A Commons Mistake A Mistake

RESIDENTS DON’T WANT THESE OVERSIZED TOWNHOMES

Katherine Bardis and her husband, Bay Miry, are a local development team that does quality work with a good reputation.

Born into the building business, they have fathers who ran successful development firms and continue to leave a positive mark on the community.

Working together as Bardis & Miry Development, the couple continues the family legacies with contributions of their own.

From the residential The Mill at Broadway to attractive apartments and gracious renovations in Midtown, their developments fit and wear well.

But the couple’s latest project, a proposed residential development at 707 Commons Drive adjacent to earth-toned townhomes and wooded walkways of Campus Commons, has encountered significant neighborhood resistance.

Not everyone is opposed to the proposal. But if the old real estate adage still stands that a developer’s success depends on location, location, location, this could turn into a rare Bardis and Miry misstep.

Disclosure: My wife and I have lived in Campus Commons for about five years and love the laidback, walkable, tree-rich community.

As described on the Lyon Real Estate website, “Campus Commons is nestled along the American River Parkway between Fair Oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue. It is one of Sacramento’s most low-key luxury communities surrounded by lush greenery, recreational opportunity and urban amenities.”