Name

California Forever

Legal name

California Forever LP

Website

https://californiaforever.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Master-Planned Community Development

NAICS

Land Subdivision (23721), Industrial Building Construction (23621)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

Keywords

• Master-planned community development
• Advanced manufacturing parks
• Urban planning services
• Real estate development
• Shipyard infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Manufacturing park leasing: California Forever develops and leases industrial/manufacturing space at Solano Foundry to advanced manufacturing companies. JLL serves as exclusive leasing agent. Revenue generated from long-term ground leases and facility rentals to tenants in aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and other frontier tech sectors.
2. Real estate development and sales: Development and sale of residential homes and commercial properties in the walkable city. Homes of all types (row houses, apartments, ADUs) available for purchase or rent, generating revenue through property sales and leases.
3. Shipyard operations: Master development of shipyard infrastructure for lease to domestic and allied nation shipbuilders for naval and commercial shipbuilding and repair operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

California Forever is a master developer building a new city in Solano County, California, organized around three integrated products: Solano Foundry (a 2,100-acre advanced manufacturing park providing up to 40 million square feet of industrial space), Solano Shipyard (a 7,500-acre shipyard on a federally maintained deep water ship channel for naval and commercial shipbuilding), and Solano Living (a planned walkable city with 170,000 homes for 400,000 residents). The company leases pre-entitled industrial land to enterprise tenants and develops residential and commercial properties as part of a vertically integrated, 40-year buildout.

Product overview

California Forever is a city development company building the next great American city in Solano County, California. The company's portfolio consists of three interconnected core products: (1) Solano Foundry, a 2,100-acre advanced manufacturing park providing 40 million square feet of industrial space; (2) Solano Shipyard, a 7,500-acre shipyard on a federal deep water ship channel; and (3) Solano Living, a planned walkable city for 400,000 residents with 170,000 homes. Together, these three products form an integrated master-planned community combining advanced manufacturing, shipbuilding, and residential development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Solano Foundry: The largest advanced manufacturing park in America - a 2,100-acre, 40 million square foot ecosystem for advanced manufacturing located an hour north of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
• Solano Shipyard
• Solano Living

Products and services

• Solano Foundry A 2,100-acre pre-entitled advanced manufacturing park offering up to 40 million square feet of industrial space with ministerial permitting (same speed and certainty as Texas or Arizona) for aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous vehicles, semiconductors, and clean energy manufacturers scaling from pilot lines to mass production.
• Solano Shipyard A 7,500-acre maritime industrial site on a federally maintained deep water ship channel designed for domestic and allied-nation shipbuilders, naval and commercial shipbuilding, and ship repair operations. The site is 15 times larger than the second-biggest West Coast shipbuilding site.
• Solano Living A walkable master-planned residential community of 170,000 homes (row houses, apartments, ADUs) for up to 400,000 residents, featuring grid-based urban design, mixed-use neighborhoods, zero parking minimums, and complete streets designed for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit. Homes will be available for purchase or rent.

