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 university’s Sacramento campus. 

Aggie Square’s 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 university-affiliated individuals
• 40,000 square feet of “community-serving” ground floor space

UC Davis has identified a series of themes that reflect university strengths, community priorities and entrepreneurial opportunities. The university 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 “Sacramento Quarter” for undergraduate students

Developers have until Aug. 9 to submit their qualifications to UC Davis. The university 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 — lifelong learning; life sciences, technology and engineering; and food and health — to identify the specific opportunities this unique project can generate.

More information is available on the Aggie Square website.