West Village

The West Village is a new community housing development proposed by UC Davis to meet the housing needs of students, faculty, and their families. It will be located on the west side of 113 and south of Russell, where the 113 Orchard used to be. According to the website, "The goal of this mixed-use neighborhood is to provide affordable and conveniently located housing for approximately 3,000 upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, and 500 faculty, staff and their families. It will also provide a variety of facilities and amenities for the campus and the community." The planned development contains all of the following features:

• neighborhood land use
  

• a diversity of housing types
  

• mixed-use center
  

• central and integrated transit green
  

• community education center
  

• recreation fields and facilities
  

• elementary school/neighborhood park
  

• open space/drainage network
  

• bicycle and pedestrian network
  

• integrated circulation network
  

• public safety station (yay for the safety station!)

You know you want to learn more by reading the project website: http://westvillage.ucdavis.edu

The West Davis Neighbors organization sued to stop the project and after being thrown out of court the first time, appealed with the same result.

In August 2008, UC Davis and its development partner, West Village Community Partnership LLC, signed a ground lease for the project, clearing the way for the design and construction phase of West Village. ¹

Land use map of Phase 1 HERE

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• 1UC Davis News & Information "University, Developer Sign Ground Lease for West Village" 2008-09-05

• Aggie article about Annexation April 10^th, 2007

• Aggie editorial April 12^th, 2007
  

• Aggie article March 7^th, 2008

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2005-07-05 02:09:14   This was the project that had somebody shoving somebody else at a public meeting at Emerson Junior High School. —NickSchmalenberger

2008-05-30 00:33:32   I can't seem to find a projected date of completion: does this mean that it's too early to tell, or is it just that they don't want anyone to know? —JoePomidor

2008-05-30 01:48:57   From a 12/19/2007 UC Davis News Service article: "The university is proceeding with plans to build 343 single-family homes and town homes for faculty and staff, and apartment housing for up to 1,980 students in phase one of its West Village development. Groundbreaking for the site, which is west of Highway 113 between Hutchison Drive and Russell Boulevard, is planned for 2008, and the first occupancy could be in late 2009." That sounds extremely optimistic to me, but this is the most recent update I can find online.

—JeremyOgul

2008-05-30 13:29:33   If this project is like any of the other University construction projects, it's about 2-3 years off on its completion date. —JamesSchwab

2009-08-06 21:27:54   From http://westvillage.ucdavis.edu:

When will the new homes be finished?

We anticipate that model homes will be completed in late 2011 or early 2012.

Mr Schwab was right on it seems.

—ARWENNHOLD

2009-08-06 21:35:43   If I had a decent camera I'd take some pictures of the construction. The roundabouts on Hutchinson are well under construction. Its worth a look for someone with a good camera and some free time. —ARWENNHOLD