Purpose Built Life Science Lab/Office Building
Located at UBC Tech District
2425 Health Science Mall
Vancouver BC
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The UBC Tech District is a place for the next generation of brilliant minds and bright ideas. These purpose-built lab and office spaces power collaboration and innovation, creating a connective tissue between UBC Point Grey and Vancouver's fast-accelerating tech community. Here, breakthrough concepts come to realize their true potential.
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The Opportunity
A dedicated space for the brightest minds to fulfill the brightest ideas.
Join Vancouver's new epicentre of research and innovation at TEF4, UBC Properties Trust's latest offering, in the celebrated UBC Tech District. Rooted in UBC Point Grey campus in Vancouver, TEF4 boasts access to an enviable international talent pool, tremendous transit access, and a campus that's teeming with urban amenities and natural beauty.
UBC Tech District
An opportunity to connect to UBC’s community of students and researchers, with the broader tech and innovation community.
The UBC Tech District consists of four buildings in the heart of the breathtaking, well-appointed UBC Point Grey campus. With over 400,000 SF of leasable area, including over 106,000 SF of fully lab-capable space, this is one of Vancouver's top-ranking locations for the next era of high-tech office, lab research, and future-forward innovation.
The Building
TEF4 at UBC Tech District promises to provide a space to reflect, refresh and realize the biggest ideas and inspire all to achieve their best.
TEF4 at UBC Tech District was designed by the venerated Acton Ostry Architects. The building is steeped in the modern idiom, with a timeless clarity - TEF4 is a perfect example of the firm's eloquence and innovation in built forms. The 12-storey structure forms an elegant vantage point for panoramic views of the Georgia Strait, North Shore mountains and the lush university campus all around it.
| Space Available | |
|---|---|
| Commercial (L1) | 4,791 SF |
| Office (L1) | 3,809 SF |
| Office (L2 - L4) | 57,699 SF (19,200 SF/Level) |
| Office (L5 - L6) | 35,557 SF (17,779 SF/Level) |
| Wet Lab (L7 - L12) | 106,716 SF (17,786 SF/Level) |
| Availability | Ready for fixturing Q4 2024 |
| Rents | Please contact listing agents. CBRE for office & lab Sitings for commercial retail |
| Additional Rent | $18.00 PSF (2024 est.) |
| Parking | 1 stall per 2,500 SF, at market rates possibly only for office tenants |
| Uses | Retail, Food, Office on L1 Research, Laboratory, Life Science and General Office L2-L12 |
| Improvement Allowance | Market inducement available - contact listing agents |
| Delivery of Premises | Base Building, ready for tenant improvements |
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| Space Available | |
|---|---|
| Commercial Retail | 4,791 SF |
| Office | 97,026 SF |
| Wet Lab | 106,716 SF |
| Floor | Size | Availability | Download PDF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Commercial Retail Unit) | 4,791 SF | Available | Floor 1 (Commercial Retail Unit) |
| 1 (Office) | 3,809 SF | Available | Floor 1 (Office) |
| 2 | 19,220 SF | Available | Floor 2 |
| 3 | 19,220 SF | Available | Floor 3 |
| 4 | 19,220 SF | Available | Floor 4 |
| 5 | 17,779 SF | Available | Floor 5 |
| 6 | 17,779 SF | Available | Floor 6 |
| 7 | 17,786 SF | Available | Floor 7 |
| 8 | 17,786 SF | Available | Floor 8 |
| 9 | 17,786 SF | Available | Floor 9 |
| 10 | 17,786 SF | Available | Floor 10 |
| 11 | 17,786 SF | Available | Floor 11 |
| 12 | 17,786 SF | Available | Floor 12 |
Building Amenities
Unparalleled Views
Views of the unique Point Grey Peninsula, with Vancouver Island, the North Shore mountains and vast ocean views to inspire new thinking.
Life Sciences
Fully lab capable space to meet the needs of today’s leading Life Science and research companies.
Fitness Facility
Modern fitness facility designed for all types of movement and wellness.
Meeting Room
Meeting room access to TEF building on bookable basis.
End-of-Trip Facility for Cyclists
A curated facility for cyclists, with a modern shower, lockers, dryers, 5 showers per side, and change room facilities.
Adaptive Tenant Lounge
A large multi-purpose tenant lounge, designed for large and small gatherings, to inspire creative conversations.
Ground Floor Garden Patio & Mews
A lush garden style mews, with large glass canopy creating an extension of the Tenant Lounge for lunch, outdoor meetings and private events.
Restaurant & Retail
A full complement of food and beverage services retailers for an enhanced experience at UBC Tech District.
Secure Bike Storage up to 120 Bikes
Intentionally designed, easily accessible, finished bike room with EV charging, repair and maintenance station and lockers.
An Academic Neighbourhood
Short steps from UBC’s Engineering, Medical and Computer Sciences precincts – and some of the best research and technical minds.
Pacific Spirit Regional Park
A short walk or bike ride from 874 hectares of refreshing forest and beachside trails at Pacific Spirit Regional Park.
Proximity to Beaches
Choose from Tower Beach, Acadia Beach, Wreck Beach and Spanish Banks, all within walking distance.
UBC Recreational Facilities
Championship-calibre recreational activities at your doorstep from swimming pools to sports fields to tennis courts.
UBC Tech District
An intentional, intelligent enclave of office/lab-capable buildings that suit a wide range of tenants in research, tech, and innovation.
Top Global Talent
Connect with UBC’s profoundly talented community, comprised of thousands of undergraduate, graduate and postdoc students and researchers in a vast array of next-gen disciplines.
The Location
An oasis at your doorstep
TEF4 is located on the incomparable UBC Point Grey campus. This acclaimed university environment is a complete, progressive community, with a full complement of food, retail, and services. It also boasts some of the region's finest cultural venues, and amenity options including colourful botanical gardens, lush rainforest trails, iconic West Coast beaches, and a full range of varsity-calibre athletic facilities - all within walking distance.
Neighbourhood Amenities
Getting Around
Easily accessible by car, transit or bike.
TEF4 is a quick 5-minute walk from the main UBC transit exchange allowing for a seamless connection from the Skytrain Canada line via the Broadway B-Line express bus. The highly anticipated Broadway Skytrain Extension will bring rapid transit from VCC-Clark to Arbutus, and is expected to complete in 2025. Numerous bike routes weave throughout the campus, making this a leading cycling-friendly experience. The campus is surrounded by the legendary forest of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, providing a hit of natural wonder at the start and finish of every commute. UBC Point Grey Campus is easily accessed from five main Vancouver arteries: 4th Avenue, Broadway, 16th Avenue, SW and NW Marine Drive.
UBC Talent
The UBC community is an incubator for the finest talent in the region – from internships to new graduates to professors there is opportunity for early access to top talent.
UBC, recognised as a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranks among the top 5% of universities in the world - with a talent pool to match. With an average of over 45,000 undergraduate students, 10,000 graduate students, and 900 postdoctoral fellows in and around campus, UBC and its contingent community is a wellspring of leading-edge specialized talent - all within minutes of UBC Tech District.
As a top-40 research intensive university, UBC sees $669 million in research funding through 9,544 projects, in an enormous range of fields. More than 1,300 of these research projects are with industry partners. Here, the finest scholars on earth converge in one of the world’s most liveable cities - ready to work for a brighter future.