Friedman plans to build 386 homes just south of Raley Field in West Sacramento, as part of the first phase of the so-called Bridge District. 

The first homes in the district along the river between Highway 50 and Tower Bridge are expected to be in a five-story, 70-unit apartment complex.

The city has received $23 million in state funding to pay for streets and utilities, paving the way for the Bridge District —which could eventually include 2,300 housing units and 2 million square feet of offices during the next couple of decades.

Development of the district, originally called The Triangle, will cost about $2 billion and is about three-fourths the size of the Railyards across the river in Sacramento, one of the largest infill projects in the nation.