Hammersmith & Fulham Leader Cllr Stephen Cowan has announced the formation of a new ‘innovation cluster’ in the borough, known as the Fulham Riverside Life Sciences Precinct.
The new precinct, part of the council’s Upstream London industrial strategy, will be developed in collaboration with Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust and Imperial College London.
The aim is to strengthen the borough’s reputation further as a global economic hotspot, giving residents the best career and life opportunities in the hottest industries of the 21st century.
Cllr Cowan’s announcement was made at the official opening of ARC West London’s new 150,000 sq ft laboratory and tech space development, Refinery, on the Fulham Reach waterfront.
ARC West London will take its place at the heart of the new precinct, which links to Charing Cross Hospital in Fulham Palace Road and extends to the White City Innovation District, where Hammersmith Hospital is based.
Together with the existing Paddington Life Sciences eco-system, the vision is to create a supercluster across West London in line with Imperial’s West Tech Corridor and Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s Upstream London strategy.
The opening of the Refinery on Thursday, March 20, saw the announcement of new partnerships between Imperial Incubator, Imperial NHS Trust, and ARC West London. These will support innovators across AI, life sciences, robotics, and digital industries with lab benches, co-working spaces, cutting-edge facilities, and shared equipment to develop and scale up early-stage concepts.
The partnership with the NHS will facilitate and navigate connections between companies at ARC West London and teams within the NHS to advance collaboration and innovation.
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