Bruntwood SciTech invests £60m into new MSP labs

Bruntwood SciTech has revealed its plans to invest £60m for 131,000 sq ft lab space at the Manchester Science Park (MSP). The joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal and General aims to create over 2,500 jobs. The plans represent the third phase of Bruntwood SciTech’s masterplan to grow the campus to 1m sq ft following the completion of its purpose-built Industry 4.0 hub Base in July 2022. If it receives the greenlight the existing Greenheys site will be redeveloped into a six-storey purpose-built lab space designed specifically for scaling life science businesses working in diagnostics, genomics, precision medicine and more. Bruntwood said that the new building will reduce fossil fuel consumption and be 100% electric, have glare and heat gain reduced through its specially designed ‘solar shading’ facade, and include a green wall wrapped around the first two floors to increase biodiversity and improve air quality. Further energy efficiency will be gained through carefully designed and responsively-controlled Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems used to safely manage the extraction of fumes and particulates from laboratory environments. There will also be a streamlined waste disposal approach for all businesses locating to Greenheys to reduce traffic and transport emissions. The campus is already home to more than 150 fast-growth, large businesses spanning biotech, precision medicine, diagnostics, digital health, cyber security, digital technology, medtech and light manufacturing. The new development is adjacent to the University of Manchester’s main campus. Peter Crowther, property director at Bruntwood SciTech, said: “The future success of the UK life science sector is dependent on its many fast-growing and innovative businesses having access to the infrastructure they need, whether that be flexible, specialist workspace or facilitated direct connections into world-class R&D, talent or potential collaboration opportunities with like-minded businesses. “We continue to demonstrate our long term commitment to the places and cities in which we operate, Manchester Science Park being an exemplar of this. Since 2012 we have invested £43m in completing the first two phases of its masterplan, growing the campus from 210,000 to 500,000 sq ft and supporting more than 2,000 people based there everyday, and look forward to commencing with our third phase of redevelopment, at Greenheys.”

Bruntwood SciTech invests £60m into new MSP labs

The joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal and General aims to create over 2,500 jobs

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