I loved it! It reminded me a bit of the board game Tiny Towns, where you have to strategically place buildings on a small grid to make them score as much as possible.
This kind of chill experience where you can take your time is right up my alley. It was a bit on the easy side, I had a group of houses and nearly a full row of towers which gave me way more than enough money.
I think the play area is too big, as it stands there is no chance that you'd be forced to place a factory adjacent to a house because of a past mistake, for instance. So it's not difficult to place the houses all together, the factories all together, etc. By drastically reducing the grid size, you could force the player to make compromises when there is not enough room left.
A very solid entry, thanks for sharing!