9 weeks to go until the opening of 1 Portal Way, and everything is accelerating. Here's your quick tour of what's happened in the last month.

A build you can actually see

Steel is up. Floors are in. Infrastructure designed specifically to help science and tech companies scale is being installed. This is no longer a concept, it's a building preparing to welcome innovators in June.

👉 Founders and scientists looking for lab and office space? Check out our latest construction update. 1 Portal Way: we are on track to open in June

Imperial Incubator onsite : what it means for tenants

For science and tech founders, the hardest phase is rarely the discovery. It's the gap between a validated idea and a fundable, scalable business. That's precisely the stage Imperial Incubator is built for — and at 1 Portal Way, they're in the building.

✅ A Lab Manager onsite: real technical support, when you need it

✅ Access to Imperial's specialist equipment, prototyping facilities and research centres

✅ Hands-on business and relationship-building support

✅ A gateway to Imperial's talent pool: skilled graduates, academic experts and industry contacts

👉 How Imperial Incubator Accelerates Innovation for our Tenants

Hitting the spot for Chemistry Founders? You tell us.

Not every lab is a "chemistry lab", and London has a real shortage of the good ones. Thanks to the Royal Society of Chemistry, we know that properly serviced chemistry spaces- with vented extract, flexible power, external ducting and waste systems that simply work - are hard to find. At 1 Portal Way, we believe we have a positive answer.

👉 A Rare Sight in London: Real Vented Extract Capacity

Innovation Testbeds: we walk the talk

In February, we were featured in Estates Gazette.

For the first time in the UK, BioTwin's sustainable hemp studs were installed at 1 Portal Way. This matters because:

1. We don't just host innovators, we support them.

2. We help get their solutions tested in real commercial settings.

3. We turn our building into a live testbed wherever we can.

And like many good things, this began with a connection through Imperial and the Undaunted Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator.

👉 Watch the video: BioStud Installation at One Portal Way,

#TuesdayTours are getting busier

What began as rainy mini-tours for a handful of people has become packed 10+ person walkthroughs in the sunshine.

Visitors include prospective tenants, London universities and enterprise teams, Accelerators and Partners eager to join a rapidly forming ecosystem.

With only two months to launch, this is the moment to see the build before everyone else does.

Pick a Tuesday that works for you and contact us to arrange

📍 North Acton (Central Line) or Acton Main Line (Elizabeth Line)

Next Month will be big

In April we hope to share several pieces of big news:

✨ Our first tenant

✨ Our General Manager & Lab Manager hires

✨ Our Food & Beverage provider for the café

Have a great Easter break and see you all soon

PS: See what lab and office space is available at 1 Portal Way