Planners approve £100m Cambridge Discovery Campus
Development of Cambridge Discovery Campus will go ahead after the scheme was approved by the council.
The move comes after plans for the redevelopment of the former Bayer Crop Science Facility were lodged in August last year.
Property investment and development company Bridgemere, in partnership with Foundation Capital Ventures, will bring forward 343,000 sq ft of science and innovation space on 50-acre site two miles south of Cambridge city centre. The facility is expected to cater to small to medium-sized life sciences occupiers.
Development of Cambridge Discovery Campus will go ahead after the scheme was approved by the council.
The move comes after plans for the redevelopment of the former Bayer Crop Science Facility were lodged in August last year.
Property investment and development company Bridgemere, in partnership with Foundation Capital Ventures, will bring forward 343,000 sq ft of science and innovation space on 50-acre site two miles south of Cambridge city centre. The facility is expected to cater to small to medium-sized life sciences occupiers.
The campus will be arranged over six detached, laboratory-enabled buildings. The proposals also include a bespoke amenity building overlooking sports fields to be shared with the local community and a 30-acre country park.
The development is targeting a BREEAM Outstanding rating, making it one of the first fossil fuel-free campuses in Cambridge.
Demolition and remediation works are expected to start shortly ahead of the first phase of development, which will deliver the first of the six laboratory-enabled buildings alongside the bespoke amenity facilities.
Will Heath, chief executive of Bridgemere, said: “We are able to make our own contribution to the future success of the life sciences sector in Cambridge via the provision of research and development buildings within a campus that not only supports the health innovations of tomorrow but also contributes positively to the local community and surrounding area with additional amenity and green space for everyone to enjoy.”
Rob Sadler, a partner at Foundation Capital Ventures, added: “The accessibility of Cambridge Discovery Campus to other notable life sciences R&D locations – the closest being Cambridge Biomedical Campus, accessible in minutes by road – makes it perhaps the most strategically important new campus in the cluster.”
Guy Kaddish, planning partner at Bidwells, said: “The Cambridge Discovery Park will deliver lab space that is conceptualised to harness the development of small to medium-sized enterprises working within some of Britain’s high-potential industries.”
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