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Fitzsimons Innovation Community Names Kenneth Ho as Chief Operating Officer
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Fitzsimons Innovation Community Names Kenneth Ho as Chief Operating Officer
For 25 years, Fitzsimons Innovation Community has been more than a home for health and life sciences—it’s been a place where innovation meets community, and where bold ideas are transformed into real-world impact.
As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of our first labs, we’re not just looking back, we’re building forward. We’re creating a place where people don’t just come to work. They come to stay, grow, and thrive.
Who We Are
At Fitzsimons Innovation Community, visionaries boldly transform science into the future of health and care.
From genetically engineering cancer-fighting cells to developing the latest in vaccine science, the organizations working in our specialized life sciences labs are on the frontlines of the most exciting progress in healthcare. Emerging and established companies choose Fitzsimons not only for the latest in high-tech facilities, but for its ecosystem of collaboration, innovation, and support.
Here, scientists interface with fellow entrepreneurs, but also have direct access to renowned clinicians and researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, just steps away. The Community is based on the boundary-pushing that can only happen when the best and brightest are in the same space. Important breakthroughs are the norm; collaboration is the key.
Who We Are
At Fitzsimons Innovation Community, visionaries boldly transform science into the future of health and care.
From genetically engineering cancer-fighting cells to developing the latest in vaccine science, the organizations working in our specialized life sciences labs are on the frontlines of the most exciting progress in healthcare. Emerging and established companies choose Fitzsimons not only for the latest in high-tech facilities, but for its ecosystem of collaboration, innovation, and support.
Here, scientists interface with fellow entrepreneurs, but also have direct access to renowned clinicians and researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, just steps away. The Community is based on the boundary-pushing that can only happen when the best and brightest are in the same space. Important breakthroughs are the norm; collaboration is the key.
Facility highlights:
Our Fitzsimons Innovation Community companies—Community members—are working on world-changing developments in bioscience and healthcare, and they’re doing it in workspace customized to their projects.
Five buildings with 427,000 sq feet of custom laboratory, office, and meeting space
Flexible manufacturing, assembly, and distribution space
Community conference rooms, 100-seat auditorium, kitchen, and café
Dedicated Fitzsimons Innovation Community parking garage
Across the street from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Steps from a world-class medical and research campus
Our Community members work across the street from the renowned University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, UCHealth, and Children's Hospital Colorado with 2.6 million patient visits a year, giving you direct access to expert clinicians and researchers. It’s a science and healthcare education mecca with a deep talent pool for both collaboration and recruiting.
3i Chooses Fitzsimons Innovation Community for New Headquarters
Colorado-born microscopy company will bring manufacturing, research and customer demonstration capabilities closer to one of Colorado’s largest concentrations of biomedical researchers AURORA, Colo. – October 21, 2026 – Intelligent Imaging Innovations (3i), a Colorado-based developer and manufacturer of advanced microscopy systems, is relocating its headquarters to Bioscience 3 at Fitzsimons Innovation Community. The move is already underway, with the full build-out of the company’s new headquarters expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The approximately 10,000-square-foot custom-built facility will house 3i’s manufacturing, research and development, sales, support and service operations within walking distance of the University of Colorado...
Live. Work. Play.
Fitzsimons Innovation Community is proudly located in Colorado, a state that regularly tops the ranks of best places to live and work in the country. With both short- and long-term residences, top-rated schools, arts and culture, and nightlife on or near campus, the work-life balance is almost automatic.
The active lifestyle here revolves around Denver’s three hundred days of sunshine each year paired with easy access to the best in outdoor adventure. People just want to live in Colorado, so the state does some of your recruiting for you.
Ready to grow with you
When you’re in the business of scientific discoveries, growth doesn’t necessarily happen in a straight line. You know that firsthand, and the good thing is, we know it, too. Our campus is home to companies at all different stages of idea and product development. There are startup, mid-sized, and long established businesses in every stage of the product lifecycle, all taking advantage of the ways we cater to that diversity. You can do the same, and you can get going right away.
“Fitzsimons Innovation Community is a fantastic place to be located. We were able to accelerate our initial research and development thanks to the space and facilities available to us. We’re appreciative to be part of this Community.”
CEO and Founder, GelSana
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