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Proposals Sought to Build Housing for More Than 2,700 Students

嘿嘿视频 is seeking proposals to build housing providing more than 2,775 beds for students with families as well as graduate and transfer students, to open by 2020. The successful proposals will optimize affordability and build community.

The released this week combines two student housing projects at Orchard Park and West Village to attract proposals from a predetermined pool of eight developers. The developers, vetted by the , are expected to deliver beds more quickly than the traditional RFP process.

鈥淥ur goal is to provide students with affordable housing options that are close to the 嘿嘿视频 core campus,鈥 said Emily Galindo, associate vice chancellor and executive director of 嘿嘿视频 Student Housing.

Orchard Park

The Orchard Park Project will provide 200 affordable, two-bedroom apartment units to serve 嘿嘿视频 students with families, replacing a like number of apartments on the site that closed in 2014. 嘿嘿视频 also is seeking an additional 700 beds for single graduate students, but developers are strongly encouraged to submit proposals that exceed the target. The RFP identifies reduced on-site parking, taller buildings with no height limits and reduced site amenities as site-planning options to increase density above the housing target. In total, this project will serve at least 900 students (plus family members), four times the number of students it had previously accommodated. 

West Village

The West Village Transfer Student Housing Project will provide a target of 1,875 beds of apartment-style student housing, most of which (approximately 1,000 beds) will be master leased back to 嘿嘿视频 to serve transfer students and continuing undergraduate students. As with the Orchard Park Project, the RFP encourages the developer to exceed the target of 1,875 beds if financially feasible.

鈥淓ach project will help the university achieve our ambitious campus planning and sustainability goals,鈥 said Bob Segar, assistant vice chancellor of campus planning and environmental stewardship. 鈥淭he projects will offer compact and connected housing with easy access to academic and student activities.鈥

Developers may respond to either one or both projects. 嘿嘿视频 aims to identify a developer or developers with whom to begin negotiations by mid-September 2017.

To get to this point, campus planners have consulted with students, Student Housing and Dining Services, and the Office of Graduate Studies on how best to provide affordable, comfortable housing for students with families.

鈥淲e鈥檙e grateful to all who participated in the consultation and planning process and we鈥檙e looking forward to a development that expands housing opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students with families, as well as our transfer student population,鈥 said Grant Rockwell, assistant vice chancellor for capital planning and real estate.

The housing projects at Orchard Park and West Village are part of the draft campus 2017 Long Range Development Plan鈥檚 goal for housing to increase by 6,200 students to a total of 15,600 students housed on campus. 

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Andy Fell, 嘿嘿视频 News and Media Relations, 530-752-4533, ahfell@ucdavis.edu

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