Plus, read Signature Development Group’s latest report submitted to the City of Benicia

The Benicia Bridge Newsletter, By Laura López González, July 15, 2026
Valero-contracted Signature Development Group may submit a formal planning application to the City of Benicia as soon as this fall to redevelop the energy company’s 900 acres along East Second Street. The developer’s dreams may be funded in part by new property taxes for future owners in the redevelopment zone, according to documents Signature has submitted to the City.
What: Valero has contracted East Bay property developer, Signature Development Group, to redevelop the site of its former Benicia refinery. The Benicia Bridge broke the news of the plant’s official idling in mid-April.
The Benicia Bridge obtained Signature Development Group’s pre-application document, which has not previously been made public. Read Signature’s document and presentation. […continued on The Benicia Bridge – click here…]
Reposted with permission, The Benicia Bridge
Excellent reporting from Benicia’s newest award-winning journalism duo, Monica Vaughan and Laura López González. – Roger Straw
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