Why Choose the URP?
Access to specialized equipment and talent at nearby UC Riverside.
- High-caliber facilities with a fiber-optic backbone throughout the park.
- Presence in a respected and growing business park focused on technology.
- Prime location for any company engaged in product development, with a focus on the biotechnology, information technology, electronics and environmental technology fields.
- Low-density, campus-like environment with elevated views of the valley.
- Close access to major transportation corridors.
- Fast track permitting assistance available.
- In addition, a variety of programs are available to businesses to benefit their operational costs, including:
- SmartRiverside is a non-profit organization that enhances the City of Riverside’s technology community with programs such as the Tenant Improvement Program and the Mortgage Incentive Program.
- Riverside Public Utilities has a variety of special business and commercial programs to assist in lower companies’ overhead costs, including the Energy Star Rebate Program and an Energy Efficiency Incentive for Construction.
- The University of California Industry-University Cooperative Research Program
seeks to accelerate the impact of research on the California economy by
awarding grants matched with industry funding on a 1:1 basis. Areas of
research supported are biotechnology, communications and networking,
digital media, electronics manufacturing and new materials, and
information technology for life sciences.
