Countryside Properties and Liberty Property Trust have a long-standing relationship based on their joint commitment to high quality property development. With over 80 years experience in bespoke commercial development between them, Liberty Property Trust and Countryside Properties have a unique blend of skills which deliver attractive, efficient and sustainable property solutions to occupier requirements. The joint venture is now developing the next phase of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in partnership with the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; a global centre of excellence in health care, education and biomedical research.
Countryside Properties is a leader in property development, the creation of sustainable communities and urban regeneration. The Group’s vision is to create exceptional places for people to live, work and enjoy. Countryside Properties’ award winning developments span across the full range of property sectors including private and affordable housing and all aspects of commercial property including office, industrial, research and development, retail, leisure and mixed-use property. The Company is renowned for responsible, sustainable development.
Liberty Property Trust is America's second-largest publicly traded office and industrial REIT with extensive pioneering real estate experience in providing research and development, laboratory, warehouse, distribution, manufacturing and office facilities. The Company is an industry leader in sustainable design development serving customers in the United States and United Kingdom, through the development, acquisition, ownership and management of superior office, high-tech and industrial properties. Liberty's 65 million square foot portfolio includes more than 700 properties which provide office, high-tech, distribution and light manufacturing facilities to 2,600 tenants and has a market capitalisation of $6.5 billion. Liberty has developed property for most of the leading firms in the biotechnical and pharmaceutical industry.
The Cambridge Biomedical Campus is already home to the internationally renowned Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust . This forward-thinking Trust sees 500,000 patients a year and is committed to improving modern medicine through innovative research and excellent teaching. Cambridge University Hospitals have a vision for the site that embraces the work of current and future organisations on the Campus to create a leading international centre for hospital services and biomedical research.