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CO2-saving office and laboratory space is arousing interest
Wood hybrid facades, photovoltaics and concrete core activation: students and specialist planners visit the first construction site in the Mainz Innovation Park. The first building of the InnovationLabz in a prime location in Mainz is taking shape: LAB 1 is the pioneer of the new biotechnology and life sciences location. And that also applies to sustainability and energy efficiency. It is obvious that this also arouses the curiosity of young professionals and proven experts. A group of students from Mainz University of Applied Sciences recently visited the construction site and listened intently to the explanations given by Tim Gemünden, Managing Director of J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH, which is developing the InnovationLabz project together with ImmobilienGesellschaft Mainz mbH and G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH. Just one day later, a group of architects and specialist planners were given a tour of the shell. There is great interest in the innovative and environmentally friendly construction methods. In the flexible building concept, the modular prefabricated wooden panel elements are mounted in a consistent grid as a facade on the reinforced concrete skeleton. By combining the wooden facade with wood fiber insulation, CO2 can be bound. Thanks to these two measures, CO2 emissions can be significantly reduced. The ceilings of the building also have sustainable features: the recycled concrete used is only 22 centimeters thick - the minimum thickness to accommodate concrete core activation. This also contributes massively to energy efficiency. The "climate killer concrete" thus becomes "climate saver concrete". The development of the project also focuses on a long service life of the property and the ability to adapt to its tenants in the future. Because the future begins here. The greening of the roof areas of LAB1 is intended to improve the microclimate, while the resource-saving rain retention system on the roof relieves the load on the sewage system and provides passive cooling of the building. Innovations need an innovative environment – and a neighborhood that creates synergies.
Networking is an indispensable tool to generate continuous development, growth and contacts.
The exchange of knowledge, resources and skills creates added value and can give rise to forward-looking visions. Furthermore, a strong network is a suitable instrument for forming and growing partnerships or cooperations. Communication among each other expands the understanding of the market and industry and helps to promote innovative thoughts or ideas. For these reasons, the company behind the InnovationLabz project has decided to become a member of InnoNet HealthEconomy e.V. The association is a service platform for the healthcare industry in Rhineland-Palatinate under the patronage of Economics Minister Daniela Schmitt. The goal: to make cross-sector cooperation innovative, practical and sustainable. In addition, young business ideas and models are supported and advised. InnoNet HealthEconomy e.V. focus groups worked on various topics, such as digital health, oncology, strengthening practices in Rhineland-Palatinate and the Diabetes Alliance Rhineland-Palatinate network. A considerable spectrum with a large number of players has emerged here, which continues to grow. The overarching goal was defined as developing the city of Mainz into a leading location for biotechnology and life sciences. The association's goals and visions result in optimal synergies and overlaps with the laboratory and office buildings in the Mainz Innovation Park, which are being built by J. Molitor Immobilien, IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz and G.L. Kayser Immobilien. The project developers have been active in the health, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors for several years. One of the most recent project developments in this asset class is the new German headquarters of the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk on the Mainz Kisselberg. Novo Nordisk is also a member of InnoNet HealthEconomy e.V. The network in and around Mainz is constantly growing. It's no wonder that companies like LifeCare and LigniLabs have already secured space in the new laboratory and office buildings in the Mainz Innovation Park. Are you looking for … … laboratory space in a prime location? … laboratory or office space in the immediate vicinity of the research campus of the University of Mainz? … laboratory or office space that can be flexibly planned and designed according to your needs?
Mainz is Super City 2023!
The current city ranking by WirtschaftsWoche, ImmoScout24 and IW Consult has examined 71 independent cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Economic strength, location quality and sustainability are areas that are included in the ranking. Mainz takes first place in the dynamic ranking! And in the level ranking our state capital comes in second place, directly behind Munich. This is no surprise to us, because we develop real estate projects of all asset classes here and know the numerous location advantages. And we live here. We know our home and know: Rheinhessen is a winning region and has already been the right decision for numerous private customers, global players, start-ups and numerous companies from a wide range of industries when it comes to investing in the future.
