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Oxford Science Enterprises Enters Agreement with Lothbury to Develop State-of-the-Art R&D Facilities in Oxford City Centre
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OXFORD, England , March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Science Enterprises, the Science Business Builder and preferred investment partner of the University of Oxford , announces it has entered into a joint venture with the Lothbury Property Trust ("Lothbury") to develop high-specification laboratory and office space, for early-stage life science businesses, in the heart of Oxford city centre.
The 30,000 sq ft R&D space is part of a proposed comprehensive £200 million redevelopment of the Clarendon Centre. Led by Lothbury, the redevelopment is expected to begin in 2022, pending the requisite approvals. On completion, expected during 2024, the R&D space will provide an ideal environment for fast-growing life science companies, including those founded by Oxford Science Enterprises. In addition to R&D facilities, plans for the overall 250,000 sq ft site include creating space for student accommodation, offices, retail outlets and restaurants.
In Oxford , demand for laboratory space is approximately ten times greater than existing supply. With more than 100 companies in its portfolio, Oxford Science Enterprises has an ever-increasing requirement for specialist laboratory and office space. The redevelopment of the Clarendon Centre will significantly increase Oxford Science Enterprises' existing 55,000 sq ft footprint in and around Oxford and enhance its ability to provide its companies with the essential facilities needed to grow and thrive.
We are Oxford Science Enterprises, the Science Business Builder. We want to help solve the world's toughest problems for more people, in more places, faster. We do this by transforming world-leading science into world-changing businesses, partnering the best scientists from the world's best university with the best business brains. We grow our companies with care and expertise; in a way that is systematic and scalable. We invest for real-world impact, not only financial returns. And we re-invest proceeds back into the next generation of original research and world-changing businesses.
Our enterprises address problems that affect people in life-changing ways: their health, the availability of food, the survival of the planet. Since 2015, we have received an automatic stake in all Oxford University science spinouts – more than businesses founded by over of Oxford's leading academics. We have taken a leading role in creating and building over of these, adding sq ft of lab & start-up space to support them. Today our businesses are worth over and have created jobs.
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Lothbury Investment Management Limited (LIM) is a UK real estate investment manager with £2 billion assets under management, as at Q4 2021.
Lothbury Property Trust (LPT) is the flagship fund for LIM, providing investors with access to the UK property market. Lothbury Property Trust holds £1.64 billion assets under management and is a balanced property unit trust providing exposure to the UK office, retail, industrial, student accommodation and hotel sectors and is geographically spread across the UK.
The Fund delivers an innovative investment solution through a core/active strategy that comprises a predominantly core portfolio of prime assets to achieve stability of return, combined with active management initiatives to create additional value and an enhanced return for the investor.
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Lothbury Investment Management Limited is authorised & regulated by The Financial Conduct Authority.