The HELIX Health + Life Science Exchange, originally called The Hub for the New Jersey Innovation and Technology Hub, is a research, business incubator and innovation center under construction in New Brunswick, New Jersey, which itself is called The Hub City. It is planned to contain three buildings: H-1,H-2, and H-3.

Location and buildings

The site was formerly the Ferren Mall, which opened in 1982, was later abandoned and demolished in 2017. It is across the street from the New Brunswick station, served by NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and several Amtrak trains.

H-1: The first phase of HELIX is a 13-story 574,000 square feet building which will house the New Jersey Innovation HUB, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and a Rutgers translational research facility. It includes retail space, a 10,000-square-foot market hall with food options and a 3,000-square-foot restaurant that opens onto a 70-foot-wide plaza. Ground was broken $650 million project in October 2021. It is expected to be completed in 2025 Construction began July 2023.

H-2: Designed by HDR, Inc., the second portion of HELIX includes 600,000 square feet of build-to-suit lab and office space. On December 11, 2023 Nokia announced plans to relocate Nokia Bell Labs to the HELIX as the sole tenant of H-2.

H-3: The third phase of the project will include a 42-story mixed used building, including 220 units of housing.

Stakeholders and tenants

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, which provided tax credits, and the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) are partners in the project. Part of the project will be dedicated to translational research. Tenants (and potential chip manufacturer) will include:

• Rutgers' Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Princeton University
• Atlantic Technological University
• Choose New Jersey
• Hackensack Meridian Health
• RWJBarnabas Health

See also

• List of tallest buildings in New Brunswick
• The Gateway (New Brunswick, New Jersey)