$1.6 Billion Life Sciences Campus Headed to Manhattan

A life sciences jobs and education complex known as the Science Park and Research Campus Kips Bay (SPARC) will break ground in New York City’s Kips Bay in 2026, according to an article by Urbanize NYC.

“The new facilities at SPARC will include space for a combined 4,500 students at the Hunter College School of Nursing and School of Health Professions, the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, and the Borough of Manhattan Community College.” The $1.6 billion project, a partnership with the City University of New York (CUNY), is expected to create $25 billion in economic impact and 2,000 permanent jobs over three decades and will include a simulation training center for medical students, a health sciences-focused high school, and more.

Per a press release from the governor’s office, “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.”