NEWS BRIEFS: New Apartment Complex Coming to Orchard Park
The Orchard Park apartment complex will be demolished this summer, to be replaced by new apartments for students with families by fall 2020. UC Davis will issue a request for proposals seeking bids for a new family living apartment complex in May. Key criteria in the RFP will be affordability, quality of life and facility design. The decision follows a consultation and planning process that included graduate student representatives . “We’re grateful to all who participated in the consultation and planning process and we’re looking forward to a development that expands housing opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students with families,” said Grant Rockwell , assistant vice chancellor for capital planning and real estate. The campus closed the aging complex in 2014. The Student Family Housing Redevelopment Committee delivered its final report in June 2015, highlighting the value of student family housing to the campus, identifying key requirements to meet the needs of st...