January 27, 2025Updated:March 7, 2025

Aggie Square: Where Collaboration Sparks Innovation

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Aggie Square is a first-of-its-kind innovation district based on the UC Davis Sacramento campus that brings together university research and teaching, industry and the community to create opportunities across the region.

Located at Stockton Boulevard and 3rd Avenue, Aggie Square will be home to research programs, private industry partners, classrooms, student housing and public programs that engage local communities and entrepreneurs. Aggie Square is expected to generate about $500 million in regional economic output and support 3,200 jobs annually when all phases are fully built. At completion, it's expected to be responsible for more than 12,100 construction-related jobs in the region, with an economic impact of $1.9 billion. Statewide, the numbers increase to $2.32 billion and 13,200 jobs.

The Aggie Square Grand Opening Ceremony is planned for May 2, 2025. Aggie Square is a partnership of the University of California, Davis, Wexford Science & Technology and the City of Sacramento.

See the Aggie Square Fact Sheet

The Aggie Square development includes:

1.2 million square feet on 11 acres
5 buildings and 1,500-vehicle parking structure
60% UC Davis and 40% private sector uses including science, technology, data, research and coworking space; offices; meeting rooms; classrooms
190 apartment units (49 operated by UC Davis Student Housing)

Aggie Square Site Plan

Aggie Square's construction is funded by private investment. Wexford Science & Technology is leasing university-owned land to finance, build and manage the Aggie Square buildings. The university and other partners are leasing spaces in the buildings.

Fostering Collaborative Discoveries

Aggie Square leverages UC Davis’ strength as a nationally recognized research community. The innovation district will provide state-of-the-art lab space and large-scale facilities needed to make discoveries not only possible but scalable.

The School of Medicine has a significant presence in Aggie Square, with numerous principal investigators and their research teams and centers conducting collaborative, multidisciplinary research. The medical school’s Aggie Square research themes include:

Neurosciences
Cancer
Surgical Biomedical Engineering
Light-based, artificial intelligence-informed technologies for interventional health care
Cross-cutting themes: musculoskeletal research and enabling technologies

Community health-driven centers and programs at Aggie Square will also expand these technologies' computational and research capabilities. Aggie Square is also anticipated to include space designated and funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand collaborative research programs.

Educational Impact

Aggie Square will enhance educational opportunities for our biomedical and health professions students and clinicians with leading-edge anatomical training capabilities, surgical training and simulation, and continuing education programs.

The Aggie Square Surgical Skills area is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, featuring 40 anatomy instruction tables and nine surgical skills bays. It will serve as an educational space for continuous learning – including robotic surgery – and as a hub for innovative research.

Aggie Square will expand the Office of Medical Education’s Anatomy Lab and Body Donation Program and anchor a microsurgery training hub in the Temporal Bone Lab. Aggie Square is also large enough to accommodate regional conferences and events.

UC Davis Educational Partners

UC Davis educational partners with a presence in Aggie Square include Continuing and Professional Education, Biomedical Engineering, the Graduate School of Management, and the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Quarter at Aggie Square

Quarter at Aggie Square is an immersive program that provides undergraduate students with a quarter-long academic experience centered on societal issues impacting the Sacramento region. Hosted at Aggie Square, students participate in coursework led by UC Davis faculty, complemented by experiential learning through clinical rotations, internships or community-based research.

UC Davis faculty are invited to propose future experiences and UC Davis Health departments are invited to partner with Quarter at Aggie Square. For more information, please contact Dr. Brianne Holden, director of Quarter at Aggie Square.

Community Impact

Commitment to our community is a cornerstone of this project. Aggie Square will create a new kind of campus, where students, faculty, staff, business partners and community members interact, grow and thrive.

$50+ million for affordable housing
5,000 construction jobs
Community Fund provides up to $150,000 annually to community identified priorities

Learn more about Aggie Square's Community Impact

Industry Impact

Approved industry partner and startup companies will have immediate access to state-of-the-art research laboratory spaces, priority and privileged access to research core service laboratories and collaboration opportunities with our current industry partners and with the top ranked scientists at UC Davis.

Wexford Connect Labs

Wexford Connect Labs Sacramento, located at Aggie Square, will comprise more than 50,000 square feet, featuring pre-built and furnished lab, support, and office space with a curated set of amenities, services, and shared equipment for emerging and growth companies, particularly in life sciences, biomedical engineering, technology, and data sciences, among others.

ANOVA Aggie Square Apartments: Leasing Soon

ANOVA Aggie Square, a multi-use residential building at the corner of Stockton Boulevard and 3rd Avenue on the UC Davis Health campus will open in spring 2025. UC Davis students, faculty and staff are invited to join the interest list to lease one of the 141 units offered by GMH Communities, the apartment developer. GMH’s apartments are expected to be ready in spring 2025. UC Davis students, faculty, staff and affiliates will have first priority for these units.

To learn more, go to ANOVA Aggie Square and sign up on the interest form at the bottom of the main page to be notified when pricing and leasing information is available.

“Aggie Square will serve as a collaborative technology and innovation campus that leverages the university’s strengths to become a catalyst for economic change, create jobs for our graduates, and help spur the economic vitality of the broader Sacramento region. It will serve as a model public-private partnership, increasing technology transfer and creating equitable opportunities for residents in the community and region.” —Gary S. May, UC Davis Chancellor