The Cabrillo College and UCSC Student Housing Project, which will be named Costa Vista, is historic, as the first California Community College and University of California (UC) student housing collaboration to be located on a community college campus. The 257,000 square-foot, 624-bed project will span three buildings, with 60% of the beds designated for Cabrillo College students and 40% of the beds designated for UCSC students. The Costa Vista Housing Project will include single occupancy, double occupancy, and family units, and will also feature a child care center for its residents. By state statute, rents for all units will be affordable.

The project developer is Greystar, the general contractor is Devcon Construction, the public private partner is Collegiate Housing Foundation, and WRNS Studio is the project architect. Jones Lang LaSalle is the project management firm, and Raymond James is facilitating the sale of the state bonds to finance the project.

The 196 units constitute 160,505 square feet of living spaces in student units. The below is a breakdown of the number of units, beds, bedrooms, and baths in the buildings.

Student Housing Project Childcare Center

The Cabrillo College and the Cabrillo College Foundation are raising $5M in funding to construct a new 5,787 square-foot childcare center as part of its student housing project.

• The Childcare Center will offer subsidized care for approximately 50-64 infants, toddlers, and preschoolers between 6 months and 3 years of age, supporting low-income student parents attending Cabrillo College or UCSC.

• This center will include 3,562 square-foot of classroom space, 2,225 of childcare services, and an outdoor space of at least 3,900 square-feet - all of which meet California regulations for childcare licensing.

• Core components of the program include providing high-quality, full-time childcare with early childhood educational programming, space for outside play, and nutritional food service that offers meals three times per day.

• The new childcare facility will be managed by Community Bridges after a competitive selection process led by the college.

• The center will support employing 12 to 16 professional staff, including a site supervisor, early childcare education specialists trained by the college, a meal prep staff member, and support staff.

The Childcare Center will provide convenient childcare for student parents and workforce development training opportunities in early childcare.

• Low-income student parents will have access to subsidized high quality full-time childcare services - so they can return to college to get skills, degrees, and certificates to access high-quality, higher-paying jobs. It also ensures improved social, economic, and health outcomes for the whole family.

• The college is seeking to have Cabrillo College Early Childhood Education students participate in paid, hands-on teacher experiences that work towards state licensure requirements as an early child care provider.

  • Up to nine (9) associate teachers each year could receive this hands-on training under the supervision of a master teacher.

  • Many of Cabrillo’s Early Childhood Education students are preparing to transfer to obtain teaching certificates and need this experience to prepare them for that advanced education.