San Luis Obispo · California State University (Cal Poly)
Cal Poly Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Success Center
Village Drive and North Perimeter Road, Cal Poly campus, San Luis Obispo, CA
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Summary
The Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Success Center is a three-story, 36,000-square-foot building at the corner of North Perimeter Road and Village Drive on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo. It will bring career services, counseling, advising and student support programs into one building, with flexible multipurpose rooms, student lounges and outdoor space. The project budget is $69 million, delivered by collaborative design-build with Hensel Phelps as contractor and Miller Hull Partnership as architect, and it is pursuing LEED Gold certification. The naming recognizes a $20 million lead gift from The Wonderful Company, and Associated Students Inc. has committed $9.5 million.
Cal Poly's facilities timeline shows planning in November 2023, preconstruction in April 2024 and construction from September 2025. The university celebrated the groundbreaking on November 13, 2025, marking the start of construction. The facilities page lists the stage as Construction, with occupancy scheduled for October 2027 and acceptance in January 2028, and it carries a construction activity and sidewalk closure notice for North Perimeter Road and Village Drive running from March 21, 2026 to September 27, 2027.
The building is expected to open in fall 2027 according to the university.
Documented scope
- Floor area
- 36,000 square feet, three stories [2]
- Budget
- $69 million [1]
- Team
- Contractor Hensel Phelps; architect Miller Hull Partnership; collaborative design-build; pursuing LEED Gold [1]
Milestones
- Planning phase began (university timeline). [1]
- Preconstruction phase began (university timeline). [1]
- Construction phase began (university timeline). [1]
- Groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction. [2]
- Occupancy scheduled (university timeline; a target, not a completed event). [1]
Dates are shown with the precision the source gives: a month or a year when the record has no exact day.
What changed
- University posted a construction activity and sidewalk closure notice for North Perimeter Road and Village Drive running to September 27, 2027. [1]
- Groundbreaking held; construction under way. [2]
What the records leave open
- The facilities page is undated; its stage and timeline were read on November 5, 2026. Occupancy (October 2027) and acceptance (January 2028) are schedule targets.
- The 2024 announcement described a 25,000-square-foot building; the groundbreaking release gives 36,000 square feet, which is used here.
- Progress since the groundbreaking is evidenced only by the university's construction activity notice for the site; no inspection record was reviewed.
More in San Luis Obispo
Sources
- Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Success Center (Facilities Management and Development project page), Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (checked November 5, 2026) Undated page; stage listed as Construction; timeline and team as quoted.
- Cal Poly Celebrates Groundbreaking of Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Success Center, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (news release), November 13, 2025 (checked November 5, 2026)
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