Research Park Overview
Fox/Atkins Development LLC began development of the Research Park in 2000 and since then aggressively marketed the properties, attracted tenants, and built new facilites. The Research Park provides an environment where technology-based businesses can work with research faculty and students to take advantage of opportunities for collaborative research with easy access to University labs, equipment, and services.
The Research Park at the University of Illinois was designed to encourage research and development collaboration between industry and the University. The Research Park provides each company access to leading faculty researchers, outstanding student talent, and fee-based use of university laboratories and equipment. Collaboration with research faculty can provide creative and cost-effective solutions to technical issues that companies face. The Research Park is located adjacent to the University of Illinois Campus and, has grown rapidly since groundbreaking in April of 2000. At the present time, the Park consists of 593,360 developed square feet of space occupied by over 70 companies and over 1,300 employees. Amenities of the Research Park: - Professionally designed interior with upscale fixtures including marble surfaces and ceramic tile floors
- Brick exteriors and custom designed architecture
- Immaculate grounds and landscaping
- Responsive Management Team
- Data and telecom services provided by University of Illinois, allowing up to 1 GB of bandwidth access
- Wi-Fi access in shared lobby areas
- Shared conference rooms available with flat screen wall mounted monitors for tenant use
- Electricity provided by University of Illinois Abbott Power Plant
- Click here to view mass transit option to Research Park
- Internship program for hiring students
- Recreational facilities memberships for employees
- Tickets to athletic and cultural events
- Emergency Motorist Services
Overviews are available for the following Research Park locations.
Gateway Building - 1800 South Oak StreetI Building - 1816 South Oak StreetSAIC Building - 1901 South First StreetStrata Building - 2001 South First StreetiCyt Building - 2100 South Oak StreetZ3 Building - 2021 South First StreetGraduation Building (TDFC II) - 2109 South Oak Street Now Leasing! Technology & Fabrication Center - 2111 South Oak Street EnterpriseWorks - 60 Hazelwood DriveI Hotel/Restaurant/Conference Center Child Development Center and Chesterbrook AcademySignature Building - 1900 South First Street Future DevelopmentFirst and Windsor Retail Space Development Pending
For more information on the University of Illinois Research Park, please visit the following links.
The University of Illinois Research Park Website
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity website on Technology Parks in Illinois |
