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Real Estate/Development

Feb. 10, 2004

Sacramento's Apartment Construction Boom Expected to Fade; Prevailing Wage Law Blamed

BY OLIVIA LOY CREJ Staff Writer Here today. Gone tomorrow. That's the scenario - boiled down a bit - for new Sacramento region multifamily product in 2004. Thousands of new units will open throughout the region this year, but gradually the high construction output will slow to a trickle.

BY OLIVIA LOY
CREJ Staff Writer

Here today. Gone tomorrow. That's the scenario - boiled down a bit - for new Sacramento region multifamily product in 2004. Thousands of new units will open throughout the region this year, but gradually the high construction output will slow to a trickle.

One reason: SB975, otherwise known as the prevailing wage law. The legislation was approved more than a year ago, but its weight on the real estate industry is just be...

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