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Granta Park

Granta Park is Cambridge ’ s leading life science research park and extends over 120 acres in total . It is a low-density research park , located at the heart of Europe ’ s strongest and most dynamic cluster of life science and technology-based companies . Many of these companies were founded to commercialise research that was spun out of the UK ’ s top-ranked University of Cambridge , which is located six miles away .
Location Great Abington Cambridge CB21 6GP
Contact details Douglass Cuff Estate Director T : 01223 893710 E : doug . cuff @ biomedrealty . com www . grantapark . co . uk
Granta Park ’ s two owners work together to provide a seamless property service . BioMed Realty , based in San Diego , California , is the world ’ s leading REIT that specialises in life science real estate . It has invested over $ 5bn in state-of-the-art life science research facilities totalling over 18m sq ft in the US and UK ’ s core life science markets . TWI is a research institute owned by its industrial members and operates on a not-for-profit basis . It purchased the site in 1946 , and founded Granta Park as an open research campus in 1996 . Its own operational estate , with 250,000 sq ft of offices and labs , includes the UK ’ s first postgraduate Structural Integrity Research Institute , which TWI founded in collaboration with Cambridge , Manchester , and Brunel Universities .
The Development Granta Park , with B1b planning consent , has been developed exclusively for hightech companies involved in research and development . Current occupiers include Illumina , Vernalis , Gilead , MedImmune , Pfizer , PPD , One Nucleus , CRUK , and Lonza . Granta Park has grown to 1m sq ft of laboratory and office space , with 2,500 people working on the Park each day .
Planning consent for a further 435,000 sq ft was achieved for Granta Park Phase II in December 2015 . The multi-occupancy Riverside Development of 68,000 sq ft was completed in January 2009 , offering start-up space for small and mediumsized companies . Work has started on a new 155,000 sq ft scientific research building for Illumina ’ s new EMEA HQ .
Due for completion towards the end of 2017 is our new 40,000 sq ft Amenities Building , with a swimming pool , squash courts , tennis courts , exercise studios , a state-of-the-art gym , and a cafeteria . Existing amenities include a conference centre , nursery , gym , restaurant , and café .
The Cambridge Sub-region Granta Park is located in the Cambridge sub-region , six miles from the city centre . The proximity of Cambridge University , the Laboratory of Molecular Biology , the Human Genome Project and Addenbrooke ’ s Hospital offers a vibrant skills pool of people with the experience needed by high-growth companies , excellent networking opportunities enabling access to expertise and facilities , business opportunities with more venture capitalist activity than any other region in