LAI Golden Gate Tour & Happy Hour - UC Law SF

Thursday, January 18, from 3:30PM - 6:00PM

Join LAI Golden Gate Chapter for a tour of UC Law San Francisco’s newest addition to the Academic Village, 198 McAllister Street, at 3:30 pm on Thursday, January 18, 2024. Meet us afterward for happy hour at 5:00 pm at Chambers, 601 Eddy Street.

3:30 pm - Tour - 198 McAllister Street  

5:00 pm - Happy Hour at Chambers, 601 Eddy Street.

UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) completed the second phase of its Academic Village plan, having successfully constructed a 14-story, campus housing and mixed-use complex at 198 McAllister Street which opened in August 2023. With 356,000 square feet, the new building includes academic and retail space plus 656-units of housing for students and trainees from UC Law, the University of California, San Francisco, and other institutions of higher education in the Bay Area. The developer for the project was Greystar, the architect was Perkins & Will, with Build Group serving as the general contractor. 

This project completes the second phase of UC Law’s long-range plan to transform its two-block campus into a vibrant Academic Village at the nexus of San Francisco’s Civic Center, Mid-Market, and Tenderloin neighborhoods. The first phase concluded in 2020 with completion of the Cotchett Law Center at 333 Golden Gate Avenue. The college’s first new academic building in 40 years, it was designed to Platinum LEED standards with six stories and 57,000 square feet of smart classrooms, offices, and a Sky Deck overlooking City Hall.

Tour will be led by David Seward:

 Since 1994, David Seward has served as the Chief Financial Officer of UC College of the Law, San Francisco where he is responsible for financial and business management functions, state intergovernmental relations, risk, investment and real estate management.  He also oversees the development and implementation of the school's Long Range Campus Plan and its strategic centerpiece, the development of an Academic Village, providing a platform for shared campus housing and academic functionality.

And Rhiannon Bailard:

Rhiannon Bailard is a veteran administrator in higher education, having served at three different institutions of higher education over twenty years. As the UC Law San Francisco Chief Operating Officer, Rhiannon oversees construction, facilities, sustainability, safety and emergency preparedness, retail, events, space allocation, and housing. Her most recent accomplishment was opening the Academe at 198 on August 3, 2023. This mixed-use campus housing project successfully realized the College’s Academic Village vision by providing 656 residential units to house residents from multiple institutions of higher education including UC Law San Francisco, UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, University of the Pacific Dugoni School, and University of San Francisco.