Williams Ranch: Creating a New Community

Creating a New Community

Master-planned Williams Ranch sets a new standard and new way of Southern California living in the Santa Clarita Valley.

The influence of the Santa Clarita Valley’s planned growth has arrived in a big way. In a big, big way.

Located near the I-5 and Highway 126, Williams Ranch — the region’s newest master-planned community — fuels a gnawing need as the Santa Clarita Valley’s population is expected to continuing growing at a steady, incremental pace of 3% this year, according to the California Department of Finance.

Spanning more than 71 miles, Santa Clarita has a population density of 3,380 people per square mile and is the third largest city in Los Angeles County, and the 16th largest in the state of California. It is also considered one of the safest cities (population over 150,000) in the nation based on FBI statistics.

During the past ten years, the Santa Clarita Valley’s steady population increase can be attributed to the region’s exceptional quality of life, and the careful development of much needed new housing construction to parallel the expansion of new employment opportunities.

A New Community in the Making

Recently opening its 15 model homes, Williams Ranch is a sprawling 430-acre swath of land situated in the Hasley Canyon area of Castaic in Los Angeles County’s Santa Clarita Valley. The land has gone through an evolution of proposed uses — from a golf course community to a proposed high school site.

The long, and careful planning by local Santa Clarita builder, Williams Homes, has brought something better, something akin to neighborhoods of days gone-by, and clearly an opportunity not currently found anywhere in Southern California.

“We realized that this had to be more than your everyday community,” says Dan Faina, chief marketing officer for Williams Homes. “The size and scope of the property is quite possibly one of the last of its kind in Los Angeles County. Our vision was not to waste a valuable resource of land, but to create a truly great place to live no matter your life’s stage. And that’s what we’ve done here with Williams Ranch.”

Williams Homes — which is building all 497 single-family residences at masterplanned Williams Ranch — sees vast potential to bring a new sense of community living to the Santa Clarita Valley. This planned community is helping to redefine a sense of place. Every home is set on a spacious home site ranging from 7,000 to 23,000 approximate square feet. Fifteen different architectural designs are offered with seven single-story and eight two-story floorplans. A range of garage options are available from RV/toy garages to third- and fourth-car garages. Additional housing units and multi-gen suites are also among the structural features offered.

“We chose architectural home designs that work together to create unique street scenes set amidst numerous parks of every shape and size, miles of paseos and trails, working vineyards and orchards, and of course an amazing