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.
The Folsom Times reported that the district has already launched a community naming survey for the new school, while the City of Rancho Cordova has posted that construction and renovation work are expected to take place over the next two years, with a projected opening in August 2028.
Local notices state that the school board has approved the site purchase and that reusing the office building is being framed as a quicker and lower-cost option than constructing a brand-new campus from the ground up.
Why Office Reuse Is On The Table
District communications and city posts note that adaptive reuse of an existing structure can cut delivery time and save the district millions of dollars compared with new construction.
Board briefs indicate the district has moved the purchase forward and identified next steps, including feasibility studies and approvals through the Division of the State Architect, according to district materials. The approach also fits a broader local trend of repurposing underused office properties for community uses, a pattern that local outlets have been tracking.
What Happens Next
Before any demolition or retrofit work begins, escrow must close and the district still has to complete feasibility work, design, and state review. Procurement notices show Folsom Cordova Unified is already lining up construction partners.
District postings and local coverage outline a public naming process and community engagement steps that will unfold before students ever set foot on the new campus. City and district materials currently place the opening in the 2027 to 2028 window, depending on how approvals and renovation timelines play out.
For additional background and property details, readers can review the LoopNet listing information and the City of Rancho Cordova notice linked above.
