Evolve Student Housing Project

Evolve Student Housing Project

The project proposes the development of a total of 5,170 student beds in building to be constructed on the Peninsula Site and the University Towers East site, as described below. Project actions would also include vacating an unneeded and excess right-of-way on the campus to support development of the Evolve Peninsula Component. Each of the project components is described below. Peninsula Component The project’s Peninsula Component involves the development of six student residential buildings, including one 9-story building and five buildings up to 13 stories in height, on the 10.57-acre site. The 9-story building would be approximately 144,000 square feet in size and would house approximately 650 student beds available to first-year through senior students. The five 13-story buildings would each be approximately 174,240 square feet and each would house approximately 760 student beds. Collectively, development of the Peninsula Component would accommodate a total of approximately 4,450 student beds. Because development of the Peninsula site would involve demolition of existing buildings on the project site housing a total of 702 existing beds, the Peninsula Component would result in a net increase of approximately 3,748 additional student beds in this location. The proposed Peninsula Component would also include a new two-story amenity building of approximately 15,000 square feet in size that would house dining and other student support uses, as well as interim sports fields area in the southwestern portion of the site. The interim sports fields would be constructed at the same time as Apartment Building 3 and prior to construction of Apartment Building 4 and 5. The interim sports fields time are expected to be in place for approximately one year, potentially more or less, depending on future conditions at that time (e.g., market conditions, university housing needs). Access to the Peninsula Component housing would be provided via 55th Street, which is connected to the larger street system via Canyon Crest Drive, Remington Road, and Montezuma Road. Public vehicular access would terminate at the main entry to the project site, which would feature a turnaround for pick-ups, drop-offs, and ridesharing. Project implementation would remove 3 accessible, 260 standard, and 15 van parking stalls (totaling 278 parking stalls) from the project site, and would create approximately 5 staff parking spaces, 5 short-term parking space, five ADA accessible stalls, several parking spaces for short-term rental ZipCars, and two 16-foot truck spaces and short-term parking for deliveries and brief visits. Parking for student residents with vehicles would not be provided on-site, but rather would be provided in existing SDSU parking lots and structures. A proposed perimeter road would encircle the proposed development, to which access would be limited to students with micro-mobility devices, utility/service providers, and emergency vehicles. University Towers East Component The proposed University Towers East Component of the Evolve project would be constructed on the site of an existing and would construct a single 9-story building on the 1.1-acre site The building would be approximately 133,200 square feet in size and would accommodate approximately 720 student beds reserved for first-year students only. The proposed building would be designed in a horseshoe-shaped layout with a central courtyard plaza. Project implementation would remove a total of 5 accessible, 140 standard, and 1 van parking stalls (totaling 146 parking stalls) from the Project site and would create 5 staff parking spaces, one ADA accessible space, and several ZipCar spaces at the southwest corner of the Project site, south of the existing University Towers Building and along Mary Lane Alley. An existing fire access lane exists between the existing University Towers building and the proposed building that provides fire department access to a standpipe along the eastern side of the existing University Towers building. This fire access lane may be removed pending approval from the City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. In addition, development of the University Towers East Component would also include a 26-foot minimum fire lane along the alley south of the proposed new building and an additional fire lane located along nearby Montezuma Road. Excess Public Right of Way – Summary Vacation The Evolve Student Housing project site and other portions of the San Diego State University campus are encumbered by an easement and right-of-way for public highway purposes created when a large parcel of land was transferred to the State of California. The right-of-way is not consistent with the San Diego State University Master Plan, including the proposed revisions in connection with the Evolve Student Housing project, and is impassable for vehicle travel in major sections and not required for public right-of-way purposes. It has been superseded by the existing street network on the San Diego State University campus and in the surrounding neighborhood. Relinquishment and vacation of the Right-of-Way would have no impact on existing vehicular and nonvehicular circulation in the affected area. These actions would support the Evolve Student Housing project and existing and future campus improvements and therefore are consistent with the educational mission of San Diego State University and authorized pursuant to Education Code section 66606, which gives the Trustees “full power and responsibility in the construction and development of any state university campus”, and Education Code section 89048, subsection (c), which authorizes the Trustees to “Quitclaim the right, title, and interest of the California State University in and to easements and rights-of-way owned by the California State University which the Trustees determine are no longer needed for California State University purposes”.

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