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marketplace and in the Centennial Valley in particular,” Vitrian cofounder Scott Nudelman said in a prepared statement last month when the redevelopment effort was announced. “As biomanufacturing and nonpharma advanced manufacturing expands beyond the coastal markets, Boulder County will continue to benefit. We look forward to collaborating with companies and stakeholders in the region, including the Colorado Bioscience Association and Institute, Front Range Community College and non-profit organizations focused on STEM workforce development.”

The Centennial Valley Innovation Center will provide “dedicated biomanufacturing and advanced manufacturing capable space,” the development group said in a news release.

According to the Centennial Valley Innovation Center’s website, the project is expected to be delivered by December 2024.

The U.S. Highway 36 corridor between Denver and Boulder is home to almost one-third of Colorado’s biotech companies and research institutions, according to the Colorado Bioscience Association.

In the past, Colorado has often lacked the facilities to accommodate major life-science players that might consider setting up shop in the region. But recently developers “have made significant

investments in our communities to help address” the need for laboratory and flex-office space, CBSA president Elyse Blazevich told Bizwest in a February interview. “We now have more than 3.5 million square feet of lab space planned or in construction” throughout the state.

Many of those square feet are being developed or planned along the U.S. 36 corridor in places such as Louisville’s Redtail Ridge, the Coal Creek Innovation Campus in Downtown Superior and Flatiron Park in east Boulder.

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