Fitzsimons Innovation Community is an integrated urban campus where health and life sciences companies of all sizes work on their next big things. Our customized workspace, collaborative campus, and proximity to one of the top health systems and medical schools in the country make our community the perfect place to put down roots and get to work.
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It’s not just additional space—it’s fifty sprawling acres of additional space. And it’s primed for ultra-custom, made-to-order facility development.
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One of the most exciting times of year for us here at Fitzsimons Innovation Community is when we launch our Annual Innovation Report, and this year is no different. For the fourth year in a row, we are proud to share this report featuring updates, insight, and data about all the things that make our Community special.
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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.
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.
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.
where people can work, learn, live, and play without leaving campus.
through expanded open spaces, connected trail networks, and environmentally conscious development
by improving transit access and integrating regional greenways and bike paths
by expanding residential options, retail amenities, and gathering spaces that make campus feel like home
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 new Master Plan addresses every aspect of campus development through a comprehensive, interconnected approach. From land use and transportation to open space and sustainability, each element works together to create a cohesive, thriving community.
See the complete Master Plan that shapes our vision for the future.
View the official presentation to Aurora City Council where the Master Plan was reviewed and approved.
Fitzsimons Innovation Community is currently home to 80 companies and features 427,000 square feet of working laboratory and office space of various sizes on a sprawling campus in the booming Denver Metro Area.
With more than 50 acres of prime development space on our campus, Fitzsimons Innovation Community is in the midst of a ten-year infrastructure and facilities expansion project that allows companies to plan and customize scientific workspace, company headquarters, or living space in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West.
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.
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.
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