Lewis Group of Cos. has seen its stake in new homes and retail developments grow from Southern California’s ranches, orchards and dairy farms to the state’s central farm belt and the Bay Area.

Randall Lewis, who is regularly pushed to the forefront of the 70-year-old, family-run company to speak about its vast developments in California and Nevada, is now pivoting from sprawling inland county neighborhoods to “infill” development for residents craving affordable homes in busy urban areas.

With median home prices hitting $1.4 million in the San Francisco area, Lewis says the next big thing is “missing middle” housing. Such developments typically involve eight to 20 single family homes or townhouses per acre.

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