Poonawalla Science Park

What Poonawalla Science Park does

Poonawalla Science Park B.V. (PSP) is a Dutch private limited company (B.V.) founded in September 2016 that owns and manages Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven (USPB), a life science and biotech campus in Bilthoven, Netherlands. The company provides specialized real estate and property management services — including BSL3+ laboratories, GMP-compliant production facilities, cleanrooms, warehouses, and office spaces — to life science, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and public health tenants. The site has origins as the Antonie van Leeuwenhoekterrein, government-owned since 1953 and transferred to private ownership via Bilthoven Biologicals in 2013 before the 2016 split that created PSP.

PSP generates recurring rental revenue through direct B2B agreements with tenants, complemented by property management, maintenance, and infrastructure services delivered through its own workforce and contractors. The customer base includes Bilthoven Biologicals (BBio), Cipla, Intravacc, Micreos, Sylics, RIVM, and Cogem. New capacity is being added via the "Impetus" multi-tenant building (~10,000 m2 gross floor area across 5 floors, BREEAM Excellent sustainability target), with construction team agreement signed November 12, 2024 and construction expected to begin early 2025. PSP is headquartered at Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9-13, 3721 MA Bilthoven, employs 51-100 people, and is privately held with no public listing or disclosed external investors.

Name

Poonawalla Science Park

Legal name

Poonawalla Science Park B.V.

Website

https://poonawallasciencepark.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Poonawalla Science Park B.V. owns and manages Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven, providing specialized BSL3+ laboratories, GMP production facilities, cleanrooms, and office space to life science, biotech, and pharmaceutical tenants in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Science Real Estate

SIC

Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Life Sciences/Laboratory Property Management (BPAJAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Life Sciences/Lab Tenant Representation (BPAJALAG), Lab Furniture, Facilities & Utilities (Benches, Casework, Gas/Water Systems) (HLAGAIAM)

Headquarters

HQ city

Bilthoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Rental and Property Management: PSP generates revenue through renting accommodation to companies and organizations on Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven, providing property management, maintenance, construction, and infrastructure services. Tenants rent laboratory, production, office, and warehouse spaces.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Poonawalla Science Park B.V. (PSP) owns and manages Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven (USPB), a life science and biotech campus in the Netherlands. The company provides real estate management, maintenance, and infrastructure services, renting specialized laboratory, GMP production, cleanroom, warehouse, and office spaces to life science companies and biotech tenants.

Product overview

Poonawalla Science Park B.V. (PSP) operates as a real estate management and property services company serving Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven (USPB), a life science and biotech campus. PSP's portfolio includes the 'Impetus' multi-tenant building (a new 5-floor, 10,000 m2 development combining GMP production, labs, and offices) alongside broader services covering building maintenance, infrastructure management, and property administration for the campus's various tenants. The Impetus building, as the newest addition to the portfolio, is designed to BREEAM Excellent standards and represents the company's expansion strategy for the park.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• Impetus Multi-Tenant Building A new multi-tenant life science building on Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven featuring 5 floors and approximately 10,000 m2 gross floor area (BVO), accommodating GMP production, laboratories, and office spaces. Tenants can rent whole or half floors. Developed to BREEAM Excellent sustainability standards, with construction starting in early 2025.
• Real Estate Management and Maintenance Services

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hendriks Bouw en OntwikkelingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 November 2024Construction company from Oss that signed a construction team agreement with PSP on November 12, 2024 for the development of the 'Impetus' multi-tenant building. Hendriks is working on the technical design expected to be completed by end of 2024, with construction expected to start in early 2025.
• VACSERAminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 October 2024VACSERA collaborating with Bilthoven Biologicals for polio vaccine manufacturing technology, as announced on October 24, 2024.
• Utrecht Science ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2017On May 11, 2017, Poonawalla Science Park B.V. entered into a collaboration with Utrecht Science Park, resulting in the park being renamed 'Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven'. This partnership supports joint activities such as the USP autumn café and collaboration on park development.
• Stichting Utrecht Science ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation organizing collaborative events like the USP autumn café at USPB, with opening remarks from PSP CEO Jef de Clercq and foundation director Jan Henk van der Velden.
• Stichting Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Stichting-ALt)coreOthersPSP has outsourced the management of environmental permits for Utrecht Science Park Bilthoven and the organization of an Emergency Response Organization to Stichting-ALt.
• Veiligheidsregio Utrecht (VRU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Safety Region Utrecht collaborates with USPB during crisis situations, providing emergency response support such as firefighting when incidents cannot be handled with on-site fire extinguishers. VRU handles public communications during crisis events via their Twitter account.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Leiden Bio Science Park: Leiden Bio Science Park is the largest life sciences cluster in the Netherlands, hosting numerous biotech, pharma, and medical companies in specialized lab and office buildings. It is a directly comparable Dutch life science campus competing for the same national pool of biotech tenants as PSP.
• High Tech Campus Eindhoven: High Tech Campus Eindhoven is a major Dutch multi-tenant innovation campus hosting technology and life science companies with shared facilities, services, and community programs. It is comparable to USPB as a Dutch specialized park operator serving R&D-intensive tenants, though its tenant mix skews more toward high-tech and medtech than biotech/pharma.
• Amsterdam Science Park: Amsterdam Science Park is a leading Dutch science park combining academic, research, and commercial tenants in lab, office, and shared facilities. It is comparable to USPB as a Dutch specialized park serving life science and biotech occupiers, though anchored more heavily by academic/research institutions.

Broad incumbents

• Alexandria Real Estate Equities: Alexandria is the largest publicly traded REIT focused on life science real estate, operating mission-critical lab and GMP facilities for major pharma and biotech tenants globally. It is comparable to PSP as the benchmark operator of life science REIT-grade infrastructure, though at vastly larger scale and primarily in U.S. innovation hubs.
• Healthpeak Properties: Healthpeak is a large diversified healthcare REIT with a meaningful life science laboratory portfolio alongside medical office and senior housing. Its life science segment offers overlapping tenant base (biotech, pharma) and infrastructure product to PSP, though at much broader portfolio scale.
• BioMed Realty (Blackstone): BioMed Realty, now owned by Blackstone, owns and operates a large portfolio of life science laboratory and GMP facilities concentrated in U.S. innovation hubs. It competes in the same product category as PSP (specialized lab/office for life science tenants) but operates at significantly larger geographic scale.
• IQHQ (Research Triangle Park-adjacent developer): IQHQ develops and operates large-scale life science districts focused on biotech, pharma, and medtech tenants, including flagship projects in major U.S. life science clusters. It is comparable to PSP as a purpose-built life science real estate specialist, though at significantly larger project scale and primarily U.S. footprint.

Direct peers

• Breakthrough Properties: Breakthrough Properties is a joint venture focused on developing and operating Class A life science real estate, including lab-enabled facilities for biotech tenants. Its tenant-centric life science development model is closely comparable to PSP's multi-tenant life science campus approach.
• Wexford Science & Technology: Wexford develops and operates purpose-built science, technology, and innovation districts anchored by universities and research institutions. Its model of multi-tenant life science/tech campuses with pre-built labs and shared infrastructure is structurally similar to PSP's USPB operation.
• Kadans Science Partner: Kadans Science Partner operates a pan-European portfolio of specialized science parks and laboratory buildings, often hosting life science, biotech, and pharma tenants in flexible multi-tenant configurations. It is the closest direct peer to PSP given its comparable focus on purpose-built lab/office space for life sciences occupiers, including in the Netherlands.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

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