Specialist science developer Mission Street and real estate investment advisor BGO have secured planning consent for a new commercial science development in Oxford's West End.
Fabrica will provide 16,722 m2 of space for labs and offices, within a 10-minute walk of Oxford Station and the city center.
Designed for adaptability by global architecture firm NBBJ, Fabrica offers full flexibility for wet lab and office configurations across its five floors.
This planning success coincides with the practical completion of Mission Street and BGO's neighboring Inventa building, offering 6,039 m2 of lab, office, and collaboration space.
The scheme marks the largest purpose-built commercial science scheme in central Oxford, with a pipeline of over 185,806 m2 of commercial and university buildings.
Artem Korolev, CEO of Mission Street, said: ‘The decision to grant planning permission for Fabrica is a significant statement for the city of Oxford and the Mission Street-BGO joint venture. This is the largest commercial sciences scheme to gain consent in central Oxford and recognizes the growing trend towards urban science.’
Colin Brown, development director of Mission Street, added: ‘The committee approval is the result of two years of hard work and extensive consultation with the local authority, the public, and wider stakeholders. The team is all very proud of the building design as well as the wider benefits that Fabrica will bring. Not only are we delivering a best-in-class science building in a supply-starved market, but we are also delivering Oxford's first Living Wage building and setting new standards in sustainable development for science buildings.’
Mission Street and BGO are delivering over 139,354 m2 of lab and office space across key UK locations, including the Golden Triangle of Oxford, Cambridge, and London.
CBRE and Bidwells are advising on the leasing.
