Located beside the River Lea in the beautiful and bustling town of Ware in Hertfordshire, Riverlabs is a 440,000 sq ft campus undergoing a phased transformation of existing wet lab space, intelligently upgrading a ready-made location for scale-up life sciences, contract research and manufacturing companies at the most affordable price point in the golden triangle.
Affordable
Superb value for money – the most affordable lab space in the golden triangle.
Accessible
Very accessible location – close to London, Cambridge and Stevenage.
Sustainable
Sustainable low carbon retrofit of purpose-built R&D buildings.
Deliverable
Highly experienced, industry-leading delivery team who understand the needs of life science businesses.
Sustainable retrofit…
that won’t cost the earth.
Riverlabs is a smart upgrade refurbishment of 440,000 sq ft of fit-for-purpose existing lab spaces, enriching what is already there, rather than ripping down and rebuilding. This not only saves thousands of tonnes of carbon it also helps us provide the perfect balance of functional lab space and superb value for money.
Currently Available?
90,255 sq ft of high specification CL2 lab space
Phase 1 of Riverlabs’s redevelopment will provide 90,255 sq ft of CL2/3 lab space over 3 floors with a high base specification facilitating practically any user whether you're a CRO, CDMO, Biotech or Pharmaceutical user. The existing building, built in 2014, will consist of refurbished lab and write-up units from over 4,000 sq ft up to 90,255 sq ft with high spec services such as; Air handling units providing up to 28 air changes per hour, ducted fume cupboard provision and bottled laboratory gases hard piped throughout the buildings.
Accessible…
by all modes of transport.
Riverlabs provides excellent access to London and Cambridge life science clusters – both within a 45 minute radius. It is also just 11 miles from Stevenage Cell and Gene Therapy cluster and approximately equidistant between the A1(M) and M11 motorways. There are also three major international airports, Heathrow, Stansted and Luton all accessible within 1 hour.
Ware…
the life sciences town
Ware is an established life sciences location having been a strategic R&D location for GSK for over 50 years. The town is already home to thousands of research scientists and Hertfordshire as a whole has a significant talent pools to recruit from and is home to 33,847 scientists, 17,924 production operatives and 30,645 laboratory specialists. In addition, Ware offers a wide selection available and affordable housing and an amazing range of local amenities: good schools, lots of independent restaurants, cafes and shops, hotels, green spaces, leisure, sports, gyms and even an outdoor lido.