Cal Poly considers building hotel, housing on prime campus farmland

Cal Poly students fight plan to replace lemon groves with hotel, housing, and a conference center

Opposition is growing at California Polytechnic State University over a plan to redevelop nearly 40 acres of campus agricultural land into a hotel-and-conference complex, senior housing, and student residences. Here's what to know A concept prepared for Cal Poly by real estate firm JLL envisions building along Highland Drive on a section of West Campus that includes the lemon grove and other farm areas used in classes. As Mustang News reported, …

Cal Poly considers building hotel, housing on prime campus farmland

Cal Poly is considering converting approximately 50 acres of prime farmland on the west side of its campus into a mixed-use development that could include a hotel, senior housing, and an events center.The land is currently home to orchards and crop fields growing in "class one soil," which the U.S. Department of Agriculture has deemed the highest tier of agricultural land quality."You can't really put a price on this type of land," said Carson S…

Cal Poly to build Kristin Smart memorial on campus

Cal Poly and the Smart family are creating Kristin's Grove, a memorial on campus near Dexter Lawn, to honor the memory of Kristin Smart who disappeared in 1996. The post Cal Poly plans campus memorial honoring Kristin Smart appeared first on Mustang News.