Innovation Village at Cal Poly Pomona is a premier corporate research and technology park in the Southern California region. It is a unique environment that provides opportunity for collaboration with university researchers, students, and administration in an environment that promotes excellence.
Innovation Village was first conceived by then university president Bob Suzuki in 1995. The objective was to find agricultural land ideally suited for commercial applications in the Los Angeles marketplace and convert it to higher uses. The primary focus was on attracting research and development organizations interested in partnering with the university to complement and enhance university programs. American Red Cross and Southern California Edison chose Innovation Village for the access to faculty and students as well as the numerous amenities that are unequalled in the current commercial real estate marketplace. Please look under the Tenants tab for more information.
The mission for Innovation Village Research Park is to establish a world-class research and development environment for public-private partnerships and the leaders of tomorrow’s industries to meet, exchange new ideas, challenge frontiers, and work together with the campus community in creating new foundations for the future.
The Park is a physically appealing and comfortable outdoor setting with rich landscaped areas that invite walks and casual meetings, and whose architecture reflects both enduring institutional qualities and cutting-edge features for the interest of future generations.
Innovation Village was approved by the Board of Trustees for the California State University in November 1999 and again approved by the Board of Trustees as a revision to the Campus Master Plan in June 2000. The Center for Training & Technology Incubation (CTTi) was funded in 1998 by EDA, NASA, and Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc., initiating the construction and opening of Phase I for Innovation Village Research Park in 2001. CTTi has served as the home for numerous start-up companies. A second round of funding by EDA in 2007 has resulted in the construction of additional wet labs now utilized by tenants in industries such as the oil field recovery and food safety industries.
Due to their success in working well with the university, Trammell Crow Company was approved to build the Phase IV twin building to Phase III. Southern California Edison purchased the Phase IV building as well and now occupies both Phases III and IV with capacity for 1,000 employees.
The remaining land consisting of approximately 18 acres has been master planned for an additional 400,000 sq. ft. of office and research & development space