Real Estate
Designed as UNMC’s Innovation Hub, the EDGE District revitalizes historic industrial properties into a walkable, high-quality ecosystem that advances the institution’s mission of pioneering healthcare, education, and research.
With its strategic location adjacent to the academic medical center campus, optimal density, and diverse mix of uses and activities, the district fosters collaboration and innovation while enhancing accessibility to UNMC’s world-class resources and expertise.
Spanning 30 acres, the EDGE District is a dynamic urban mixed-use development adjacent to UNMC’s Omaha campus.
PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT
With more than $300 million invested in Phase I, the EDGE District is a sustainable, mission-driven growth engine - advancing biomedical, life sciences, and computational research while attracting top talent, industry partners, and funding.
This state-of-the-art infrastructure provides researchers and companies with the facilities, technology, and networks needed for groundbreaking discovery. Beyond labs and research space, the EDGE District also offers flexible real estate for service providers, suppliers, startups, and established firms, creating an integrated ecosystem where discovery, commercialization, and operations thrive side by side.
A 170,000-square-foot Class A office and innovation space, transforming a historic steel mill into a healthcare-focused tech hub. It houses UNeMed (UNMC’s tech transfer office) and UNeTech (an accelerator for university-affiliated startups) and provides a collaborative environment for digital health, smart device technologies, and AI-driven healthcare solutions.
Opened April 2025!
Catalyst Facility
A 180,000-square-foot mixed-use facility including BSL-2 research & development space supporting both wet and dry lab-based investigations across microbiology, physiology, pathology, genetics, life sciences, and computational research. The CORE facility features flexible lab, office and retail spaces, allowing researchers, startups, industry partners, and the businesses supporting them to collaborate.
CORE is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026.
CORE (Center of Research Excellence) Facility
LEASING OPPORTUNITIES
From lab and office space to coworking, retail and dining, EDGE is purpose-built for organizations at the forefront of health science and innovation and the service providers and suppliers that support them. Located steps from UNMC’s academic, clinical, and research assets, tenants gain unmatched access to collaboration and commercialization opportunities.
Catalyst
A 170,000-square-foot Class A office and innovation space, transforming a historic steel mill into a healthcare-focused tech hub.
It houses UNeMed (UNMC’s tech transfer office) and UNeTech (an accelerator for university-affiliated startups) and provides a collaborative environment for digital health, smart device technologies, and AI-driven healthcare solutions.
Opened April 2025!
Core
A 180,000-square-foot mixed-use facility including BSL-2 research & development space supporting both wet and dry lab-based investigations across microbiology, physiology, pathology, genetics, life sciences, and computational research.
The CORE facility features flexible lab, office and retail spaces, allowing researchers, startups, industry partners, and the businesses supporting them to collaborate.
CORE is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026.
PARKING
Convenient, affordable parking is available for tenants and visitors in the EDGE District Garage, located at 4605 Farnam Street. Managed by the City of Omaha’s Park Omaha program, the garage offers both short-term and monthly parking options designed to support the daily needs of innovators, employees, partners, and guests at EDGE.
Opened October 2025!
Amenities
The EDGE District vision is a true mixed-use development, activated 24-7, including dining, retail, green spaces, rentable event spaces, residences, and plenty of parking to support a thriving innovation-focused community.
Big Grove Brewery opened in September 2025!
READY TO MOVE IN?
Whether you're launching a startup, scaling a venture, or expanding R&D, the EDGE District offers the infrastructure, flexibility and community to help you grow.
Inquire about leasing today.
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The EDGE District is a rare opportunity for real estate developers and strategic investors to shape the next wave of urban innovation. Anchored by UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, EDGE is more than a location—it’s a convergence point for health science, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Catalyst Omaha
10,000 Sq. Ft.
Located on a redeveloped old steel mill site, an industrial relic transforms into Catalyst, a hub for cutting-edge breakthroughs in digital health enterprise platforms, smart device technologies, and related fields. Beyond its next-generation office environment, Catalyst offers a dynamic event center and vibrant amenities - including a coffee shop, restaurant, brewery, and taproom - designed to foster collaboration and casual connections.
With nearly 10,000 square feet of shared meeting spaces, tenants enjoy secure Wi-Fi, conference rooms, wellness areas, kitchens, a fitness center, bike storage, mail services, printing, and an outdoor plaza, creating a seamless blend of productivity and community.
CORE
180,000 Sq. Ft.
The new CORE (Center of Research Excellence) facility is poised to be a pivotal cornerstone in propelling innovative health sciences research forward.
This mixed-use facility will support wet and dry lab-based research in critical areas (microbiology, physiology, pathology, genetics, life sciences, light chemistry) as well as computer-based research.
The shelled research floors are designed to provide essential lab and office environments, promoting collaboration among startup founders, industry leaders, scientists, and inventors at the EDGE District campus, all working towards a shared vision.
Furthermore, the CORE facility will house incubator lab space tailored for bioscience startups in discovery and development phases.
Phase I activates 9–10 acres (about one-third of the district), leaving 20+ acres across nine flexible lots still available.
This is a once-in-a-generation chance to deliver projects that will define the district’s future.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
- Mixed-Use Projects – Vertical development combining office, lab, residential, and retail for a vibrant, integrated ecosystem.
- R&D & Lab Facilities – Customizable shells and biomanufacturing-ready space for biotech and health sciences ventures.
- Office & Corporate Space – Multi-tenant or build-to-suit options with direct ties to Omaha’s innovation network.
- Dining, Retail & Amenities – Ground-floor dining, retail, and services that energize and connect the district.
- Hospitality & Conference Venues – Spaces to host convenings, summits, and visitors drawn to UNMC’s global reputation.
A P3-Ready District
EDGE welcomes aligned developers through ground leases, joint ventures, and co-development models.
With strong institutional backing, built-in demand, catalytic infrastructure (including Omaha’s new streetcar), and a mission-driven focus, EDGE offers both meaningful returns and lasting impact.
Interested in development within the EDGE District?
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