I love this! What an exciting time to live and work in the Lowcountry, seeing the city I love revitalized in so many really interesting and positive directions! And as a realtor I truly get to be part of it all! Better and better!
"A research incubator in downtown Charleston should not only create high-tech jobs but also improve the 
neighborhood around the Cooper River bridge, said Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.
The S.C. Research Authority plans to spend up to $5 million to refurbish a downtown Charleston building into an incubator for biotech research and business development. In partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina, the incubator will focus on biomedical and biopharmaceutical research that could spawn commercial ventures.
neighborhood around the Cooper River bridge, said Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.The S.C. Research Authority plans to spend up to $5 million to refurbish a downtown Charleston building into an incubator for biotech research and business development. In partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina, the incubator will focus on biomedical and biopharmaceutical research that could spawn commercial ventures.
The city negotiated a lease with the SCRA for a 28,000-square-foot building at 645 Meeting St., near the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. Charleston City Council still must approve the lease, which is $1 per year for 30 years.
'It’s really hard to overstate the importance of this,' Riley said. 'That part of town has a terrific future, and obviously to have a biotech incubator right in the heart of it is great for that area.' Riley called the former mattress factory that will house the incubator 'creative space.'
'One thing about old buildings is you adaptively use them, and there’s a very creative accomplishment just in that,' he said. If the lease is approved, Mahoney hopes to open the incubator in fall 2009."
'It’s really hard to overstate the importance of this,' Riley said. 'That part of town has a terrific future, and obviously to have a biotech incubator right in the heart of it is great for that area.' Riley called the former mattress factory that will house the incubator 'creative space.'
'One thing about old buildings is you adaptively use them, and there’s a very creative accomplishment just in that,' he said. If the lease is approved, Mahoney hopes to open the incubator in fall 2009."
For the full Charleston Regional Business Journal article: http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/14_15/news/12429-1.html
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