Historic Investment from City and State, in Partnership With CUNY, Will Ensure New York is a Global Leader in Accessible Life Science and Public Health Careers
New State-of-the-Art Brookdale Campus Will Create a Career Pipeline for New York City Students and Help Anchor Life Sciences Industry
Project Complements Governor Hochul's Vision to Jumpstart New York's Healthcare Sector Including $620 Million Life Science Initiative, Record Investments in CUNY and SUNY, Healthcare Worker Bonus Program
Renderings and Site Area Map Available Here
Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced plans for the Science Park and Research Campus Kips Bay, an innovation hub that will be the first of its kind in the state. Driven by an historic investment from the city and state, SPARC Kips Bay will make New York a global leader in creating and attracting accessible jobs in life sciences, health care, and public health by creating a pipeline from local public schools to careers in these growing and essential fields.
"Thanks to this agreement with the city, SPARC Kips Bay will give New York's life sciences sector a major boost, creating thousands of high-paying jobs, investing in education, and making New York the place where miracles are made," Governor Hochul said. "My administration remains laser-focused on saving lives and making New York the home of the transformative fields of the future. With this project, we will achieve both of these goals at the same time."
Through a partnership with The City University of New York (CUNY), SPARC Kips Bay will generate approximately $25 billion in economic impact to the city over the next 30 years; create 10,000 jobs, including 2,000 permanent jobs; and transform Hunter College's Brookdale Campus on East 25th Street and First Avenue into new, state-of-the-art teaching and commercial facilities. This project will transform an entire city block — with over 1.5 million square feet of academic, public health, and life sciences space, more than doubling the life sciences footprint in Kips Bay — and rebuild a new accessible pedestrian bridge on East 25th street connecting to the East River and Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said, "This new Science Park and Research Campus in Kips Bay will be not only a hub for the life sciences industry and an anchor for the neighborhood, but also a bridge to the future for our city's young people. SPARC Kips Bay will transform an entire city block into a state-of-the-art destination for the life sciences industry and be a place where workforce development, economic opportunity, and public health come together seamlessly — attracting businesses and uplifting New Yorkers to bring our city back stronger than ever with $25 billion in new economic activity for our city over the next three decades. Thank you to all our partners for the vision and teamwork to 'Get Stuff Done'."
SPARC Kips Bay will cultivate the next generation of the scientific research and health care workforce, creating a single campus with space for a new public high school, CUNY schools focused on healthcare, innovative health and biotech companies, and public health institutions — providing pathways to good-paying careers for New York City high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate students. CUNY will offer accessible degrees and continuing education programs in public health and medical research, including for the many young New Yorkers inspired by pandemic responders and researchers who helped develop vaccines.
Career opportunities will range from doctors and nurses to biochemists and engineers, as well as a variety of supporting roles in the life sciences and health care fields like business managers, lawyers, and administrative assistants. With the development of new talent will come new research, translating to more companies, jobs, medicines, and advanced technologies, which will ensure New York City is the leader in developing treatments and cures for some of the most pressing public health challenges of our time.
In addition, SPARC Kips Bay will be critical in building a more dynamic and resilient New York City economy. New York City's health care sector employs over 750,000 New Yorkers, and the metropolitan area's life sciences sector is a rapidly growing industry with nearly 150,000 additional jobs last year. The city estimates the campus' new commercial lab space will create about 2,000 quality jobs and attract new companies and startups, leading to additional good-paying jobs in the health care and life sciences fields.
SPARC Kips Bay will be anchored by new, modern facilities for over 4,500 students from the Hunter School of Nursing and School of Health Professions, the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, and Borough of Manhattan Community College health care programs. The hub will also feature:
- An H+H/Bellevue ambulatory care center that will offer screenings, same-day procedures, diagnostics, and preventative care;
- An H+H simulation training center that will allow CUNY students and others to simulate patient scenarios, utilizing mock operating rooms and labor and delivery rooms;
- A DOE high school providing hands-on learning in health care and sciences to prepare students for careers in these growing sectors; and
- A new Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Forensic Pathology Center, which employs 150 people and is a nationally leading training facility for forensic pathologists, with a 24/7, year-round operational schedule.
SPARC Kips Bay will continue a legacy of successful public-private partnerships to help New York grow its life sciences industry. Over the next year, the city and NYCEDC, working alongside the state and CUNY, will lead a master planning process that will result in a conceptual site plan that will identify the site's infrastructure needs, building massing, open space and urban design, and potential zoning and other entitlement changes needed to implement the project. The planning process will be informed by community engagement and subject matter experts, and supported by the architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
This public-private partnership underscores Governor Hochul's commitment to spur growth and innovation in New York's healthcare and life sciences industries. The Governor continues to advance New York State's $620 million Life Science Initiative to fuel the creation of cutting-edge healthcare solutions and expand the state's ability to commercialize research. The initiative includes a $40 million New York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to capitalize on New York's research and development assets and expertise.
Separately, Governor Hochul awarded the first grant from state's $350 million Long Island Investment Fund to the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and plans to launch a $50 million life sciences business plan competition through the Fund in the coming weeks. The Governor also worked with the State Legislature to secure a record $2.2 billion for capital improvements at CUNY and SUNY schools and an additional $500 million for operating expenses as part of this year's budget. And in August, the Governor launched a $1.3 billion Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker bonus program to recruit and retain top talent for New York's healthcare sector.
SPARC Kips Bay is expected to cost $1.6 billion and will be funded jointly by the city and state with additional private investment. SPARC Kips Bay is expected to break ground in 2026 and be completed by the end of 2031.
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