CHULA VISTA, CA – The City of Chula Vista celebrated the groundbreaking of the first phase of UniverCity. The event highlighted the town’s progress in fulfilling long-standing visions to strengthen higher education, employment and workforce development opportunities and provide a new library.
The development will add state-of-the-art office space and the city’s first new library since 1995. The US$96.4 million first phase of UniverCity is located in the Millenia master-planned community. Of this, US$30 million is funded by the state of California and administered through the State Library.
Local and state elected officials, city leaders and industry partners commemorated the groundbreaking and the 168,000-square-foot Class A building under construction is expected to be completed in the fall of 2025.
A new city library will be the anchor tenant and will provide on-demand services and resources. The event also marks the beginning of the City of Chula Vista and real estate broker CRBE’s acceptance of interest from prospective tenants that will strengthen the local higher education and workforce.
“This is an unparalleled opportunity for higher education and business partners, and for our entire community,” said Mayor John McCann. “Our vision is to provide access to quality higher education and teach the latest and most effective curriculum to generate good-paying jobs in our area.”
The City of Chula Vista has long envisioned bringing additional higher education opportunities to the area to meet the significant need in the South Bay.
The new library will replace a smaller facility at Otay Ranch Town Center. The building marks the beginning of Chula Vista University, which will collectively provide more than 12 million square feet of available development space at three locations in the city.
Two locations are within the Millenia planned community and the third is a 383-acre site at Hunte and Eastlake Parkways. The library, in this first phase, will serve as a versatile community center, providing services and resources to users of all backgrounds and ages. Among the features the city hopes to include are community meeting spaces, a passport office and a business incubator to support small businesses.
Chesnut Properties is the developer of this phase of UniverCity at Chula Vista, along with general contractor McCarthy and architectural firm Gensler. Lee Chesnut, CEO of Chesnut Properties, said he envisions this development changing “the landscape of opportunity on the east side of the city and catapulting the region to become the place where great things will happen for generations to come.”
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