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Construction & development RENDERING COURTESY OF ZGF DEVELOPMENT SPOTLIGHT: AGGIE SQUARE The long-awaited UC Davis development in Sacramento anticipates breaking ground in 2021 BYJENNIFER VON GELDERN The development known as Aggie Square at UC Davis’ Sacramento campus has the potential to benefit the university, the City of Sacramento and the entire region. This collaborative project is planned to be a mixed-use scientific, educational and social hub. It will showcase the specialty of its developer partner, Wexford Science & Technology, known for its partnership with major universities and academic medical centers around the nation in a development model it calls a knowledge community. According to Wexford, a knowledge community is a mixed-use community using discovery, innovation and entrepreneurial activity to create visible outcomes of economic growth, new jobs and community transformation. The model can be lever- 76 comstocksmag.com | August 2020