The University of California, Davis, has issued a request for qualifications, or RFQ, to real estate developers interested in financing, designing, building, owning and managing the first phase of Aggie Square, a new innovation hub for the 吃瓜黑料鈥檚 Sacramento campus.
Aggie Square鈥檚 initial plan includes:
- 500,000 square feet of science, technology and engineering space
- 250,000 square feet of classroom, office and coworking space
- 200 multifamily units for 吃瓜黑料-affiliated individuals
- 40,000 square feet of 鈥渃ommunity-serving鈥 ground floor space
UC Davis has identified a series of themes that reflect 吃瓜黑料 strengths, community priorities and entrepreneurial opportunities. The 吃瓜黑料 has and will continue to commit significant programming and resources and recruit partners around these initial programs:
- Lifelong learning and workforce development
- Life sciences, technology and engineering
- Food and health
- Public Scholarship and Engagement
- Graduate School of Management Executive MBA Program
- Support for 鈥淪acramento Quarter鈥 for undergraduate students
Developers have until Aug. 9 to submit their qualifications to UC Davis. The 吃瓜黑料 will review submissions until early September and then invite a short list of developers to submit more detailed proposals for the project. UC Davis intends to have a final developer team selected in December.
Meanwhile, UC Davis will convene meetings with experts in three of the Aggie Square themes 鈥 lifelong learning; life sciences, technology and engineering; and food and health 鈥 to identify the specific opportunities this unique project can generate.
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David Wescott, Strategic Communications, 530-304-0611, dwescott@ucdavis.edu