Mission Street and BGO have secured resolution to grant planning permission from Oxford City Council for Phase 2 of their development in the West End of Oxford. 

The new-build scheme, known as Fabrica, will provide 180,000 sq ft of prime innovation real estate within a 10 minute walk from Oxford station and city centre. It has been designed to provide full flexibility of wet labs and offices across 5 floors in what will be a next-generation commercial sciences building. 

Artem Korolev, CEO of Mission Street, said: “The decision to grant planning permission for Fabrica is a significant statement for the city of Oxford and for the Mission Street-BGO joint venture. This is the largest commercial Sciences scheme to gain consent in central Oxford and recognises the growing trend towards urban Science. The benefits for future occupiers are clear – proximity to Oxford train station and the city centre provides access to wider talent pools, ability to adopt sustainable travel methods, access to the amenities and cultural offerings of the city centre as well as the key anchors including the University. We’re extremely excited to be at the forefront of this transformation of the West End.”  

The consent coincides with practical completion of neighbouring Inventa, a 65,000 sq ft state of-the-art lab, office and collaboration building, with the two schemes the first to be delivered in Oxford’s West End.

Colin Brown, Development Director of Mission Street, said: “Not only are we delivering a best-in-class science building in a supply starved market, but we are also delivering Oxford’s first Living Wage building and setting new standards in sustainable development for Science buildings.”