welcome to a campus designed for innovation
Life at ARC West London
At the centre of our campus is its social hub, ARC Social. A beautifully designed and relaxed social area within the atrium of Waterfront, offering food, coffee and plenty of space for events, meetings and informal catch ups.
Nestled on the bank of the Thames, ARC West London is part of a dynamic neighbourhood, with welcoming bars, global cuisine and diverse retail right on our doorstep.
A dedicated community manager helps shape a handpicked, curated events calendar for the best possible environment all year round. A green community square with outside seating connects the Waterfront and Refinery, the is the perfect spot for enjoying a morning coffee or eating your lunch.
And, when our landmark Refinery Building opens, you and your team will have access to the ARC Club; a members lounge providing an extension of your working environment with break-out spaces, a cafe, bookable meeting rooms and event spaces.
Knowledgeable Neighbours
ARC West London is embedded within one of the world’s leading healthcare and research ecosystems, surrounded by leading institutions, including Imperial College London, recognised as one of the top ten universities in the world, and Charing Cross Hospital.
The area is home to an array of research centers, including the Children’s Clinical Research Facility, Imanova Centre for Imaging Science, Imperial Clinical Respiratory Research Unit, Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial Tissue Bank, NIHR Imperial Clinical Research Facility, Parkinson’s Disease Research Unit, Robert Hesketh Hepatology Clinical Research Unit, and the Women’s Health Research Unit to name only a few.
Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust together host the largest National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) in the UK, backed by £95 million in funding in 2022. Their collective vision is driving the continued growth of this thriving innovation cluster, delivering acute and specialist healthcare to over 1.3 million people annually.
Looking ahead, the Fleming Institute, set to open in 2028, will further strengthen the region’s position as a global leader in healthcare research and development.
Situated just 0.2 miles from Charing Cross Hospital, ARC West London offers exceptional connectivity, with easy access to St Mary’s Hospital at Paddington via the Tube, placing it at the heart of London’s dynamic life sciences landscape and Imperial’s WestTech Corridor.
ARC West London is on the former site of the Manbré and Garton Saccharine Works, established in 1876.
The founder, Alex Manbre, came to England to scale up his innovative new process of making sugars from potato starch.
The business continued until it was bought by Tate and Lyle in 1976. The sugar works ceased operation in 1979 and was redeveloped with the construction of two buildings known as Riverside and Waterfront in the late 1990s.
Riverside was the headquarters of RAPP, an advertising agency, until they moved to the Southbank in December 2015. ARC, a company established by Brookfield in 2022, is now redeveloping the campus to support West London’s science and innovation cluster.
our sweet-toothed heritage
