# Bio City Leipzig > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bio_City_Leipzig > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bio_City_Leipzig.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_City_Leipzig > Source revision: 1331472663 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Biotechnology business incubator}} {{Infobox company | name = Bio City Leipzig | logo = Bio City Leipzig logo.svg | logo_upright = 0.5 | logo_caption = Logo | type = | foundation = {{start date and age|2003}} | key_people = | location_city = [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) | location_country = [Germany](/source/Germany) | locations = | industry = [Startup accelerator](/source/Startup_accelerator), [biotechnology](/source/biotechnology), [life science](/source/life_science)s | products = | assets = | homepage = {{URL|https://www.biocity-campus.com/en/bio-city-leipzig/}} | num_employees = | founder = }} '''Bio City Leipzig''' in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) is a [business incubator](/source/business_incubator) in the field of [biotechnology](/source/biotechnology). With the start of the "Biotechnology Offensive [Saxony](/source/Saxony)" in 2000 and with the concept of uniting business and science under one roof, the foundation stone was laid on 8 February 2002. The opening of the centre took place on 23 May 2003. The total investment volume was €50 million, including €12.9 million from the City of Leipzig. The landlord is ''LGH - Leipziger Gewerbehof GmbH & Co. KG''{{Cite web |title=Business and science united |url=https://www.alte-messe-leipzig.de/download/bio_city_leipzig.pdf |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=alte-messe-leipzig.de |pages=4 |language=en |format=PDF}} and tenant management is operated by ''leap:up GmbH''.{{Cite web |title=Bio City Leipzig |url=https://www.biocity-campus.com/en/bio-city-leipzig/ |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=biocity-campus.com |language=en}} Until February 2025, leap:up was named ''biosaxony Management GmbH''.{{Cite web |title=Von der ‚biosaxony Management GmbH‘ zur ‚leap:up GmbH‘ |url=https://www.biocity-campus.com/von-der-biosaxony-management-gmbh-zur-leapup-gmbh/ |date=2025-02-18 |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=biocity-campus.com |language=de}} == Science and Economics == thumb|left|The Bio City Building (2006) thumb|The BioCube Building (2014) The total area of Bio City Leipzig is {{convert|20,000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. Three quarters of the area is used by biotechnology companies and founders, the other quarter is available to the Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ){{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine |url=https://www.bbz.uni-leipzig.de/en |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=bbz.uni-leipzig.de |publisher=Leipzig University |language=en}} of the [Leipzig University](/source/Leipzig_University). The economic and scientific focus of the local companies and the BBZ is particularly in the field of [industrial](/source/Biotechnology), medical and green biotechnology. Bio City Leipzig, for example, was home to the headquarters of the ''Vita 34 International'' and ''Haema'' companies, the first one a [cord blood](/source/cord_blood) bank,{{Cite web |title=FamiCord AG, Leipzig, Germany |url=https://www.northdata.com/FamiCord%20AG,%20Leipzig/HRB%2020339 |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=northdata.com}} the second one a [blood donation](/source/blood_donation) service.{{Cite web |title=Haema GmbH, Leipzig, Germany |url=https://www.northdata.com/HAEMA%20GmbH,%20Leipzig/HRB%2043605 |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=northdata.com |language=en}} == Infrastructure == Bio City Leipzig is located on [Deutscher Platz](/source/Deutscher_Platz) and is the nucleus of a BioCity Campus with the [German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)](/source/German_Centre_for_Integrative_Biodiversity_Research_(iDiv)) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, the [Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology](/source/Max_Planck_Institute_for_Evolutionary_Anthropology), the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, the [Translational Center for Regenerative Medicine Leipzig](/source/Translational_Centre_for_Regenerative_Medicine), Haema, the faculties of natural sciences and the [University of Leipzig Medical Center](/source/University_of_Leipzig_Medical_Center) in the immediate vicinity.