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Research Parks

Maryland has several business parks for science and technology companies.  All have relationships with major universities, such as Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, and some also have a significant presence of federal research centers.

For more information, please view the individual pages for these parks, or the web site of Research Parks Maryland , a statewide association of research parks .

bwtech @ UMBC
Catonsville, Baltimore County

  • 41 acres right on I-95
  • Located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
  • Close to BWI Airport
  • NASA Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center
  • USGS Water Science Center

The Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore City

  • Adjacent to Johns Hopkins Medical Center
  • Part of 80-acre mixed use development project
  • Ultimate build-out of 2 million square-feet
  • 255,000 sq.ft. building to be delivered in spring 2008

University of Maryland M Square Research Park
College Park, Prince George's County

  • 130 acres adjacent to University of Maryland
  • Washington Metro subway station and MARC commuter rail
  • FDA Center for Food Safety
  • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • American Center for Physics
  • National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center 

Montgomery College Science and Technology Park
Germantown, Montgomery County

  • New park to be developed in I-270 corridor
  • Partnerships include University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University
  • Groundbreaking in 2009

Shady Grove Life Sciences Center
Rockville, Montgomery County

  • 300 acres zoned for biotech and life sciences
  • University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
  • Johns Hopkins - biotech & bioinformatics
  • Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
  • Institute for Genomic Research
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration

UMB BioPark
Baltimore City

  • Biomedical research park on campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland Medical Center
  • Ultimate build-out of 1.2 million sq.ft.
  • First 120,000 sq.ft. multi-tenant lab and office building opened in 2005
  • New 215,000 sq.ft. building completed in 2007 - available now
  • Groundbreaking for third 180,000 sq.ft. building in 2008