Cambridge Facilities and Lab Space - What's New?

Facilities

Richard Dickinson has just completed the conversion of c9,000 sq. ft. of open plan offices to Laboratories at The Works, part of the Unity Campus for the Howard Property Group. This started with a feasibility report to look at installing Biology Laboratories on the first floor. Richard had knowledge of the building as he had already installed two projects for PhoreMost and Summit and generated a generic fit-out which was slightly modified when a Tenant came on board. Read more here.

Future Laboratory Space in the Cambridge Area

The considerable shortage of supply of purpose designed laboratory buildings in and around Cambridge means that landlords are in the process of initiating the development of new laboratories across a number of locations. This situation has arisen because landlords have tended to be reactive rather than proactive in anticipating the property needs of the life science sector.

The table excludes laboratory development projects that do not have detailed planning permission.

Location	Size in sq. ft. (Gross Internal Area)	Description	Programme
Babraham Research Campus B960	40,000 sq. ft.	Fully Fitted flexible laboratories and office space available to let from 5,113 sq. ft. upwards.	Planning permission has been granted. Predicted completion Q1 2024
The Press, Foxton	16,000 sq. ft.	Fully fitted labs in a re-purposed former printing press	Planning permission has been granted. Q3 2023 with second phase of 65,000 sq ft due in summer 2024.
South Cambridge Science Centre, Sawston	136,000 sq. ft.	Available in smaller subunits Landlord development options are shell and core with landlord capital contribution or fitted labs	Planning permission has been granted. Start on site Jun 2023. Shell and Core complete Q4 2024 Fitted labs complete Q1 2025
Building 800 Chesterford Research Park (Sidney Sussex Building)	59,600 sq. ft.	Speculative new purpose designed lab building over three floors. Landlord providing a fitted base build generic lab specification. Individual lab modules range from 2,128 sq. ft. to 3,296 sq. ft. and multiples thereof	Planning permission has been granted. Predicted completion in Q4 2024
Unity Campus Pampisford	Three lab buildings under construction: Building A1 - 32,603 sq. ft. Building A2 - 24,467 sq. ft. Building B - 31,000 sq. ft.	Speculative new purpose designed shell and core lab enabled building. Landlord providing a base build generic lab specification. Tenant to fit out to meet their bespoke needs	Planning permission has been granted. Programme suggests the first building being completed in Q3 2023 and final building in Q1 2024
One Granta Park	120,000 sq. ft.	Speculative new purpose designed lab building over four floors. Landlord providing a base build generic lab specification. Tenant to fit out to meet their bespoke needs.	Planning permission has been granted. Work on site commencing April 2023 Completion of the shell and core option with a 60 week construction
Granta Park Zone 2 Phase 1(F)	85,000 sq. ft.	Speculative sub-divisible new purpose designed lab building. Landlord providing a base build generic lab specification. Tenant to fit out to meet their bespoke needs	Planning permission has been granted. Work on site has not yet commenced.
Granta Park Zone 2 Phase 1 (H)	56,000 sq. ft.	Speculative sub-divisible new purpose designed lab building. Landlord providing a base build generic lab specification Tenant to fit out to meet	Planning permission has been granted. Work on site has not yet commenced.
316 Cambridge Science Park	Circa 19,000 sq. ft.	Two storey purpose designed lab building completed in 1998. Landlord providing a fitted lab and office. Lab and office split is 50/50	Q2 2024 is reported.
1000 Discovery Drive, Cambridge Biomedical Campus	103,000 sq. ft.	Five-storey multi-occupancy building of 5,000 to 20,000 sq.ft. subdivisions. Lab and office split is 50/50	Work started June 2022 and reported to be finished in Q4 2023

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