Edinburgh Technopole
Edinburgh Technopole is a community of thriving companies at all stages of growth and development, with buildings designed with flexibility in mind, offering a range of space options to accommodate office, laboratory and small-scale manufacturing requirements.
Edinburgh Technopole is located within a stunning, historic parkland setting in Midlothian Science Zone and a world-class science and business park, providing services and facilities with a focus on life sciences and related services including technology, electronics, informatics, business, research and consultancy.
Edinburgh Technopole is part of the Pioneer Group, an organisation designed to connect and support a life sciences eco-system offering lab and office space across the UK and Ireland in life science and tech-focused locations. The Group also offer investment, accelerator programmes, scale-up training, and connections to esteemed figures from the world of science and technology.
Current Space Available
Edinburgh Technopole is with 126-acres of parkland on the Bush Estate comprising of six buildings with a selection of office and lab space for rent, including rooms within the striking, Grade A listed Bush House.
Bush House - Serviced Offices
Located in the historic Bush House, a Grade II listed estate home. Suites within the building are available on all-inclusive rental packages, and space can be occupied for periods as short as three months, followed by flexible occupancy options. Serviced offices range from 150 to over 1,500 sq. ft. (13 to 1393 m2).
For immediate occupation, fully serviced office suites from 150 sq ft to
1,844 sq ft.
Broadband connectivity and Direct Dial Telephone
Fully refurbished with quality furnishings
Tea Points/Kitchen Access
Meeting rooms
Fully serviced offices
Secure environment with 24 hour access
Dedicated parking bays
Shower and changing facilities
On site The Kitchen café
The Cottage Suites - Accommodation
The Caretakers Cottage, situated to the rear of Bush House, has been renovated and converted in to guest accommodation, offering three private double ensuite bedrooms with access to a shared lounge and fully-equipped kitchen.
Nestled amid a stunning parkland environment, guests can enjoy a relaxing stay in luxuriously furnished accommodation, set in the peaceful surroundings of the Bush House estate.
The suites are available for overnight and short stay lets exclusively to Edinburgh Technopole tenant occupiers, and other business within the Midlothian Science Zone and their respective guests and visitors.
Prices* per night for accommodation:
Suite One - Sage @ £100 + VAT per night
Suite Two - Stone @ £115 + VAT per night
Suite Three - Terracotta @ £100 + VAT per night
* Please note pricing is subject to change
Development
The Pioneer Building is the collaborative heart of Edinburgh Technopole and this additional space opened in early 2020. With views over the parkland estate, it provides additional amenities to existing and prospective occupiers, creating new office and laboratory buildings, a central café and premier meeting and collaboration facilities.
In total, the masterplan development for Pioneer Edinburgh Technopole will provide an additional 20,000 sq. ft with space available starting at 5,000 sq. ft.
Due to the high demand for additional office and laboratory space on Edinburgh Technopole, development continues.
Facilities and Services
Edinburgh Technopole currently has capacity for up to 500,000 sq ft (46,450 sq m) of high quality, fully serviced office and product development space.
The highly specified buildings provide a range of different suite sizes, from serviced office accommodation in the magnificent 18th Century Grade A Listed Bush House, the Fleming Building with self-contained office and laboratory space and to the more recent Pioneer Building also hosting The Kitchen café, and meeting room facilities.
The Moubray building was completed in November 2023 with tenant occupancy already committed. An additional building, similar in size and style is scheduled to be built on a pre let basis.
Edinburgh Technopole is specifically designed to offer flexibility and there are a range of space options from single workstations to open plan suites, capable of office and laboratory fit-outs with the possibility of bespoke development on almost any scale.
Leasing arrangements are also flexible to accommodate a company's growth requirements on site, within an appropriate budget and timescale.
Bush House offers two high quality meeting rooms to accommodate up to a maximum of 32 between two rooms, with catering facilities available on request.
The Kitchen cafe, on the ground floor of the Pioneer Building, is open from 8am to 2.30pm serving breakfast and lunch. Access is exclusive to Edinburgh Technopole tenant occupiers, site contractors and Midlothian Science Zone Community Card holders. A take-away service is available for visitors not work-based 'in the zone'.
Business Support
Edinburgh Technopole actively encourages the sharing of resources, exchanging of ideas and provides a support network for interaction between companies and the cluster of world-leading researchers in the Midlothian Science Zone and beyond.
The partnership with The University of Edinburgh allows companies to gain introductions to the science, business and financial communities of Edinburgh and the Lothians and access top quality legal, financial and commercial advise through a network of visiting or on-site professionals.
Location
Edinburgh Technopole is only 8 miles south of Edinburgh, with easy access to the city centre and the City Bypass, and only a short distance from Edinburgh Airport, Scotland's largest airport serving many domestic and international destinations.
Access by car is excellent with an innovative car-share scheme in operation, parking is available on site and a local park and ride facility is close by at Straiton. The site is also well served by public transport.
Park Summary
Edinburgh Technopole is part of the Pioneer Group, a merger in April 2021 of existing accelerators BioCity and Knowledge Factory with Trinity Investment Management.
Size: 500,000 sq ft/ 46,450 sq m
Companies: 17
Airport: 11.2 miles/25 minutes
Rail (nearest): 8.2 miles/30 minutes
City Centre: 8.5 miles/35 minutes
Meet the Tenants
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For further information, please contact:
Edinburgh Technopole
Milton Bridge
Penicuik
Midlothian, EH26 0BB
Site Director: Martin Bissell
T: +44 (0)131 445 8600