{{Cite web |title=BioCity Campus Leipzig |url=http://www.urbanplan.de/bcc/BCC_Expose_100426_english_web.pdf |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=urbanplan.de |language=en |format=PDF}} The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Leipzig University and the [German National Library](/source/German_National_Library) are also located here. In 2013, an extension building, called "BioCube", was opened with {{convert|6,400|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of space at a cost of €12.3 million{{Cite web |title=BioCube in BioCity Leipzig |url=https://www.tcsag.de/referenzen/biocube-leipzig |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=tcsag.de |language=de}}, Vita 34 (new name since February 2025: FamiCord AG){{Cite web |title=Vita 34 AG wird zur FamiCord AG |url=https://www.biocity-campus.com/vita-34-ag-wird-zur-famicord-ag/ |date=2025-02-19 |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=biocity-campus.com |language=de}} is one of the tenants.{{Cite web |title=BIO CITY LEIPZIG – Biotechnologisch-Biomedizinisches Zentrum |url=https://www.lgh-leipzig.de/objekte/bio-city-leipzig/ |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=lgh-leipzig.de |publisher=LGH |language=de}} == Architecture == The building of the Bio City Leipzig (Architects: Spengler / Wiescholek from [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg)){{Cite book |title=Architekturführer Leipzig. Transformation seit der Wiedervereinigung |last=Fenzlein |first=Henry |language=de |isbn=978-3-86922-442-8 |last2=Hartleb |first2=Janine |last3=Parniske |first3=André |last4=Purps |first4=Caroline |publisher=DOM-Publishers |year=2016 |location=Berlin |page=169ff.}} was in 2003 awarded the ''Architekturpreis der Stadt Leipzig'' (Architecture Award of the City of Leipzig).{{Cite web |url=https://www.leipzig.de/rathaus/auszeichnungen-und-ehrungen/staedtebauliche-wettbewerbe-und-preise/architekturpreis/architekturpreis-preistraeger#c2868 |title=Übersicht zu den Architekturpreisen seit 1999 |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=leipzig.de |language=de}} Spengler / Wiescholek designed also the extension building BioCube. The four-storey building is clad on the outside with a multifaceted metal façade in different shades of red.{{Cite book |title=Architekturführer leipzig. Von der Romanik bis zur Gegenwart |last=Hocquél |first=Wolfgang |publisher=Passage-Verlag |year=2023 |isbn=978-3-95415-128-8 |location=Leipzig |pages=308 |language=de}} Bio_City_Atrium_2.jpg|Inside the Bio City Building, view towards the main entrance Bio_City_Atrium_1.jpg|Atrium inside the Bio City Building Verbindungsbr%C3%BCcke.jpg|Skyway between the Bio City Building and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology Fassadendetail_BioCube.jpg|BioCube Building: Façade in different shades of red ===Notes=== {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commonscat|Bio City|Bio City Leipzig}} * {{Cite web |title=How Leipzig became Europe’s hidden biotech gem: The rise of Germany’s unlikely innovation hub |url=https://www.leap-up.com/read-news/how-leipzig-became-europes-hidden-biotech-gem-the-rise-of-germanys-unlikely-innovation-hub-3708 |date=2025-09-04 |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=leap-up.com |language=en}} * {{Cite web |url=https://spengler-wiescholek.de/portfolio/biotechnologiezentrum |title=Biotechnologiezentrum der Universität Leipzig |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=spengler-wieschleck.de |publisher=Spengler Wiescholeck architects |language=de}} * {{Cite web |url=https://spengler-wiescholek.de/portfolio/biocube-leipzig |title=Biocube Leipzig |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=spengler-wiescholeck.de |publisher=Spengler Wiescholeck architects |language=de}} {{coord|51.3201|12.3952|region:DE-SN_type:landmark|display=title}} Category:Business incubators Category:Companies based in Leipzig Category:Buildings and structures in Leipzig Category:2003 establishments in Germany Category:Life sciences industry Category:Deutscher Platz --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bio City Leipzig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_City_Leipzig) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_City_Leipzig?action=history)). 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