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Bruntwood SciTech

Bruntwood SciTech is the country’s leading developer of city-wide innovation ecosystems, and the largest dedicated property platform for the UK knowledge economy.  Alongside a 50-year track record in the property industry, we bring a wealth of experience in creating and developing strategic partnerships with UK regional cities, universities and NHS Trusts.  

Offering premium office and lab space, a range of scientific services and specialist business support, we are perfectly placed to help companies - particularly those in the science and technology sectors - to form, scale and grow.




  • 11 campuses and 31 city centre innovation hubs

  • 5.2m sq ft of workspace today

  • 2.3m sq ft development pipeline

  • Community of over 1100 companies

Alderley Park
Manchester
Citylabs
Birmingham

Creating innovation ecosystems

A joint venture between Bruntwood, Legal & General and Greater Manchester Pension Fund, Bruntwood SciTech’s unique experience of working in strategic partnership across all sectors drives inclusive, sustainable growth through investment in science and technology infrastructure.

Working in this way also allows us to offer our customers unrivalled access to finance, talent and markets, an extensive clinical, academic and public partner network and a sector-specialist community of more than 1100 companies.

Our locations

From a short-term home for your business to fully-managed workspaces designed from scratch by our in-house design team, from spaces for one person to whole state-of-the-art buildings — we’ve got bespoke workspace that works for you, right across the UK.

Office, lab, coworking, meeting rooms and retail space

Explore workspaces to rent in Manchester — one of the UK's most important tech innovation and commercial cities with the largest office market outside London.

  • Citylabs 4.0, Manchester, Bruntwood SciTech

    Citylabs 4.0

    Hathersage Rd, Manchester City Centre

    • A world-class development located on the NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) campus
    • Unrivalled amenity and on-site car parking and electric vehicle charging
  • Entrance to Base with large BASE sign on exterior

    Base

    Greenheys Lane, Manchester Science Park

    • Office and maker-space development - a hub for​ Industry 4.0
    • A range of amenity including 100GB ultra-fast internet on Manchester's 'The Loop' fibre network
  • The Exchange, Manchester, Bruntwood SciTech

    The Exchange

    New York St, Manchester City Centre

    • Recently transformed interiors and exteriors
    • Communal lounge and 24-hour access
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Office, lab, meeting & events space

  • IB office space

    Office space

    • Flexible leased, managed or serviced office space
    • Contracts from 6 months
    • Design and management service available
  • Alderley Park lab space

    Lab space

    • Biology, chemistry, open access and coworking labs
    • Ready to move into or design to your requirements
    • Specialist scientific and support services available
  • Event at the Bright Building

    Meeting & events space

    • Meeting rooms and event spaces for up 230 people
    • Hourly or full-day bookings
    • Fully equipped with refreshments provided

Business support

Connections to the specialist partnerships and ecosystems science, tech and innovation businesses need to form, scale and grow including access to finance, talent and new markets.

Our challenge-led programmes are ideal for startups and scaleups looking to accelerate innovation at pace.

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  • Access to markets - 66% of businesses benefit from being part of the Bruntwood SciTech network
  • Access to skills and talent - 40% of businesses at a Bruntwood SciTech location have grown employment in the last 12 months
  • Access to finance - 52% of businesses at a Bruntwood SciTech location have grown revenues over the last 12 months
Alderley Park and Citylabs

Celebrating 10 years of Alderley Park and Citylabs

A Decade of Supporting Innovation

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Working in partnership

Bruntwood SciTech proudly works in partnership with a number of UK city councils, universities and NHS Trusts to grow the UK knowledge economy.

  • Manchester city council
  • University of Manchester
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Manchester University NHS
  • University of Birmingham
  • Cheshire east council
  • Oxford Road Corridor Logo
  • Sciontec Liverpool
  • Birmingham Health Partners
  • Aston University
  • Vita
  • Imperial College London logo

Bruntwood SciTech team

The Bruntwood SciTech team has the specialist knowledge and a wealth of experience in masterplanning, developing and managing place-based innovation ecosystems for the science and tech sector.

Bruntwood SciTech shareholder board

  • Image of Kevin Crotty

    Kevin Crotty

    Chief Financial Officer, Bruntwood SciTech and Bruntwood Group

  • Chris Jewel-Clark

    Chris Jewel-Clark

    Direct investments, Legal & General Capital

  •  Lucinda Mitchell

    Lucinda Mitchell

    Investment Director - Urban Regeneration, Legal & General Capital

  • Kevin Etchells

    Principal Investment Manager, Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF)