Fumehood Capacity Most Buildings Can’t Match
The First Floor at QMB was fitted out by a long-standing tenant of QMB with 22 ducted fumehoods — proper, externally ducted extraction, not recirculating units. For any company running synthetic chemistry, formulation work, or general wet lab procedures involving volatile or hazardous reagents, that’s the difference between a lab that works on day one and months of costly M&E upgrades before you can start any real science.
Ducted fumehoods at this scale aren’t something you typically find in flexible, move-in-ready lab space in London. It usually means either building your own from a shell space — at significant capital cost and lead time — or squeezing into shared facilities with limited hood access. QMB’s First Floor removes that trade-off entirely.
Enhanced Infrastructure Throughout
The fumehoods sit within a floor that was upgraded to a genuinely lab-grade specification, including:
- Enhanced electrical capacity to support fume hood extraction systems, analytical instrumentation, and other power-hungry lab equipment
- Enhanced air handling and air change rates, engineered around the demands of a chemistry-heavy floor
- CL2-rated labs, giving tenants flexibility across a wider range of biological and chemical work
- Furnished, self-contained units, so tenants can move in and start working rather than project-managing a fit-out
Space to Grow
From November 2026, seven labs become available on the First Floor, ranging in size from 580 sq ft to 2,200 sq ft. That range means the floor can accommodate everything from an early-stage spinout needing a single lab to a scale-up team requiring multiple connected suites — all within a building already built around serious chemistry infrastructure.
Why It Matters for Science-Based Companies
If your company works with volatile solvents, reactive chemistry, or any process requiring proper fume extraction, the First Floor at QMB gives you:
- No fumehood installation lead time — the ducted infrastructure is already in place
- Low capital outlay on extraction systems before you can start operating
- Room to scale, with multiple lab sizes available on the same floor
- A location inside Queen Mary University of London’s life sciences ecosystem, in the heart of London’s biotech cluster
Get in Touch
QMB is home to a growing community of life sciences companies, and the First Floor’s chemistry-ready infrastructure is one of the reasons ambitious teams choose to base themselves here. If ducted fumehood capacity, CL2 labs, or flexible lab space in London is on your requirements list, we’d like to hear from you.
Get in touch with the QMB team to arrange a viewing of the First Floor labs ahead of their official launch in January 2027.
The Innovation is conveniently located in Zone 2 of London, making it easily accessible. Here are the travel times to reach us:
- Kings Cross – 15 mins by tube
- Paddington – 15 mins by tube
- Farringdon – 5 mins by tube
- Liverpool Street – 3 mins by tube
- Canary Wharf – 4 mins by tube
- London City Airport – 30 mins by tube/DLR
- Aldgate East – 10 min walk
- Whitechapel – 5 min walk
Why Choose the QMB Innovation Centre?
Choosing QMB’s Innovation Centre will not only provide you with the best equipment to conduct your best work, but it will also surround you with like-minded individuals, prompting new ideas and the chance to collaborate with people in your industry.
Whether you are looking to launch a new venture or working on a hypothesis, QMB’s Innovation Centre has a place for you.
Get in touch with our expert team to find out more about the Innovation Centre, or take a virtual tour of the premises.