Hale House, flagship HealthTech development
Hale House, launched in partnership with Spacemade, opens its doors and welcomes its first tenants - including UCLPartners.
The development provides state-of-the-art dry lab facilities, as well as flexible work and amenity space. This £52m investment spans three buildings, located in Portland Place W1, and will create a new hub for London HealthTech.
The Howard de Walden Estate today announces the opening of Hale House, its new state-of-the-art HealthTech development, situated in the Harley Street Health District.
Hale House provides flexible work and amenity space, as well as offering dry lab facilities. It is a highly dynamic space, designed to cultivate innovation, encourage collaboration, and drive solutions to improve healthcare.
Occupying three distinguished buildings, across a total of 38,000 sq ft, Hale House aims to be a London hub for HealthTech companies, investors and venture capital firms.
Launched in partnership with Spacemade, the UK’s fastest-growing flexible workspace operator, Hale House is equipped with private offices, coworking space, meeting rooms and dedicated event space. Members will also benefit from the latest media production facilities, an onsite café, wellness room, yoga studio and open garden.
In line with Howard de Walden’s commitment to excellence in design, social impact, and sustainability, Hale House has been designed to achieve BREEAM Excellent, NABERS 4.5, and Fitwel certifications, The redevelopment work, including the installation of smart sensors to amenity spaces and PVs at roof level, will lead to a 67% reduction in energy consumption.
The launch of Hale House underscores Howard de Walden’s continued commitment to strategic investment in world class healthcare and innovation. It was also planned to coincide with the launch of the Harley Street Health District - recently re-branded from the Harley Street Medical Area. The repositioning signifies an evolution in Howard de Walden’s healthcare strategy - reflecting the transition from traditional reactive healthcare to emerging models of patientcare that is proactive and tech-enabled model.
UCLPartners will be an anchor occupier at Hale House, situated on the first floor at 76-78 Portland Place. UCLPartners is the largest of the UK’s health innovation partnerships, at the forefront of transforming healthcare through collaboration, and patient-focused innovations.
Dr Chris Laing, CEO at UCLPartners comments:
Our new home at Hale House will help us connect the health technology and life science sectors with healthcare providers, patients and the public. This will be invaluable to our work delivering novel solutions to challenges in health and care and driving economic growth.
We look forward to welcoming and supporting innovators both near and far to benefit from the world-class health ecosystem on our doorstep. Together we can develop novel solutions that will define the healthcare of the future.”
Healthcare is he most significant sector within Howard de Walden’s portfolio in terms of both income and asset value. As the industry continues to evolve, the Harley Street Health District will undergo ongoing enhancement through targeted refurbishments and redevelopment ensuring it remains aligned with occupiers’ operational needs and is positioned for sustained success.
Mark Kildea, Chief Executive Officer at The Howard de Walden Estate commented:
“The opening of Hale House represents a natural progression in our healthcare strategy, reflecting the change in patient demand. The investment aims to uphold Harley Street’s long-standing legacy of excellence while also ensuring its longevity - as a hub for tech-enabled healthcare innovation in London.
“We will continue to invest in the Harley Street Health District, to make sure it remains a global leader in healthcare and innovation.”
Richard North, Head of Commercial Lettings at The Howard de Walden Estate, added:
“Hale House has been specially designed to accelerate advancements in healthcare and wellbeing, driving comprehensive transformative health solutions. Having UCLPartners as the anchor tenant is hugely beneficial to the portfolio and reflects the confidence of an important industry player in Harley Street Health District as a location where innovation can thrive.”
Jonny Rosenblatt, Co-founder of Spacemade commented:
“The future of innovation isn’t happening in isolation - it’s happening in industry-specific hubs where the right people, ideas, and infrastructure come together. HealthTech is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the UK, and placing Hale House in the heart of Harley Street Health District means we’re connecting entrepreneurs directly with a world-leading medical ecosystem.
The way we work is changing, and industry-specific hubs are emerging as the most effective environments for fostering real progress. Hale House is an example of this shift in action - bringing together startups, investors, and support services to create a space where collaboration happens naturally, and innovation is accelerated. This is the future of how industries will evolve."
