UCLA Research Park
UCLA acquired L.A.’s former Westside Pavilion to transform an empty shopping center into a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary research and innovation hub.
The proposed Project involves the development and operation of a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary research and innovation hub, referred to as UCLA Research Park, located on the site occupied by the Westside Pavilion shopping center. The approximately 9.3-acre Project site includes Research Park East, located at 10800 W. Pico Boulevard, and Research Park West, located at 10850 W. Pico Boulevard, approximately two miles from the UCLA main campus in the City of Los Angeles. The Project involves adaptive reuse of approximately 744,400 gross square feet (GSF) of existing occupiable floor area within Research Park East and West via interior improvements to the existing buildings and limited new construction to provide over 800,000 GSF of scientific program space with approximately 29,000 square feet of open space and outdoor amenity areas and approximately 1,100 parking spaces on-site, for a total of up to approximately 1.35 million GSF of research park uses. Anchor tenants will include the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy (CIII) and the UCLA Quantum Innovation Hub (QIH), with space allocated to the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) and future UCLA tenants and non-UCLA partners.
The Project includes phased development of all necessary building shell and core improvements, seismic improvements, essential infrastructure upgrades, interior tenant improvements, and site improvements necessary to accommodate the anticipated tenants and research activities. The full program also includes the conversion of some areas of subterranean parking to usable floor area in order to create vibration-sensitive laboratories; new construction in limited areas of the Project site to provide necessary support functions; a new pedestrian paseo from Pico Boulevard through the Research Park East building; and modifications to the building façades, primarily at Research Park West. The Project will achieve a minimum LEED BD+C Gold rating. Construction will occur in phases beginning in 2026 through approximately 2035, with the Research Park East core and shell improvements and Block 1 tenant improvements comprising Phase 1 and occupancy anticipated to begin in late 2027.