Supporting science for the 21st century and beyond

Designed to nurture discoveries that will shape the biotech industry, the new Vantage Development offers a cutting-edge, purpose-built, life science campus to serve the region's academic, commercial, and industrial science and technology research institutions.

Considering South San Francisco's industrial past and its history of railroads and stockyards, the design embraces the site's advantages. A multiphase master plan for the first-class lab campus takes exceptional care to create exterior spaces to forge connections among the buildings and across the site. Vantage's pedestrian plaza flows around the buildings, helping to foster community by offering an abundance of space for recreation and collaboration, with the ability to host day-to-day outdoor meetings, activities, and events, becoming a natural extension of the workplace.

Totaling more than 1.6 million square feet, the master plan envisions six buildings on the campus, each designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. When complete, the Vantage Development will serve as a vital asset to the scientific communities.

Its iconic sculptural massing and distinctive articulation anchors the intersection and front door of the campus with the site's modern aesthetic. The prominent six-story building's floors step outward, cantilevering toward the site's northeast corner, while the second building's five stories subtly extend this architectural statement across the site, establishing a unified aesthetic.

The exterior glazing color and reflectivity are based upon the concept of crystalline structures, with the façades appearing to change from solid to clear as viewers move around both buildings. The glass shell also offers solar heat and daylight control with articulated fins, frit patterns, and solid spandrels.

Combined, the two buildings offer more than 346,000 square feet of state-of-the-art life science laboratory and office facilities at the heart of the region's biotechnology corridor. Both buildings provide flexible floor plans to enable tenants to adapt to their own needs and workspace configurations.

The Hangar, Vantage's 40,000-square-foot, two-story amenity building offers a full-service rooftop bar, an eclectic food hall featuring local chefs, conference space, a fitness center, and more. The building is organized around a central monumental stair with informal seating areas in a double-height, open lobby.

With a modern design inspired by airplane hangars, the upscale amenities building honors the area's industrial past and its role as the birthplace of biotech. The exterior wall is designed to allow for flexibility and connection to the outdoor spaces. The enclosure is composed of metal panel cladding with large glass openings, continuing the architectural character of the other buildings on site.

Once complete, Vantage will represent the next generation of life science campuses with over one million square feet of engaging research facilities, providing tenants with future pathways for growth.