Air Systems Service & Construction is trading in its Rancho Cordova address for a much bigger footprint in Folsom, after buying the former VSP lens lab at 151 Blue Ravine Road for $8 million. The deal more than doubles the Sacramento-area mechanical contractor's space, jumping from roughly 35,000 square feet to about 80,000 square feet, and gives the company room to scale up fabrication, service and construction operations inside Folsom's Lake Forest business park. Company leaders are pitching the move as a strategic consolidation aimed at supporting larger regional projects, not just a change of scenery.
Deal details and the plan
According to the Sacramento Business Journal, Air Systems paid $8 million for the building at 151 Blue Ravine Road and plans to fully occupy the site. President Connor Westover told the Business Journal that the company will shift its headquarters from Rancho Cordova to Folsom and use the added square footage to boost fabrication and service capacity. The purchase was framed as an operational expansion rather than a speculative real estate play.
Company background
Founded in 1996, Air Systems is a family-run mechanical contractor that provides HVAC, plumbing, controls and sheet-metal services and has grown into a regional player, according to the company's website. Air Systems’ site highlights recent leadership changes and steady staffing growth, and company officials say a centralized Folsom campus is expected to streamline work across its construction and service divisions. The firm has not released a public timeline for when the headquarters relocation will be complete.
About the Folsom site and VSP’s exit
The Folsom property was long tied to VSP's VSPOne optical operations. VSP wound down several in-house lens labs and cut back at the Folsom plant in 2024, creating the vacancy that made this sale possible, the Sacramento Business Journal reported in 2024. That shift left a relatively modern industrial building in a business park already populated by regional manufacturing and insurance tenants. Neither buyer nor seller has disclosed additional transaction terms beyond the purchase price in the available reporting.
Local market context and what’s next
Local brokers say small and mid-size industrial users have been zeroing in on move-in-ready buildings as vacancies tighten, a pattern noted in recent regional coverage. Comstock's has reported that Sacramento-area industrial vacancy has stayed in the mid-single digits, which helps explain why an established contractor would commit to a larger, modern facility instead of trying to build from scratch. City permitting, build-out plans and a specific timetable for Air Systems' relocation have not been made public, and company representatives have not shared additional details beyond what has already been reported.
