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WestTech London is anchored by Imperial’s major science and innovation locations across West London.
It will create both a world-leading hub for innovation, entrepreneurship and technological advancement, and a global beacon of scientific and technological imagination for the UK. During the year, Imperial demonstrated its commitment to driving the development of WestTech London through the purchase of a prime industrial estate in Old Oak.
We invested £116 million to purchase and repurpose the 9.6-acre site known as Victoria Industrial Estate in Old Oak, close to the White City Innovation District. Imperial has identified a need for flexible space to enable innovators to stay and scale in West London. These spaces will enable prototyping and manufacturing for innovators in areas such as CleanTech, BioTech and MedTech.
Imperial is investing in its ambitious vision for a new globally competitive deep tech innovation ecosystem in West London. Professor Hugh Brady President of Imperial College London
The site was identified for major mixed-use development by Imperial’s strategic partners Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and Ealing Council as part of the area’s significant regeneration plans. Imperial’s investment has also been supported by the government’s emerging Industrial Strategy and the demand from deep tech entrepreneurs wanting to scale up in Imperial’s existing innovation spaces. Imperial is a long-term investor, developer and operator in the area, already owning 7.5 acres including Woodward Halls, Kemp Porter Halls, Clayworks Apartments and One Portal Way, which secured planning permission for a major redevelopment in March 2024 from OPDC for around 2 million square feet of mixed-use space.
The vision for WestTech London was specifically highlighted in the Mayor of London’s Growth Plan, which was launched at Imperial earlier in the year. A priority of the plan is the development of key ‘industrial innovation corridors’ such as WestTech London.
There are 1000 frontier innovation businesses across WestTech London.
New quantum cluster
Imperial is helping to drive an initiative to accelerate the commercialisation of quantum technologies in London. The London Quantum Technology Cluster will position the capital as a global quantum hub, while giving quantum technology an even greater presence in WestTech London.
White City Deep Tech Campus
White City Deep Tech Campus saw the official opening of two developments – a new public garden in the heart of the campus, and a new bridge offering a more direct connection with the wider White City area. The new garden is the first permanent public space at the campus, providing half an acre of new green space. Its design was inspired by the research and innovation “Imperial is investing in its activity of the campus.
5,000 Imperial staff, researchers and students, and employees of innovative businesses are based at the White City Campus.