UC Davis opens new student housing with 1,500 beds

(FOX40.COM)-- UC Davis opened its new 19-acre trainee housing neighborhood on Wednesday.

The university's Orchard Park community has 1,500 beds in apartment or condos and lies on the northwest corner of school. According to the university, Orchard Park belongs to a $330 million construction program built following a contract with the city of Davis and Yolo County to provide more campus housing.

Trainees will start relocating to Orchard Park on Sept. 5.

" The city wants to congratulate UC Davis on the grand opening of Orchard Park," Davis Vice Mayor Josh Chapman stated in a declaration. "This is a great example of our joint cooperation and dedication to fulfill the real estate requirements of trainees, and surpasses the turning point set in the 2018 MOU to offer 15,000 student beds on school.".

Orchard Park is made up of 11 four-story property structures and two community centers with research study, meeting and physical fitness spaces.

It uses 189 two-bedroom apartments for students with households and 1,100 bed leases for single trainees in studio, two-bedroom and four-bedroom apartment or condos..

The area also features a children's backyard and bike and pedestrian courses..

Orchard Park replaces a 200-apartment complex of the very same name for students with households that closed in 2015 after 51 years of operation.

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With the opening of Orchard Park, UC Davis has actually opened more than 6,500 brand-new homes and dormitory given that 2017, the university said. Authorities stated the university exceeded the objective set in 2018 of opening 15,000 campus beds for students..

Aggie Square in Sacramento is presently under building and construction and is anticipated to supply 250 beds. The task, which broke ground in February 2016, is anticipated to open in fall 2025..

Two other housing jobs are in the early preparation phases in the Segundo and West Village areas in Davis, which will produce 1,000 beds, according to the university.