Plans are now fully underway for the development of a two-story life sciences and technology building in Boulder that will provide working space for biotech companies.
The project, as envisioned by the Conscience Bay Company, a real estate investment and development firm, will replace a one-story existing structure at 3825 Walnut Street in an area of mostly office and warehouse facilities.
Sitting on a just over 5-acre site, what is being called the Ridgeway Science & Tech will be built to attain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification and will uniquely include a solar canopy shading a parking lot, as well as a rain and pollinator garden.
Project designer is Stantec, a global design firm based in Edmonton, Canada.
According to Conscience Bay officials, the new Boulder project is intended to respond to a fast-growing need for more life sciences research and development and laboratory space, particularly in the booming north central part of Colorado.
Conscience Bay, based in Boulder, specializes in both office and industrial projects, as well as farm and ranch development.
A site review plan for the Walnut Street project is scheduled to be submitted to the City of Boulder by next spring, with actual construction starting by the summer of 2024.
By Garry Boulard
