Information released last month by UCLA offer up a closer look at the university's plan to transform the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall into a research hub.

Aerial view of UCLA Research ParkFlad

UCLA Research Park, officially announced in late 2023, is set to be the new home of the the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, which is funded in part by a $120-million donation from  Dr. Gary Michelson and his wife Alya Michelson. The institute, which will occupy more than half of the roughly 700,000-square-foot complex is a public-private partnership which is intended to research disease treatments and cures.

Also expected to set up shop in UCLA Research Park is the school's Quantum Innovation Hub, which is part of the "SoCal Quantum Alliance" with USC, Cal State San Marcos, Caltech, JPL, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Pasadena City College, HRL Laboratories, Boeing, Monarch Quantum, Cisco, IBM and the Aerospace Corp. UCLA indicates that the Hub would initially occupy 40,000 square feet of space, and could eventually triple its footprint.

Exterior of UCLA Research ParkFlad

The Los Angeles Times has previously reported that thousands of employees and researchers will eventually occupy Research Park. The Quantum Hub is likely to be among the first to move in to the property, potentially as early as the end of 2027.

UCLA, which has also acquire the historic Trust Building in Downtown Los Angeles and the former Marymount California University campus in Rancho Palos Verdes, has invested heavily to establish satellite facilities across L.A. County in recent years. The school acquired the former Westside Pavilion from Hudson Pacific Properties, which had previously intended to convert the shuttered mall into an office campus for Google.

Interior of UCLA Research ParkFlad

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