SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Development of a new community in Sacramento County is slated to begin after 11 years. The community of Braden is on its way.
Braden is a planned community in Sacramento County near Rancho Cordova. At buildout, there's expected to be about 8,000 units in the community. Rachel Bardis, Chief Operations Officer for Somers West, said the project is considered a major masterplan community, including plans for homes and more than 2 million square feet of commercial retail.
The project itself dates back 2003 and was approved in 2013. It'll have its groundbreaking Thursday. Bardis said it's taken a while to reach a point where development could actually begin.
Once complete, Braden will be a "human first, cars second" type of community, according to Bardis. She said the hope is Braden creates opportunities for walkability and bikability to become the first way of going through the area. Employment and schools on site along with mixed city housing types and grocery stores will also contribute to less vehicle miles traveled.
“It’s a really a bold and significant change to the manner in which typical communities or subdivisions are built,” Bardis said.
Homes are still a ways from being built for now, but the vision for the community is a clear one and one developers hope will be held in high regard.
“I think the most important thing is more than being part of a golf course community and seeing a pretty view, more people really want to just to be able to walk and see open space and be a part of that,” Bardis said.
She also touted the amount of trees that'll be planted and Braden being an all electric community.
A community services district would also be set up that'll contact various agencies like police and firefighters.
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