Construction on the first phase of Generation Park's 45-acre master-planned biomanufacturing campus—dubbed BioHub Two—will begin once McCord Development secures prospective tenants, officials announced in an Aug. 1 news release.
Located at 250 Assay St., Houston, Generation Park is a 4,300-acre master-planned community that houses campuses for San Jacinto College and Lone Star College.
According to the release, the first phase of BioHub Two includes a 500,000-square-foot facility that comprises goods manufacturing practice space, labs and offices.
Officials noted BioHub Two is following the development of the upcoming San Jacinto College Biotech Training Center at Generation Park. The college is partnering with the National Institute of Biotechnology Research and Training to create a biomanufacturing workforce institute that will be housed within a multifunctional facility equipped with industrial bioprocessing equipment.
McCord Development President Ryan McCord said the company is focused on developing Houston’s biomanufacturing offerings at Generation Park due to its strategic location between the Port of Houston and George Bush Intercontinental Airport, its proximity to the Texas Medical Center, and its available land for expansion.
“Houston’s high concentration of life-sciences employment, healthy funding landscape, access to the Texas’ $6 billion [Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas] grant fund, and commitment to translational research is making it one of the country’s fastest-growing life science ecosystems,” McCord said in a statement.
According to a 2022 study from economic development organization Greater Houston Partnership, Houston consistently ranks as a top-15 market for life sciences employment nationwide and first in Texas.
Additionally, the study identified Houston as a prime hub for cell and gene therapy research, development and manufacturing, cancer-focused molecular diagnostics, and biologics drug development and manufacturing.
Houston employs 26,000 workers in the life sciences industry and has more than 5,000 active clinical trials, per the report.
McCord Development officials said BioHub Two’s 45 acres can be subdivided to accommodate the full spectrum of life science uses, including small- and large-scale manufacturing needs.
For more information, visit www.generationpark.com/lifescience or call John Flournoy, senior director of sales and leasing at McCord Development, at 713-860-3018.
