Castaic Real Estate

Known primarily as a truck stop for many years, Castiac is fast becoming a popular residential community. In fact, it is predicted the town's population of 16,000 to triple in five years. The most northerly community of the Santa Clarita Valley, Castaic is located along Interstate 5 Freeway, the main north-south artery between San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 1866 General Edward Beale bought the town known as Rancho Castaic and changed its name to Castaic. In 1887 the Southern Pacific Railroad established a train stop at Castaic Junction, and two years later the first school was founded.

By 1914 when the Old Ridge Route was opened, Castaic became a highway stopover with small restaurants and automobile services. Today it is best known as the home of Castaic Lake, the western end of the 600-mile California State Water Project. There the lake is a massive recreational asset to north Los Angeles County and millions of tourists, bringing filming opportunities, lake and land sports and camping.

In recent years, the 1.2 million-square-foot Valencia Commerce Center was built at the intersection of Interstate 5 and State Route 126. It features a 1,800-employee postal center, the corporate headquarters of Remo Inc., ITT and Ultraviolet Devices Inc., and other corporate giants.