{"id":7993,"date":"2020-09-03T04:34:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2020-09-03T04:34:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:34:58","slug":"350-million-home-for-leading-rd-at-westmead-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/03\/350-million-home-for-leading-rd-at-westmead-2\/","title":{"rendered":"$350 MILLION HOME FOR LEADING R&D AT WESTMEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Westmead Health and Innovation District took a major step forward today with the launch of a new project delivering over 1,000 jobs and 28,000 square metres of health, research, education and commercial space.
\nMinister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the $350 million development, a joint venture between Western Sydney University and Charter Hall to be known as Innovation Quarter or iQ, would house leading some of the University\u2019s leading research institutes and Australia\u2019s national science agency CSIRO.
\n\u201cCommencement of ground works for this new complex will help strengthen\u00a0Westmead Health and Innovation District as a leading global centre for health care, medical research and commercialisation, education and training,\u201d Mr Ayres said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s another sign of confidence in the NSW\u00a0economy and demonstrates more progress out west in the Central City, supporting\u00a0the NSW Government\u2019s focus on technology and innovation as key drivers of growth.\u201d
\nWestern Sydney University will base its MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, NICM Health Research Institute and Translational Health Research Institute (THRI) at the complex when it opens in 2021.
\nCSIRO will bring world-leading research staff from its e-Health and Nutrition & Health programs.
\nWestern Sydney University Vice-President (Finance and Resources), Peter Pickering, said the Innovation Quarter at Westmead is part of the University\u2019s \u2018Western Growth\u2019 strategy \u2013 an ambitious program that is reshaping the University\u2019s campus network and co-creating cities and\u00a0transformative educational infrastructure across western Sydney, in partnership with industry and government.
\nMr Pickering said it will build upon the University\u2019s existing footprint in Westmead to integrate first-class health and medical research into policy and practice.
\n\u201cThe University\u2019s presence within the Innovation Quarter will enable researchers, industry partners and clinicians to come together and address the nation\u2019s most pressing health challenges.
\n\u201cDuring these challenging times, the Innovation Quarter will also make important economic contributions to the region, creating over 1,000 jobs and generating $150 million to the regional economy.\u201d
\nCharter Hall Group CEO and Managing Director David Harrison said there had never been a more important time to focus on health research and innovation.
\n\u201cOur project collaboration with Western Sydney University will deliver a state-of-the-art innovation centre to support the work of both the Western Sydney University and CSIRO\u2019s medical research facilities.\u201d
\n\u201ciQ will create a truly visionary precinct that brings together the most forward-thinking research, health education and commercial sectors in the Southern Hemisphere. The project will provide an environment for some of the brightest minds in the country to innovate, create opportunities for collaboration and solve global challenges in the heart of Westmead,\u201d Mr Harrison said.
\nDr Dave Williams CSIRO Executive Director said the move to Westmead would improve collaboration opportunities to create innovative health and wellbeing solutions for the nation.
\n\u201cCSIRO has a long history of partnering with health, education and research organisations to help solve Australia\u2019s greatest challenges in health,\u201d Dr Williams said.
\n\u201cWe look forward to building on this and embarking on new partnerships and innovations at Westmead.\u201d
\nImages of the development can be downloaded\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Westmead Health and Innovation District took a major step forward today with the launch of a new project delivering over 1,000 jobs and 28,000 square metres of health, research, education and commercial space. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the $350 million development, a joint venture between Western Sydney University … Continue reading “$350 MILLION HOME FOR LEADING R&D AT WESTMEAD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}