HCAR - Hershey Center for Applied Research. South Centrals Pennsylvania's Premier Research Park Located Adjacent to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine.


HCAR was designed with your goals for growth in mind:

  • Three-story 80,448 square foot state-of-the-art multi-tenant facility
  • Region's only prepared wet and dry lab space
  • Build-to-suit options available
  • The campus is master planned for 12 buildings totaling 1.2 million square feet.
  • Shared resources including conference rooms, lobby and security
  • Life sciences industry focus due to its close proximity to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine
  • Owned and developed by Wexford Science + Technology which has extensive experience in the development of research parks across the nation.
  • HCAR is located on a 165 acre parcel of land that is owned by Hershey Trust Company

HCAR provides the path to escalation:

  • Facilitated access to research expertise, especially in the areas of research discovery, development and commercialization
  • Access to research resources at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine, a major academic medical institution undertaking approximately $100 million annually in sponsored research
  • Facilitated access to research escalators and business escalators, such as business assistance, capital and technical assistance