Biotech location Mainz: Startup LigniLabs signs lease for LAB 1
The ink has dried, the next tenant for the LAB 1 inaugural building at the new biotechnology and life science site at the Mainz city entrance has been confirmed: "Prof. Dr. Frederik Wurm from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) will set up his start-up LigniLabs on around 470 m²," says Molitor Managing Director F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil. Together with G. L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH and IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbH, Molitor is developing the Innovationlabz laboratory space in the immediate vicinity of the university, college and well-known research institutes. The news is also an important signal for the up-and-coming biotechnology location of Mainz. The location solution puts an end to polymer researcher Wurm's desperate search for suitable laboratory space. "LigniLabs is very happy about the opportunity to move into LAB 1. Laboratory space for chemical research is hard to find and the proximity to our home institute MPIP is ideal," says Wurm. The new premises are intended to provide further momentum for the successful spin-off in the field of sustainable plant protection. Together with his team, Wurm has developed a biotechnological fungicide that is of great importance for viticulture: its active ingredient combats the insidious vine fungal disease Esca. If Esca attacks a vine, it is destroyed from the inside within a short time. Conventional fungicides are almost ineffective in combating the fungal disease. Wurm's biotechnological fungicide ESCApe is breaking new ground in vine protection: the active ingredient encapsulated in microspheres is injected into the vine through a small hole. The fungus dies when it absorbs the active ingredient. LAB 1 will be completed as early as summer 2025. At the new LigniLabs site, Wurm will continue to drive forward its product development in bio-based crop protection and initiate the approval of the bio-fungicide. The first batches of the initial product ESCApe will also be produced in LAB 1. It is quite possible that with the continued successful development of LigniLabs, the space requirement will also grow very quickly. Molitor Managing Director F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil is prepared: "LAB 1 is just the beginning. We are now working flat out to develop further laboratory buildings in order to meet the high demand as quickly as possible," says von Pfeil, and Edmund Schmitz, Managing Director of G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH adds: "The building application for LAB 2 with around 8,000 m² has already been submitted." Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG is a joint company of the regional project developers J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH, G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH and IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbH.
Groundbreaking ceremony for LAB 1: Start of new biotech and life science site
With a double pioneering achievement, Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG is giving the green light for the construction of the new Mainz biotech and life science campus. "LAB 1 is not only the opening building of this pioneering location, it will also set new standards with its particularly sustainable construction," emphasizes Tina Badrot, Managing Director of J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH, which has merged with G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH and IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbh to form Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG. The common goal: to quickly create an attractive offer for research institutes and innovation-driven companies in the fields of biotechnology and life science with the "InnovationLabz" laboratory and office space. The importance of this starting signal was demonstrated at today's groundbreaking ceremony, which was attended by Prime Minister Malu Dreyer, Minister of Economic Affairs Daniela Schmitt and Minister of Science Clemens Hoch, as well as Mayor Nino Haase and a large part of the Mainz city council, including Mayor Günter Beck, Head of the Department of Construction Marianne Grosse and Head of the Department of Economic Affairs Manuela Matz. Prime Minister Malu Dreyer: "Here in Mainz, a campus is to be built that will allow the innovation potential in biotechnology and the life sciences to take a big leap forward. LAB 1 is the first important step in this process. New laboratories and meeting places will be created here, a breeding ground for new collaborations. Short distances, the direct interaction of bright minds and a real close collaboration between science and business - this is possible here in close proximity to the university, university hospital, college and non-university research. We want to develop Rhineland-Palatinate into a leading location in biotechnology and establish it internationally in the long term." The first anchor tenant for the 3,000 m² laboratory and office building LAB 1, planned by Ries + Ries Architects Engineers, has already been confirmed: it is the Norwegian medical products company Lifecare AS from Bergen, which signed the contract with Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG just last week. "We are already in final talks with other companies and research institutes willing to settle here," says Edmund Schmitz, Managing Director of G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH. The next building application for the laboratory and office building "LAB 2" with 6,000 - 8,000 m² of space is already being prepared.
Norwegian medical technology company Lifecare signs lease agreement for LAB 1
The ink has dried: by signing up as the first tenant at the new biotechnology and life sciences hub, Norwegian medical device company Lifecare is setting a historic milestone in the development of this new science and business park in the state capital of Rhineland–Palatinate. Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG (a joint venture of J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH, G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH and IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbh) welcomed Lifecare’s senior executives, who had travelled from Norway to sign the contract at the future scene of the action: on the building site for the first laboratory and office building, LAB 1. LAB 1 is being built at the entrance to Mainz, in the immediate vicinity of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Mainz University of Applied Sciences. Lifecare will lease around 1,000 square metres on the ground floor of the building. The Bergen-based company specialises in implantable microsensors using nanotechnology – e.g. for measuring blood sugar. Lifecare plans to move into the ground floor of LAB 1 in summer 2025, meaning that a third of the space in the first building, LAB 1, has already been reserved. Representatives of Lifecare at the press event: Joacim Holter, CEO of Lifecare AS Professor Andreas Pfützner, CSO of Lifecare AS Asle Wingsternes, Head of Communications & Public Affairs at Lifecare AS Representatives of Innovationspark Mainz GmbH & Co. KG at the press event: Tina Badrot and F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil, both Managing Directors of J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH Edmund Schmitz, Managing Director of G.L. Kayser Immobilien GmbH Uwe Borgmann, Managing Director of IGM Immobilien Gesellschaft Mainz mbh
