Amgen has signed a lease with BioMed Realty for a new 240,000-square-foot Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) candidate facility in the Gateway of Pacific campus development in South San Francisco. The new location, currently under construction at Oyster Point, will house Amgen’s Bay Area employees focused on cardiometabolic, inflammation and oncology, research.

“At Amgen South San Francisco, we are home to top scientific talent, integrating human genetics with core biology and molecular engineering to discover and develop first-in-class therapies,” said Amgen’s South San Francisco site-head Flavius Martin, vice president, research, oncology and inflammation. “The new location will foster even greater collaboration across our strong scientific team, accelerate the R&D process, and provide a venue for increased engagement with the Bay Area’s abundant scientific and educational communities.”
 
Amgen has been part of the South San Francisco biotech community for 15 years. The company’s new home at The Gateway of Pacific campus will be a facility that boosts collaboration via modern work and laboratory spaces. The new site will include modular green wet labs and green molecular lab design. It will provide a flexible and a customizable state-of-the-art scientific research and development facility to support scientific research.

In addition to enhanced R&D laboratory and office space at the new nine-story facility, which is scheduled to open in early 2022, the new campus will house a variety of meeting spaces, an amenity center that includes a number of dining options, a health club and a variety of outdoor recreation areas.