UC Davis
The frame of the 14-story UC Davis Medical Center’s California Tower was completed last February. The project, which will add nearly one million square feet of space to the facility, is scheduled for completion in 2030.
ENR West has named the University of California, Davis as the 2026 California Landlord of the Year. The award recognizes the school’s ambitious and extensive capital program that is reshaping its academic and healthcare infrastructure.
At UC Davis Health, the $7.5 billion Vision 2030 program underscores the institution’s commitment to expanding care capacity. Its flagship project, the California Tower, will add substantial inpatient, surgical and imaging capabilities. When completed in 2030, the 14-story building will provide 909,000 gross square feet of new space, including 334 new inpatient beds, patient rooms built as Acuity-adaptable rooms, and ICU and medical/surgical patient rooms.
At its campuses in Davis and Sacramento, the university is advancing a number of large-scale projects aligned with long-term growth, research expansion and student needs. These include the Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation, the Veterinarian Capital Growth Program and a student housing upgrade.
A centerpiece of that effort is the $1.15 billion first phase of Aggie Square, a 25-acre mixed-use innovation district in Sacramento. With most buildings complete, the development will integrate life science laboratories, incubator space, housing, classrooms and retail, strengthening ties between university research and private industry.
Further demonstrating the breadth of UC Davis’ capital program, the university this year is opening the $66.4 million Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation, continuing development of student housing to add 1,500 beds over the next five years, and advancing more than $500 million in projects as part of the capital expansion of the Weill School of Veterinary Medicine.
You can read more about UC Davis in the April issue of ENR West.
