Lab Space for Rent in Glasgow

Size

188–9,952 sq ft

Price

Price on application (POA) — no published rates

Biosafety

Not published

Availability

Available

BioCity Glasgow is a 22-acre life sciences campus built on a former MSD (Merck) research site, now operated by The Pioneer Group, offering 108,000 sq ft of lab, office and manufacturing space across eight buildings midway between Glasgow and Edinburgh on the M8. It stands out for inherited big-pharma infrastructure — MHRA-licensed controlled conditions, cryostorage, a compound management library and 24/7 pharma-grade site security — paired with genuinely flexible 'easy-in, easy-out' terms that let startups scale up on one month's notice. Pioneer has planning permission for a further 72,800 sq ft of fully fitted Grade A lab space across two new buildings, and tenants get access to Pioneer's accelerator programme and pre-seed/seed investment funds.

Size

Not published

Price

On request

Biosafety

BSL-1, BSL-2

Availability

Limited

Kadans Science Partner is a pan-European science park developer whose Glasgow footprint centres on the new Health Innovation Hub — a purpose-built life sciences building in the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District, opened in March 2026 next to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and delivered with the University of Glasgow's Living Laboratory for Precision Medicine. It offers Cat B "lab-ready" CL2 wet labs with core infrastructure pre-installed (6 air changes/hour, <0.5 vibration response, centralised LN2 and lab gases), shared equipment rooms and flexible office space. Kadans also runs four buildings at the 60-acre West of Scotland Science Park near the Beatson Institute, giving founders a route from small serviced lab suites up to 32,000 sq ft single-tenant facilities within one landlord's portfolio.