Kisselberg Innovation Park: Handover of keys for the new health department building
A large key made of pretzel dough symbolises an important milestone for the Kisselberg Innovation Park at the entrance to Mainz: Molitor Managing Directors Tina Badrot, F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil and Christian Schupp, along with Ralf Sadowski and Franz von Ditfurth from project partner Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft mbH, handed over the key for the new health department building to District Administrator Dorothea Schäfer. ‘This brings us close to the end of a long journey,’ explains Schäfer. She reminds us of the story: before the district was able to buy the building in the immediate vicinity of the Europeakreisel roundabout at the end of last year, several years had been spent searching for a new property. ‘That’s all behind us now. The team at the public health department can now enjoy state-of-the-art offices, consulting rooms and laboratories.’ This is a view echoed by the councillor responsible for the health department, Erwin Malkmus: ‘The new building fully meets the requirements of a modern healthcare service, which we offer both for the Mainz–Bingen district and for the city of Mainz.’ District councillor Steffen Wolf, responsible for building management, added: ‘This means that we now have a state-of-the-art workplace that is ideally equipped in terms of ambient conditions.’ Molitor Managing Director Tina Badrot underlined the importance of the new health department building for the further development of the site: ‘The public health department is paving the way for the new life science location at the entrance to Mainz. Just a pedestrian bridge away, Molitor is working with partners to develop Mainz Innovation Park with laboratory and office buildings. We would like to thank the district and our partner Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft for their quick, targeted and professional cooperation at the new health department.’ The fixtures and fittings are already in place, with the district’s IT department currently still busy with the cabling. More than 100 employees from Langgasse in Mainz and Kreuzhof in Nieder-Olm are scheduled to move to the new site after Easter, which will take a few days. The Kisselberg location, which boasts outstanding transport connections by both bus and tram, as well as by motorway and Saarstrasse, will then go into operation. There are also 40 parking spaces available.
New German headquarters of Novo Nordisk celebrates topping-out ceremony at Kisselberg Innovation Park
And we were there. Our Managing Director Tina Badrot was one of the speakers and explained the various sustainability aspects of the building. These were then presented in an exhibition, both visually and to the touch: SmartTOM energy monitoring, electric vehicle facilities, photovoltaics and green roofs with rainwater harvesting, concrete core activation, cold district heating, wood fibre insulation and a scale replica of the timber bridge, which will be one of the many highlights of this property. Daniel Duch from Holzbau Ammann, part of our group of companies, is not only building the high-quality timber structure, but also held the address today! From summer 2023, the modern working environments will offer some 250 employees space for cross-functional exchange, inspiration and creative ideas. After 65 years, the Danish pharmaceutical company is moving from Lerchenberg to this up-and-coming biotechnology and life sciences hub, making it one of the pioneers in the further development of the location at the entrance to Mainz.
Mainz Innovation Park: medical technology company Lifecare becomes the first tenant
The first tenant for LAB 1, the first building at Mainz Innovation Park, can now be revealed: the Norwegian medical device company Lifecare AS, headquartered in Bergen, has signed an LOI (letter of intent) in respect of some 1,000 square metres of laboratory and office space. In doing so, the company is sending a strong signal for the new development project at the entrance to Mainz. Lifecare specialises in implantable microsensors using nanotechnology, e.g. for measuring blood sugar. Lifecare plans to move into the ground floor of LAB 1 as early as the end of 2024, meaning that a third of the space at Mainz Innovation Park has already been reserved. Construction poised to begin, with plans for an additional laboratory and office building Construction work will get under way this year! ‘We are on the home stretch with the planning application and will submit it at the end of September,’ emphasise F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil, Managing Director of J. Molitor Immobilien, Edmund Schmitz, Managing Director of G.L. Kayser and Uwe Borgmann, Managing Director of IGM. ‘Depending on the weather, the construction site access road could be available by the end of 2022 so that we can get started on the plots.’ For the investors, who are also in discussions with other companies and research institutes considering a lease, one thing is certain: in order to take advantage of the momentum for Mainz, interested companies must now also be provided with specific offers, with clear timelines, as quickly as possible. LAB 1, which boasts a total area of around 3,000 square meters, is just the first step. Molitor, G.L. Kayser and IGM are already working on detailed plans for another office and laboratory building at Mainz Innovation park, with planning permission also set to be submitted this year. Sustainable building technology We attach particular importance to the topic of sustainability, as is reflected in the building concept for LAB 1: energy will be supplied in an environmentally friendly manner by means of geothermal power and low-temperature radiant heating with passive cooling, thereby exceeding statutory energy efficiency requirements. Photovoltaic modules on the building are used for further regenerative building services. In addition, the site will feature a modular solar carport, whose self-generated electricity can be used both to charge electric vehicles and to supply the building with power. To improve the microclimate, the roof areas of LAB 1 will be greened as extensively as possible. A resource-saving rainwater harvesting system on the roof will help to relieve pressure on the drainage systems and contribute to the passive cooling of the building.
