Master Plan
Planning and designing the future of health and life sciences innovation.
For 25 years, Fitzsimons Innovation Community has been home to world-changing research, transformative healthcare, and pioneering life sciences companies. Our 184-acre campus currently supports approximately 30,000 researchers, faculty, and staff and is across the street from an academic campus of approximately 4,500 future health professionals, all working at the forefront of health innovation.
Our updated Master Plan
We’ve always known that a thriving innovation ecosystem needs more than laboratories and office space. It needs the infrastructure, amenities, and community connections that allow brilliant minds to do their best work and live their best lives.
Our updated Master Plan represents the next chapter in that vision. Developed in partnership with Tryba Architects, who have worked alongside our Community for nearly eight years, this comprehensive framework ensures Fitzsimons Innovation Community will continue to evolve as a holistic, people-focused environment that supports—in work, life and play—the researchers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs behind every breakthrough.
Fitzsimons Innovation Community Master Plan rendering overlooking theSand Creek Regional Greenway and the Rocky Mountains.
The Fairway: View from RTD Light Rail to Fitzsimons Amphitheater, Cultural Anchor, the CU Fitzsimons Gateway, residential and commercial innovation within the campus.
The Water Gardens: a rejuvenating garden courtyard connecting Racine and Quentin Streets with commercial manufacturing at Bioscience 5.
Campus Core: Central Green community gathering space with the Benson Hotel and Faculty Club, Fremont Residences and CU Medicine Building beyond.
Why we adapt
The Master Plan serves as our roadmap for growth, adaptability, and long-term sustainability. Over a 20-year horizon, technology advances, policies shift, and our understanding of what innovators need to succeed deepens. This plan ensures we’re prepared to meet those changing needs while staying true to our core mission: advancing human health through collaboration, innovation, and community.
Key objectives include:
Creating complete communities
where people can work, learn, live, and play without leaving campus
Prioritizing wellness and sustainability
through expanded open spaces, connected trail networks, and environmentally conscious development
Enhancing connectivity
by improving transit access and integrating regional greenways and bike paths
Supporting diverse uses
by expanding residential options, retail amenities, and gathering spaces that make campus feel like home
Positioning for the future
by building flexible infrastructure that can adapt to emerging technologies and evolving research needs
You may see this as a plan for innovative buildings, but it’s so much more. It's a framework for cultivating the next generation of health innovation in an environment designed for real people to live and work, flourishing on both fronts.
Our campus today
Fitzsimons Innovation Community is currently home to nearly 80 companies and features 427,000 square feet of working laboratory and office space across our 184-acre campus in the booming Denver Metro Area. Our Master Plan builds on this strong foundation to create an even more dynamic, integrated community.
Our campus tomorrow and beyond
The new Fitzsimons Innovation Community Master Plan unlocks our full potential. We’re creating a multi-use environment where innovation flourishes. Companies can plan and customize scientific workspace or corporate headquarters, while new residential options and expanded amenities make campus feel like home. It’s a transformation guided by the holistic, people-focused approach of our Master Plan as we encompass the future of scientific innovation in the Rocky Mountain West.
Built for your vision
Our updated Master Plan allows unprecedented opportunities for organizations seeking custom-built facilities within a thriving innovation ecosystem. Whether you need specialized research space, clinical facilities, or corporate headquarters, our Custom Development offers turnkey solutions tailored to your specific requirements.
We can bring your vision to life on a campus designed for collaboration, growth, and long-term success.
A heritage of healthcare and innovation
Fitzsimons Innovation Community stands on the grounds that once held the Fitzsimons Army Hospital, where soldiers returning from World War I were treated. The Colorado high altitude has always been a destination for advancements in lung treatment, and 100 years ago, soldiers sought cures for tuberculosis and mustard gas exposure right here.
After the Army decommissioned the hospital in the 1990s, ideas for the current University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Fitzsimons Innovation Community began to percolate. That rich history of discovery, care, and research continues to inspire our vision a century later.
Available Spaces
Are you ready to unlock existing new opportunities for your organization?
From move-in-ready lab and office space in our existing buildings to custom development opportunities for future sites, Fitzsimons Innovation Community offers flexible options designed to meet your needs. Whether you’re an emerging startup, an established enterprise, or a research institution, we have the space and infrastructure to support your success. View all available spaces here.