The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has established a Web site listing wet lab facilities throughout the state that are available for start-up companies to lease or buy.
The wet lab site contains details provided by official facility representatives, including, in some cases, World Wide Web links to more information and photos of the facilities.
Free Listing Service
Properties eligible for inclusion in the free listing service must be available for immediate occupancy via lease or sale to companies requiring wet lab or incubator space or manufacturing space suitable for life sciences-related production.
The free listings are searchable for six regions of the state, coinciding with the Biotechnology Center's six sites serving western North Carolina, the Charlotte region, the Piedmont Triad, the Research Triangle Park area, the eastern region and the southeast region.
Pure office space and "flex" or "shell" space that requires significant adaptation or investment for lab work are not eligible, nor are "captive" facilities such as university-only academic research labs. Instrumentation and other capabilities not associated with the wet lab space are also not permitted in the listings.
Partnership
The Biotechnology Center is co-sponsoring the site with the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC), which had maintained a wet lab and incubator space Web site for several years. Participants in the listing service who log onto the SBTDC site are now automatically linked to the new site hosted by the Biotechnology Center.
"This is another valuable asset that the Biotechnology Center can uniquely provide," said John Richert, the Biotechnology Center's vice president, business and technology development. "As the statewide go-to site for bioscience information we're frequently asked by start-up companies if we know of any available wet lab space that might meet their specific requirements. This site provides that."
For more information about the wet laboratory facilities Web site contact Pamela Gaster at 919-541-9366.
About the Biotechnology Center
The Biotechnology Center is a private, non-profit corporation supported by the General Assembly. Its mission is to provide long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina by supporting biotechnology research, business and education statewide.
Contact
Jim Shamp, news and publications editor, 919-541-9366.
