Northeast corner of East Copper Avenue and North Portofino Drive, Fresno, CA

A ~5.87-acre commercial site is being absorbed into a 53-lot gated residential subdivision — competing developers should note this commercial land is coming off the market, while homebuilders should track the July 1 hearing as the approval trigger for a market-ready RS-5 entitled tract in Fresno's Woodward Park submarket.

Fresno Planning Commission (continued to July 1, 2026) is considering a full entitlement stack — General Plan/Community Plan amendment, rezone from RS-4/CC to RS-5, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, and Planned Development Permit — to convert ~8.47 acres at East Copper Avenue and North Portofino Drive from mixed Medium Low Density Residential and Commercial Community uses to a 53-lot single-unit residential subdivision with gated private streets under Medium Density Residential (5–12 du/ac) designation.