丹尼尔·威尔逊

2023年10月4日

新博彩平台的教职员工很快就能住在离校园更近的地方。 更近了。

Nine Ten Place – currently under construction across the Guy West Bridge at 910 University Ave. – is a new apartment building exclusively for incoming faculty and staff that will assist them as they transition to the 萨克拉门托 region and give them time to find more permanent housing.

该项目计划于2024年夏季开放，标志着Sac州立大学首次为教职员工提供住房。

The University hopes that commitment – and the proximity to campus – will help it recruit a more diverse pool of highly qualified job candidates.

“What we want to provide is a personalized experience for faculty and a platform where our faculty are fully immersed to our campus,” said Carlos Nevarez, interim provost and vice president of 学术事务. “We're taking the initiative to appropriate campus housing for faculty, staff, and their families. This housing project is trend-setting in that we are setting precedence to incentivize prospective faculty to join our campus community.”

几年来，建设教职员工住房一直是大学的目标。 University Enterprises, 公司。 (UEI), 囊状态’s business auxiliary, purchased the 1.06-acre project site for $1.925 million in 2018 following discussions about the need for such housing among then-UEI Executive Director Jim Reinhart, then-President Robert S. Nelsen, and UEI’s Board of Directors.

“This has been a long time coming in terms of the fact that the discussions were held back in 2017,” said UEI Director of Retail and Marketing Services Angela Rader, who added that the pandemic and other factors delayed the start of construction. “It is nice to see this really come to fruition.”

该项目的一个关键方面是在困难的住房市场提供负担能力。 UEI和一家第三方公司将管理该物业，并提供比市场价低10%左右的租金。

“I’m excited about better supporting our incoming faculty and staff that may feel overwhelmed in moving to this region, particularly at a time when we continue to see rising living costs,” said Tania Nunez, a project manager for 囊状态’s Facilities Management, which has collaborated with UEI on various aspects of the project.

故事继续下图。

这栋三层楼的建筑将设有16间一居室和14间两居室，每间都配备了洗衣机和烘干机以及单元内的主要电器。 建筑设施将包括自行车架和停车场，一个收发室，以及额外收费的额外存储。 租期可以为六个月到一年，如果需要，还可以选择再租一年。

“The goal is to be able to cycle different faculty and staff through the apartments so that we can help them with that housing once they secure employment at 囊状态,” said Patrice Griffith, director of Real Estate Services for UEI.

The $17 million project is funded by state revenue bonds through the CSU Chancellor’s Office and UEI reserve funds.

Nevarez说，许多因素，包括来自私营部门和其他教育机构的竞争，使得招聘多样化和高素质的教职员工具有挑战性。 Nine Ten Place项目将消除一个传统上使一些候选人无法接受Sac州立大学工作的障碍。

“It happens more often than you would like it to happen,” Nevarez said. “We’ve got to be very savvy and strategic, and innovative with how to enhance a hiring package to have a chance, but it’s difficult to do. This housing project will definitely serve as an incentive to attract (people to) these hard-to-fill disciplines.”

UEI Executive Director John Melikian said that in addition to helping new faculty and staff transition to living and working in the region, University officials hope the project’s location will also boost recruitment.

“Having the housing near campus further aids in the attractiveness of working for 萨克拉门托 State,” he said. “住房 can be a difficult market to penetrate, especially if you're from out of state. This would be a means to help bridge that gap.”

It’s not just employees who will enjoy the perks of living close to campus, Melikian added. 学生和其他人将受益于教职员工的近距离接触和更多地参与大学生活。

“We believe that this will be a fine project that offers residents a unique opportunity to walk or bike back and forth to work, which enhances the employment and living conditions overall,” he said. “We believe this has a full-circle benefit to not only the University but to the local community.”