Public discussion about major community development projects is important and must be grounded in facts. Pacific Gateway is a substantially revised, master-planned project shaped by years of refinement, technical analysis, and public input through California’s Environmental Quality Act process. The current land use plan reflects that public input, including the relocation of more than 900 acres south of the Delta-Mendota Canal. Sustainably designed, featuring LEED Certified buildings, Pacific Gateway is a generational development that offers more than industrial uses.

The Pacific Gateway development proposal came back as a reworked concept. Ridgeline Property Group LLC presented plans for a 1,577-acre industrial development between the Delta Mendota Canal and California Aqueduct at the start of the year. The new plan shows access to Highway 132 and Interstate 580 while being further to the south than the previous plan. Just like in 2023 when the project was introduced it is still opposed by rural neighbors who would see farmland in the area developed for warehouses, and new and expanded roadways bringing increased traffic to the proposed development (Jan. 17).

Ridgeline Property Group is in its public comment period and hosted an open house at New Jerusalem Elementary School to inform the community about its 1,500-acre mixed-use Pacific Gateway Project in Tracy. “I’m very excited about the amount of jobs we’re going to bring to San Joaquin County,” Steve Arthur, Ridgeline Property Group partner, said. “This is a $3.6 billion economic engine for the county.” Arthur said the project will bring $135 million in annual revenue to San Joaquin County, more than 15,000 full-time jobs, more than 23,000 construction jobs, and $3.6 billion of economic output.