Contact: Aaron Lambert

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SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly Partners recently acquired 120 housing units in the newly constructed Harvest Lofts located within the San Luis Ranch master-planned community.

The units, located near Laguna Lake, off Madonna Road, will be available for rent to faculty and staff to provide a reliable, hassle-free housing solution for new and current Cal Poly faculty and staff.

“This is a great opportunity to support our faculty and staff as well as the community that they live in,” Cal Poly Partners CEO Cody VanDorn said. “Whether they are transitioning into new role on campus or have been at Cal Poly and in the community for years, Harvest Lofts will be a supportive and conducive environment for their professional and personal growth.”

Just four miles from Cal Poly, Harvest Lofts offer four distinct floor plans, from studio to one-bedroom apartments.

Available units include:

• 407-square-foot studio with a bath and deck.
• 436-square-foot one bedroom, one bath with a deck
• 403- to 407-square-foot one bedroom, one bath with a deck
• 514- to 516-square-foot, one bedroom, one bath with a deck

The Harvest Lofts neighborhood is served by existing transit and dedicated bicycle lanes offering a multi-modal access to campus.

San Luis Ranch is a new neighborhood in San Luis Obispo that includes a mix of residential, commercial, and office uses surrounded by areas of open space and agriculture near Laguna Lake Park and Open Space.

“For years the cost and availability of housing has been a huge challenge for our faculty and staff, and this is the next phase in a planned approach aimed at addressing that,” VanDorn said.

This is the most recent addition to Cal Poly Partners’ portfolio of faculty and staff housing. In 2006 Cal Poly Partners opened the 69-unit Bella Montaña community near the Highland Drive campus entrance, and this past July it broke ground on Vista Meadows, a 33-single-family-home neighborhood at the Grand Avenue campus entrance. 

With over 1,000 units of demand, access to attainable housing is consistently cited as a major hurdle in hiring and retaining new faculty and staff members. Cal Poly Partners, alongside the university, is developing attainable housing program for campus community members.

Work is also underway to remove some of the obstacles to homeownership that have been shared by faculty and staff members.

Most recently, a mortgage assistance program with SESLOC was created to make purchasing homes within Cal Poly Partner communities easier for Cal Poly community members. The program removes down payment barriers and the Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) requirement.

About Cal Poly Partners

Cal Poly Partners is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It is 100 percent self-supporting and receives no state funding. Every dollar generated goes back to Cal Poly, providing vital resources to the campus community. The organization exists to enhance the Cal Poly experience by providing delicious dining options, facilitating Learn by Doing enterprises, supporting cutting-edge research, offering affordable course materials and spirit gear, and delivering faculty and staff housing.