A long-empty office building in Rancho Cordova is on track to trade cubicles for classrooms, as Folsom Cordova Unified School District moves to buy and convert the vacant space into a new high school.
The site at 3215 Prospect Park Drive is roughly 101,000 square feet and, if the deal is completed, would house the district’s first new comprehensive high school in nearly 20 years. Instead of more housing, the property is being targeted for a full educational makeover.
Deal Details And Property Owner
According to the Sacramento Business Journal, Folsom Cordova Unified is in escrow to acquire the Prospect Park Drive office complex and pursue an adaptive reuse plan to turn it into a campus.
Commercial listings describe the building as a single-story, roughly 101,000-square-foot office structure with a large parking field. The LoopNet listing names Ethan Conrad Properties as the marketing contact and includes parcel information that district officials view as making the property a workable candidate for conversion to a school.
District Plan And Timeline
District materials and local coverage say the planned campus is expected to serve about 500 to 800 students and focus on career technical education along with flexible learning pathways…