This fall, a community building with a conference room and fitness center will be available for tenants. Other services, such as a child care facility and senior housing, are part of an overall development plan for Sand Hill. These include faculty, university public safety officers and staff, in that order, including postdoctoral fellows, who work at least 30 hours a week. Second-level priority applicants include hospital and clinic employees, medical residents and interns, visiting scholars who are employed by but not paid by the university, and people who work on Stanford lands, such as the shopping center and research park. Any units not filled by these two categories will be rented to the general community.
Rental rates vary according to how applicants are classified.
Employees who work at the shopping center, research park or on Welch Road will pay higher rates. Eligibility for these will be based on the median income for Santa Clara County, according to Sargent. These units will become available in stages as the overall complex opens. We will have to hold a lottery.