Investment sites

GRID is a geographical area dotted with physical spaces tailor-made for innovation and enterprise. Some are developed, some are being realised and some have potential for great things. From the historic campus of the University of Glasgow to the sites of former heavy industry on the Clyde, land and buildings are being repurposed and re-invented for new industries.

That process has begun in Govan around the health innovation cluster centred on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The nearby flagship Health Innovation Hub is sited where Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd once built ships for clients around the world.

New partnerships are being forged across GRID and opportunities to create spaces and places for people to work and create will continue to evolve. The idea is that new cultural spaces will merge with areas of new industry and innovation.

Meanwhile, the University continues with its ambitious campus redevelopment at the site of the former Western Infirmary at Gilmorehill. Great spaces have been created at the Advanced Research Centre and the Adam Smith Business School. The next phases will see further innovation hubs added to the portfolio of laboratories and office suites that have been developed with partners.

Where we are shaping the future

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is one of Europe’s largest acute hospitals, and one of the University's key partners. GRID envisages a ‘quadruple helix’ of activity centred on the Clinical Innovation Zone at the hospital that brings together the University, industry, the NHS and the communities we serve in Glasgow to grow a cluster of life sciences, MedTech and Precision Medicine for Glasgow.

Health Innovation Hub

A flagship investment within Glasgow Riverside Innovation District (GRID) which will be home to commercial businesses as well as the University of Glasgow-led Living Laboratory for Precision Medicine – an internationally leading programme supported by UKRI Strength in Places Funding, which is focused on translating cutting edge research and healthcare innovation into a real-world clinical setting.

A venture between University of Glasgow and Kadans Science Partner, and supported by Scottish Enterprise, work on the new Health Innovation Hub is due for completion in summer 2025.

Church Street Innovation Zone

The Church Street Innovation Zone is a key contribution by the University of Glasgow to the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District, and a key interface with industry.

Situated alongside the Advanced Research Centre, the Innovation Zone will offer collaborative space for industry partners, start-ups and spin-outs to work alongside Glasgow’s world-class academics - a place where ideas, innovators and industry can come together.

University of Glasgow

Outwith the Church Street Innovation Zone, the University of Glasgow is undertaking one of the biggest campus redevelopment projects by any university in the UK.

The new Western Campus between Dumbarton Road and University Avenue has already been transformed by the addition of world-class buildings including the Advanced Research Centre, the Clarice Pears Building and the new Adam Smith Business School. Plans have also been submitted for the seven-storey Keystone building on site of the former Western Infirmary.

Arts and Innovation Riverside Space, AIRSpace

GRID is delighted to be working with our partners at multi-arts venue SWG3 on a shared vision for the city through its cultural and innovation offerings. The University of Glasgow and SWG3 are exploring a strategic partnership that will deliver AIRSpace, a pioneering new arts and innovation quarter by Glasgow’s riverside as part of the wider Glasgow Riverside Innovation District (GRID).

This will serve as an inspirational cluster for academia, industry and the third sector, providing student and mixed multi-generational accommodation alongside state-of-the-art facilities that foster cultural and creative exchange and economic growth. It will represent a major strategic investment in place, innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and talent development in the creative industries for Scotland.

16,400sqm

Proposed Arts and Innovation Riverside Space, AIRSpace

Four-acre site

Church Street Innovation Zone is University's key interface with industry

GRID is a geographical area dotted with physical spaces tailor-made for innovation and enterprise.

Investment opportunities

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