Easton

Name

Easton

Legal name

Easton Development Company, LLC

Website

https://easton-ca.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Development

NAICS

Land Subdivision (23721), Residential Building Construction (2361)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Land & Development Site Brokerage (BPAJABAG), Transitional/Development Land Brokerage (Entitled, In-Path-of-Growth) (BPAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Master-planned communities
• Land development
• Real estate development
• Entitled land sales
• Residential communities

Headquarters

HQ city

Folsom

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Land Sales: Easton Development Company sells land to builders and developers. The company sold 703 acres (Hillsborough) to Westland Capital Partners L.P. for $57 million. Prime opportunities remain open for expressions of interest in Glenborough, Easton Place, Rio Del Oro, and Westborough boroughs.
2. Joint Ventures: Easton Development Company considers flexible monetization opportunities including joint ventures with developers and builders. Easton and Panattoni Development formed a Joint-Venture to develop office park parcels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Easton Development Company, LLC is a real estate master-planned community developer that owns approximately 6,100 contiguous acres in Eastern Sacramento County, California. The company plans, entitles, and sells residential and commercial land parcels across five boroughs (Easton Place, Glenborough, Westborough, Rio Del Oro, and Hillsborough) to homebuilders and commercial developers. The company also enters joint ventures with select builders and developers to advance portions of the master plan.

Product overview

Easton is a master-planned community development spanning approximately 6,100 acres in Eastern Sacramento County, designed as five distinct boroughs: Easton Place (transit-oriented urban core, 183 acres), Glenborough (healthy living through open space, 1,208 acres), Westborough (entitlement in process, 1,665 acres), Rio Del Oro (diverse neighborhoods, 2,312 acres), and Hillsborough (sold, 700+ acres). The project offers a mix of residential units (18,500+ total), commercial/retail space (12.7+ million sq ft), and parks/open space (1,900+ acres) across three jurisdictions: City of Folsom, City of Rancho Cordova, and Sacramento County. Easton Development Company, LLC, backed by GenCorp/Aerojet Rocketdyne (L3Harris Technologies), is the sole owner and developer.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Easton Place: A transit-oriented urban village in the heart of Easton, designed as Easton's downtown with high-density residential, commercial, retail and civic uses.
• Glenborough
• Westborough
• Rio Del Oro
• Hillsborough

Products and services

• Easton Place
• Glenborough
• Westborough
• Rio Del Oro
• Hillsborough
• Land Sales to Builders and Developers
• Joint Ventures with Developers

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Panattoni DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Easton and Panattoni Development formed a Joint-Venture to develop office park parcels adjacent to Glenborough at Easton.
• AECOMcoreTechnology or IntegrationAECOM is consistently rated among the world's leading design firms, providing a mix of local knowledge and technical excellence. Their portfolio includes urban design and community planning projects globally.
• APCO WorldwidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeadquartered in Washington, D.C., APCO Worldwide is an independently owned global communications firm. Named Public Affairs Agency of the Year in 2011 and Public Affairs Agency of the Decade in 2010.
• Brewer Lofgren LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSacramento's premier law firm providing strategic and legal advice on land development, transportation planning, public finance, economic development and public policy issues.
• JStokes AgencyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCreative marketing agency with more than 30 years of experience with marketing projects in community development, including master plans and mixed-use projects.
• MacKay & SompscoreTechnology or IntegrationFounded in Sunnyvale, California in 1953, the firm has successfully completed thousands of land use, public infrastructure, and sustainable projects throughout Northern California and the Central Valley.
• WHA (William Hezmalhalch Architects)coreTechnology or IntegrationAward-winning firm specializing in architecture, planning and community design with offices in both Northern and Southern California. Founded in 1981, known for large-scale projects and seamless integration of physical land planning with architecture.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Toll Brothers: National luxury homebuilder with growing California exposure. Comparable as a high-end builder/developer that typically acquires entitled land in master-planned communities — a potential anchor buyer for Easton's higher-end boroughs.
• The Irvine Company: Large, diversified California landowner and master developer of the Irvine Ranch. Comparable as a long-horizon, single-owner California master-planned community developer, though with much greater scale and a broader portfolio (residential, commercial, retail, hospitality).
• Lennar Corporation: Largest U.S. homebuilder with substantial California operations, including land banking and master-planning activity. Comparable as a likely institutional buyer of Easton's entitled parcels at scale.

Direct peers

• Rancho Mission Viejo: Private master-planned community developer in Orange County, California. Operates large-scale entitlement-to-builder land sales across multiple community villages, directly comparable to Easton's borough-by-borough model.
• Tri Pointe Homes: California-headquartered homebuilder with deep land-development expertise across the Western U.S. Comparable in that Tri Pointe acquires and develops entitled parcels in supply-constrained California submarkets, overlapping with Easton's target builder/developer customer base.
• Panattoni Development: Large, privately held commercial/industrial real estate developer and JV partner of Easton. Directly comparable as a JV counterparty for office park development adjacent to Glenborough and as a peer in large-scale California land development.
• Newland Communities: National master-planned community developer active in California. Comparable in business model — acquiring, entitling, and selling large tracts to builders across multiple community projects.
• FivePoint Holdings: California-based master-planned community developer operating Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine. Closest analog in scale, business model, and California concentration: sells entitled land to builders while operating as master developer across large, mixed-use communities.
• Shea Homes: California-focused homebuilder with significant in-house land acquisition and master-planning capabilities. Comparable as a builder/developer active in Sacramento and broader Northern California, often purchasing entitled land from master developers like Easton.

Others

• Westland Capital Partners: Real estate investment firm that purchased 703 acres of Easton's Hillsborough borough for $57M in 2015. Comparable as a direct institutional buyer of Easton land and a proxy for the type of capital partner likely to acquire future boroughs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gencorp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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