Braden will be located near Rancho Cordova.
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 …