- New spaces designed to meet growing need for collaboration and cluster approach to research
- Modern labs and breakout areas will bolster direction of travel for life science industry
- Investment a boost for drug discovery firms, including those combating 传染病
Bruntwood SciTech, the UK’s leading property provider dedicated to the growth of the science and technology sector, 已经发射了86枚,在奥尔德利公园重建了1000平方英尺的实验室, 作为其2.47亿英镑总体规划的一部分.
This £20m lab investment has seen the redevelopment of existing lab spaces to create high-specification biology and chemistry containment level two (CL2) laboratory suites. 关键的设计功能包括撰写, breakout and presentation spaces specifically designed to further inspire collaboration between companies and colleagues, 促进思想的自然碰撞.
Driving the Alderley Park master development plans is Bruntwood SciTech, a joint venture between investor and developer Bruntwood and Legal & General, the UK’s leading developer of innovation districts. Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership has provided £4m to the redevelopment scheme, further cementing Alderley Park as one of the UK’s leading science and technology campuses. The announcement today forms part of the Park’s longer-term masterplan, with plans currently being proposed for an additional 200,000 sq ft of lab space and office space for technology businesses.
Businesses taking advantage of the new facilities are expected to come from specialist areas such as: 药物发现和开发, 肿瘤学, 传染病, 先进的治疗药品和诊断. The Park’s offering is bolstered by access to specialist scientific services as well as Bruntwood SciTech’s wider network of innovators and business support programmes, including the Alderley Park Accelerator which supports start-up and scale-up companies to establish and grow through mentoring, 在进入新市场时提供资金支持和建议.
奥尔德利公园已经有250多家公司. Its business community includes the likes of Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute team and Sai Life Sciences, 以及BivictriX和ApconiX等中小企业, providers of specialist services for the pharmaceutical, 生物科技及诊断界别.
·麦凯, 生命科学主任, Bruntwood SciTech, said: “The life sciences sector is witnessing rapid and continued growth in the North West and the creation of these pioneering workspaces speaks to that demand. Our newly redeveloped laboratories are a step change from traditional lab environments as the industry sees a shift towards an ecosystem of workspace that offers opportunities for young, innovative companies to collaborate alongside sectoral leaders. Alderley Park's latest injection of high quality biology and chemistry labs will further facilitate this.
“Alderley Park is already a world-leading campus for science and technology and a key location for the North’s thriving life sciences sector. Investing in its future will keep this facility - and its businesses - at the forefront of regional, 国内和国际创新.”
菲利普·考克斯, Chief Executive of Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership said: “We are continuing to grow and enhance Cheshire and Warrington’s reputation in the life sciences sector and Alderley Park is a key part of our ambitions.
“We recently launched the GMC Life Sciences Fund by Praetura, allowing us to invest in innovative companies in the region. Alongside key developments within Alderley Park’s Mereside life science campus this means that life sciences will continue to flourish in Cheshire and Warrington and the wider region.”
Fairhursts Design Group acted as lead architect on the project and oversaw the bespoke refurbishment of the reception area. Alderley Park’s new biology and chemistry laboratory suites range from 2.5公里平方.Ft - 11.2 k平方.ft. 项目一期(36K平方英尺)现已完成, with phase two (50k sq ft) due to complete in August 2022.
