New Multi-Occupancy Building in Edinburgh Flagship BioQuarter Completes on Schedule

Work on Scottish Enterpise’s £24 million bio-incubator and multi-occupancy building known as Nine, The BioQuarter, has been completed to shell and core condition.Building first began following a site visit by Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in June 2010.

The Edinburgh BioQuarter is one of Scotland’s flagship life sciences initiatives which brings together world leading research capabilities, an 870-bed teaching hospital and a world-leading clinical imaging centre at Little France on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Nine, the BioQuarter will offer office space and laboratories fitted out to category two standard for growing companies and new spin-outs from Edinburgh BioQuarter’s research and clinical assets.

The ground floor will also provide support facilities for tenants, including shared incubator facilities, meeting rooms and a café.Fit out of the ground floor is under way and will be completed early next year. Two further floors of  accommodation for laboratory and/or office fit-out are available to let immediately.

Scottish Enterprise’s senior director for life sciences, Rhona Allison said: “As we reach the final stages of construction

for this project, we’re positive about the significant development this building represents for Scotland’s entire life sciences sector.”

Nine, the BioQuarter is adjacent to the University of Edinburgh’s Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the University’s Medical School and The Queens Medical Research Institute.

Work on this building has been supportedthrough a £12 million investment from the UK  Strategic Investment Fund and matched funding of £12 million from Scottish Enterprise.