On January 3, California Governor Gavin Newsom, joined by University of California (UC) President Michael Drake, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, representatives of Google, elected officials, and academic, business, and health care leaders announced the state has acquired the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall in Los Angeles.
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The site which UCLA will transform into the UCLA Research Park will bring together academics and industry partners from around the world to lead scientific and technology projects that will benefit California, the United States, and the world.
Governor Newsom said: “California is the epicenter of global innovation from the creation of the internet to the dominance of artificial intelligence, humanity’s future happens here first. Leveraging the next waves of technology and science quantum computing and the immense potential of immunology the UCLA Research Park will cement California’s global economic, scientific, and technological dominance into the 22nd century, and beyond.”
The 700,000-square-foot property will initially host two multidisciplinary research centers: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA and the Center for Quantum Science and Engineering.
The new UCLA Research Park is made possible in part by a prior state investment to establish and fund the immunology and immunotherapy institute at UCLA.
The institute is also supported by a group of founding donors from the biotechnology, academic, entrepreneurship, and philanthropic communities.
Harnessing the power of public-private partnerships, and working with key partners including Google, Hudson Pacific Properties, and Macerich the state is saving approximately $223 million on the research park and opening years ahead of schedule. ■
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