Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo expands with Bright House and Bright Village

Developments on campus are moving at a rapid pace. To enable further growth, a Bright House (offices and laboratories) and a Bright Village (workshops) are being added behind the Innovatoren. The new buildings are intended for start-ups, entrepreneurs, knowledge institutions and research institutes. Most of the buildings will be up by next year.

Impulse for innovation and cooperation between entrepreneurs in region

CEO Saskia Goetgeluk of Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo is pleased: "This gives a huge boost to the innovative power and cooperation in the projects and programs in the fields of healthy and safe food, future farming and vio-circular economy." "The expansion of the campus is of unprecedented importance for our region," said Venlo City Councilman Erwin Boom.

Network campus

Now 60 organizations and 16 R&D facilities are located on the campus, with a total of 650 employees and 400 students. "In addition to 'network campus,' the campus increasingly fulfills a facilitating and connecting role for SMEs," Mackus says. The existing buildings Villa Flora and Innovatoren are nearly full. Delegate Mackus: "The developments are going faster than expected. In 2017 we expressed the ambition to grow the campus into a 'place to be'. We are on the right track."

Source: Brightlands