A rendering shows a proposal for a three-wing building of 624 beds of student housing on Cabrillo College's Aptos campus.

A rendering shows a proposed housing project on Cabrillo College’s Aptos campus. (Cabrillo College)

Last updated: January 2025

Project name: Cabrillo College student housing

Location: Cabrillo College, Aptos.

A sports field off Cabrillo College Drive.

Status

  • A community meeting to describe the project and answer questions will take place 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 at Cabrillo Horticulture Center, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos.
  • A plan set is expected to be submitted to the California Division of the State Architect in April 2025 and construction could start in fall 2025 and finish by fall 2027, said Cabrillo College spokesperson Kristin Fabos. 
  • Cabrillo College trustees on Nov. 4, 2024 selected Greystar Worldwide LLC as the developer and property manager for the project. Greystar has had some problems with tenants on other properties. 

Project description

  • Total units: 271 units were proposed in a 2023 student housing feasibility study. 
  • Below-market-rate units: All the units are expected to be rented below market rate to students of Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz
  • Height: Four or five stories, Wetstein said in October 2024.
  • Details: The 2023 document describes a building with three wings, 271 housing units and 624 beds. No new parking spaces were proposed. 

“Depending on which developer we go with, there will be between 20 and 25 family units for students with children,” Wetstein said in October 2024. “There will also be a child care center included in the construction costs as well, so about 50 kids ranging from infants to toddlers could be at the on-site center,” he said.

A map of the soccer fields and surrounding area where proposed student housing project with more than 600 beds for Cabrillo College and UCSC students could be built.

A Cabrillo College housing proposal near Cabrillo College Drive could include a child care center. (Cabrillo College/Jones Lang LaSalle IP Inc.)

A rendering of a proposed student housing project for Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz students.

A sketch from 2023 shows a four-story student housing complex proposed near the athletic fields at Cabrillo College. (Cabrillo College/Jones Lang LaSalle IP)

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