Quantifiable outcome

• 530,000+ new jobs at full build-out with average compensation 20% above current Solano County wages
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Travis Community ConsortiummajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Joe Dingman, former Executive Director of Travis Air Force Base, joined as Head of Military Affairs. Chairman of Travis Community Consortium representing Solano County, its seven cities, and Travis Regional Armed Forces Committee.
• Napa-Solano Building and Construction Trades CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 January 2026Signed largest construction labor agreement in American history covering all projects on nearly 70,000 acres over 40 years. Mandates union labor through individual Project Labor Agreements for all infrastructure, public works, major commercial, office, retail, industrial, defense, and energy projects.
• Northern California Carpenters UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 January 2026Co-signatory to 40-year largest-in-history labor agreement. Represents carpenters and construction workers who will build the new city. Agreement provides for 17,000 direct construction jobs annually paying average $108,000 in annual compensation.
• JLLcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 July 2025JLL selected as exclusive leasing agent for Solano Foundry, the largest advanced manufacturing park in North America. JLL launched a dedicated Advanced Manufacturing Group to provide site selection, facilities management, and tenant marketing services for the project. Projected to create approximately 60,000 jobs and generate billions in economic activity.
• Saronic TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDefense technology firm considering building a $3 billion autonomous drone boat factory at Solano Shipyard that would create 10,000 jobs for the U.S. Navy. Their decision between California and Texas is being used as leverage to secure state approvals for the project.
• Bay Area Council Economic InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored economic and fiscal impact analysis of the Suisun Expansion Plan and Solano Shipyard. Report estimated $215 billion private investment, 530,000 jobs, and $16 billion annual tax revenue over 44 years.
• Suisun CitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal partnership for Suisun Expansion Plan to annex 22,900 acres and develop up to 225,000 jobs, 147 million square feet of non-residential space, and 174,000 new homes over 40 years. California Forever submitted formal application and is purchasing city-owned parcels in Historic Waterfront District.
• Rio VistaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiscussions underway about possible Rio Vista Expansion as alternative annexation approach. Rio Vista City Manager sent offer letter to annex entire 22,873 acres. Company signed reimbursement agreement to explore expansion.
• Cal Poly Maritime AcademymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Maritime Prosperity Zone coalition to provide training and upskilling for maritime careers. Expert faculty and training facilities positioned to prepare next generation of maritime professionals for shipbuilding careers.
• Nimitz Group (Mare Island)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint submission of Maritime Prosperity Zone proposal to federal government. Owners of Mare Island shipyard submitting proposal with California Forever for designation to attract private investment and accelerate return of shipbuilding to West Coast.
• Working Waterfront CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional coalition of employers, unions, workforce development boards, educators and community groups partnering to recruit and train next generation of waterfront workers for clean/green, well-paid career pathways in marine trades.
• Solano Economic Development CorporationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic development partner in Maritime Prosperity Zone coalition. Represents Solano County's interests in attracting investment and job creation to the region.
• Bay Area CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic policy and advocacy partner in Maritime Prosperity Zone coalition. Announced support for California Forever plan to create major industrial shipbuilding and maritime facility in Solano County.
• Suisun CitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity partnership for Solano Shipyard development. Suisun City Mayor Alma Hernandez stated support for regional effort to invite U.S. government and defense contractors to invest in Solano County's shipbuilding future.
• Travis Air Force BasemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic proximity to Travis AFB makes Solano Foundry ideal for aerospace and defense contractors. Site designed to accommodate secure facilities and dual-use technology development. Joe Dingman leads military affairs engagement.
• Blue Sky Consulting GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored economic and fiscal impact analysis with Bay Area Council Economic Institute documenting transformative economic potential of the Suisun Expansion and Solano Shipyard.
• Flannery AssociatescoreOthersSubsidiary company that conducted secretive land purchases of nearly 70,000 acres in Solano County between 2018 and 2023 on behalf of California Forever.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FivePoint Holdings: California-based master developer of large mixed-use planned communities (Great Park Neighborhoods, Valencia). Operates the same playbook as California Forever: entitlements, then residential/commercial land sales to builders and retailers, plus amenity development. Closest pure comparable.
• Steiner + Associates: Ohio-based master developer of mixed-use town centers and planned communities such as Easton Town Center and New Albany. Comparable as a long-duration master planner doing large-scale retail, office, and residential development under one integrated plan.
• Hillwood Development: Perot-family developer of Alliance (Texas), Heritage (SC) and other master-planned industrial + residential communities. Closest peer on the Foundry/Solano-shipyard-style industrial-park-plus-housing model — large mixed-use MPC with industrial anchor tenants.
• The New Home Company: California-focused homebuilder and master-planned-community developer, originally backed by John Doerr and Larry Ellison. Develops master-planned communities in coastal California with a similar mixed-use/mixed-density approach to Solano Living.
• Howard Hughes Holdings: Owner/operator of iconic master-planned communities including The Woodlands (TX), Summerlin (NV), Bridgeland (TX), and Ward Village (HI). Comparable as a long-horizon land owner / community master developer monetizing residential + commercial + industrial land sales and ground leases.

Emerging players

• Culdesac: Developer of Culdesac Tempe, the US's first car-free residential neighborhood (Arizona). Operates at smaller scale but shares the walkable/form-based-code thesis behind Solano Living; California's Head of Infrastructure previously led Culdesac Tempe's buildout.

Broad incumbents

• Lennar Corporation: Largest US homebuilder; its Lennar Urban division pioneered urban, mixed-density infill and master-planned community development. California Forever's Head of Infrastructure previously held leadership at Lennar Urban, making it a logical industrial incumbent comparable for financing and homebuilding partnerships.
• Brookfield Properties (formerly Forest City Realty Trust): Brookfield-owned diversified real-estate platform that absorbed Forest City Realty Trust — a long-duration mixed-use master developer (e.g., Atlantic Yards, City Point). California Forever's Head of Infrastructure led Forest City projects, and Brookfield is a natural institutional-cap comparable.
• Related Companies: Large national mixed-use developer behind Hudson Yards, The Related Companies mixed-income communities, and other urban master-planned projects. Comparable as a high-capital, mixed-product (residential, commercial, industrial-adjacent) master developer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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