Today, Replay Destinations announced the start of construction and the general contractor selected to build the first phase of its 9.6-acre master-planned Mill District neighborhood in downtown Healdsburg.

A former lumber yard in Healdsburg is getting a new life as the Mill District, a “mixed-use” development that will combine affordable housing, luxury apartments, pedestrian promenades and a boutique hotel just steps from the historic Healdsburg Plaza.

Mill District, a 9.6-acre neighborhood formerly existing for decades as the Nu Forest Products lumber mill, has partnered with the Architectural Digest AD100 firm Olson Kundig to design flats, garden homes and the first-of-its-kind penthouse residences in wine country.

…Swing by the new Mill District work site in Healdsburg and you might run into Three Michelin star SingleThread chef Kyle Connaughton, working with SingleThread wine director Rusty Rastello on a wine and food program being formed for the upcoming residential community.

Healdsburg has always been a highly desired wine country destination. But in recent years a slew of new developments – paired with an uptick in city dwellers flocking here in search of a quieter lifestyle – have transformed the Sonoma town in to one of the areas most desirable communities.

Canadian developer Replay Destinations is leading a $500 million project aimed at transforming a former industrial site in the heart of Sonoma County into an upscale condo and hotel community.

Wine country in California is known around the world. From Napa Valley to Sonoma, some of the tastiest wines on the planet hail from the Golden State. The Northern part of the state is where the wines are made, and it is more than just a place that produces high volumes of high-quality drinks.

Located at the epicenter of four major wine-producing regions—the Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Chalk Hill, and Alexander Valley—the town of Healdsburg, California, has long been a favorite getaway for city dwellers looking for a diverse wine list and the serenity of the Sonoma County.

In Healdsburg, a city in Sonoma County, California, a new condo will offer penthouse living—a rarity for California’s wine country—for those seeking privacy, space, as well as a sense of community and nature.

Sonoma County’s booming housing market set another record in July. The median sale price of a single-family home reached $825,000, signaling “a continued frenzy in the housing market emerging from the pandemic that has exacerbated affordability for middle-class families striving to become homeowners,” according to The Press Democrat.

Healdsburg city council members, investors, developers and Sonoma County officials gathered at the Mill District on Monday, July 19, for a groundbreaking ceremony for The Exchange, a 41-unit affordable housing development that’s part of the Mill District mixed-use project on Healdsburg Avenue.