BioHub II Rendering: Courtesy of McCord Development

Houston’s life sciences and biomanufacturing ecosystem is set to significantly expand with an innovative new development on the rise in the city’s fastest growing submarket, Lake Houston. 

Generation Park, one of the world’s largest privately held commercial developments spanning 4,300 acres in Northeast Houston off Beltway 8, plans to create a 45-acre biomanufacturing hub. BioHub II, the new master-planned campus, will include 500,000 square feet for cGMP manufacturing, lab, and office space, with nearly $30 million in infrastructure to support the site. 

Developed by McCord, BioHub II will join Generation Park’s impressive community of thriving companies and organizations such as Lone Star College and IKEA and will be a quick walk to San Jacinto College’s upcoming Biotech Training Center. The Biotech Center will serve as a biomanufacturing workforce institute that will offer certificate coursework in bioprocessing to students as part of a strategic partnership with the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training. 

Set to open in 2024, the state-of-the-art biotech center will be housed within a multi-functional facility and feature a “bioprocessing pilot plant operated in a realistic GMP simulated and operational manufacturing environment,” according to a recent news release from McCord.

Through the development of BioHub II and the Biotech Training Center, Generation Park aims to further Houston’s unwavering commitment to lead the life sciences industry and help bolster its growing workforce. 

Home to the world-renowned Texas Medical Center and nearly 2,000 life sciences companies, Houston has positioned itself as one of the fastest-growing life sciences ecosystems – consistently ranking as a top-15 market for life sciences employment nationwide and first in Texas. According to the Partnership’s newest edition of Houston Facts, the Houston region consists of more than 15,400 life science and biotech researchers. In 2022, Houston’s medical institutions and life science firms received over $900 million in National Institutes of Health grant funding.

"Houston's high concentration of life sciences employment, healthy funding landscape, access to the Texas' $6 billion CPRIT grant fund, and commitment to translational research is making it one of the country's fastest growing life science ecosystems," said Ryan McCord, president of McCord Development in the same news release. "BioHub Two's location in Generation Park is strategic and cost-effective, as the world-leading research and development facilities at the Texas Medical Center, Houston International Airport and Port of Houston are in close proximity."

Adjacent to the new BioHub II site, Generation Park will further expand its residential and retail space with two multi-family communities and a 5-acre green space with small-format restaurants and cafes called The Commons. Future tenants of the new amenities will have access to workforce training programs at San Jacinto College and Lone Star College. 

Learn more about Houston’s life sciences ecosystem.