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Project would cost $7.5 million
Thursday, December 28, 2006
The Kansas Bioscience Authority is teaming up with Lawrence and Douglas County governments to turn a warehouse building into a high-tech laboratory center in the East Hills Business Park, officials said today.
The project — expected to cost nearly $7.5 million — would give startups and other promising bioscience operations a place to test their ideas and develop products. Lawrence city commissioners are scheduled to review their commitment to the project Tuesday, and Douglas County commissioners will discuss the issue Jan. 8.
The 67,376-square-foot building, at 3813 Greenway Drive, opened in 2002 as a site to attract warehousing or light-manufacturing operations. Now it is being targeted for a high-tech overhaul, with specialized plumbing, electrical and ventilation systems to go along with scientific equipment designed to attract promising companies.
One of the companies being discussed as a possible tenant for the center is Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, which has lab and office operations in western Lawrence.
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