Construction timelines vary depending on the size and type of project. Smaller individual projects are often built within one to three years. Larger master planned developments are not built all at once. Instead, they are phased over many years, sometimes 10 to 30 years, so growth happens gradually rather than all at once.
How quickly anything is built also depends on market conditions. Even when projects are fully approved, they do not always move forward right away. Developers typically build in response to demand for homes and commercial space, financing conditions and other economic factors. Because of this, the actual pace of construction can be slower or faster over time, even within the same approved project.
If larger projects under consideration were fully approved, construction would still be spread out in phases. That means only a portion of homes or streets would be built at any given time rather than the entire project happening at once. As a result, home construction would be distributed across multiple phases over many years instead of concentrated in a single large buildout period.
To reduce disruption, Dixon requires detailed construction management plans that set rules for work hours, dust control, noise and truck routes to help protect nearby neighborhoods during active construction. Developers are also required to post performance bonds to ensure infrastructure improvements are completed as approved.
To learn more, visit the Development Overview webpage.