Railpen Cambridge

Creating new places where innovation thrives

Cambridge is known for its world-leading academic excellence, culture and beauty. Set across 75 acres, in well-established locations across the city, Railpen’s mix of new developments will create world-class spaces where people and businesses can thrive.

Railpen is creating new places, catering to the needs and wants of both people and businesses in Cambridge. High-quality innovation space and best-in-class buildings will cater for businesses of every type and size, while new green spaces and amenities – created for all to enjoy – will have a positive impact across the city.

Our Cambridge developments 

Premium sustainable workspaces, laboratory and research spaces, parks and gardens, new homes, shops, restaurants, social hubs, public facilities – we’re bringing all of this and more. Our developments are designed to inspire creativity and continue to drive innovation in Cambridge.  

Botanic Place

The most energy efficient office buildings of this scale outside London. Botanic Place will offer exceptional workspace for all types of business, including life science occupiers. Designed to be highly sustainable, it will be home to be one of the greenest, most biophilic office receptions in the world, and will set a new benchmark for amenity and user experience by optimising environmental, social and wellbeing aspects. A natural extension to the adjacent Cambridge University Botanic Garden and with 40,000 sq ft of outdoor terraces, it will offer some of the city’s most impressive views.

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Mill Yard

An exciting new addition to the central business district, Mill Yard will be an oasis of sustainable accommodation and amenities set around a new park. A stone’s throw from the bustle of Mill Road and the station, the facilities and public realm will be unique. Residents and workers will be able to enjoy hedgehog habitats, edible planting, an ‘interactive’ public park, an on-site crèche, and an events pavilion.

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Beehive

A one million sq ft* innovation park and social hub for Cambridge, bringing science and innovation closer to the buzz of the city. The Beehive will provide workspaces for businesses, laboratories for research, and curated gardens and independent retail outlets for the community. Designed to be accessible for all, it will be home to a community centre, dedicated youth spaces, including STEM space for learning, and highly-sustainable buildings with carefully-considered amenities. The Beehive seeks to create approximately 6,500 new jobs across an array of sectors and aims to deliver something for everyone.

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*Subject to final plans and approvals

Cambridge Retail Park

The premier retail park in Cambridge, providing a broad mix of retail, food and beverage, and leisure uses. Railpen is currently working on expansion plans that will bring new and exciting retail and leisure tenants to the park. This includes a planned restaurant and leisure scheme at 264 Newmarket Road and a small retail warehouse unit at 3/5 Coldhams Lane.

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Other Railpen spaces:

1 Station Square – an impressive building with an exterior inspired by the historic façade of Cambridge train station, located opposite. Home to tenants including Amazon and Deloitte, this sustainable building provides more than 142,000 sq ft of office and retail space.
21 Station Road – an 80,000 sq ft of office and innovation space in the central business district, let to Microsoft.
Botanic House – an award-winning office building adjacent to the Botanic Place development, let to Mills and Reeve solicitors.
230 Newmarket Road - A landmark workplace for the eastern edge of the city.
Coral Trading Estate – a 2.23 acre industrial trade park adjacent to Cambridge Retail Park.
Cambridge Lakes, Coldhams Lane – a 140,000 sq ft edge-of-city-centre trade park comprising of industrial and commercial units.
Bracks Solar Farm – located just outside of Cambridge, this provides green renewable energy to the equivalent of 8,000 homes.