neighborhood commercial, mixed-use medium/high, commercial flex, campus district.
Unlocks: the financial path: $4.6M now, $40M deferred over four years. Moves the project from negotiation into Specific Plan preparation. Brookfield Properties confirmed as master developer.
Unlocks: exemption from certain CEQA reviews once the city and Brookfield sign a development agreement — leveraging prior federal/local environmental review instead of starting over. Requires 25% of homes for lower-income households. Signed project labor agreements in place.
What happens next — and what each step means for permits.
Unlocks: the trigger event. SB 328's CEQA exemption activates on signing — that's the moment planning turns into construction. When this signs, the real sales conversation about permit support starts.
Unlocks: the design team. The city and Brookfield are hiring consultants now — the firms at this table (likely Arup, Perkins+Will, Placeworks and peers) author the submittals and become the permit-support clients of record.
Unlocks: public phasing and timelines — the first hard look at which phases build first, and which contractors start circling the project.
Unlocks: entitlements. Council approval of the Specific Plan is what lets vertical development actually be permitted.
Unlocks: the first permit waves: builder trade permits, then commercial TI and fire protection as the mixed-use districts come online. Watch the ~500-acre Bunker City Superfund cleanup — the city's flagged momentum risk.
Unlocks: decades of permit volume: ~90,000 residential trade-permit events (water heaters, HVAC, panels, reroofs), thousands of commercial TI permits as tenants turn over, and fire alarm/sprinkler submittals on every commercial building.
We file Concord permits same-day and track them through issuance. Contractors: get on the permit list now and you're filing on day one instead of doing paperwork. Filed today. You never left the job.
Based on publicly available information (City of Concord, Contra Costa Herald, Sept–Oct 2026). Timelines, processes, and requirements change — confirm current details with the City of Concord. Not legal advice.