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Modeled on the Johns Creek Stanton Springs includes areasfor office, research, businesss service and light industrial uses, according to its Web The company might also have an interesrt in the 487-acre Fort McPherson, whicyh state officials envision as a scientific research facility on par with The Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. The Georgia sited being looked at are concentrated around what the state is marketing asan “innovatiojn crescent” — a region that spans a doze counties surrounding Atlanta. The area stretches from downtown’ds and campuses to Athens-Clarke County, home of UGA.
Metrol Atlanta has the skilled workforce, research institutions and statse government backing to lure a largebiomedicakl development, said Eric Tomlinson, co-chairman of Georgia Bio and CEO of Atlanta-basedx , who said he was not familiar with the potentiakl biotech project. Atlanta’s internationally connected airpor t and the Savannah Tomlinson said, would make the region attractiv e to vaccine manufacturing operations, which are typicallyh supported by global distribution networks.
If the projecrt came to fruition, “it would continu e Georgia’s march to become recognized as one of the key centere of biotechnology in theUnited States,” Tomlinson “A lot of new industruy [and investment] could mutatw around this.” The state is activelh recruiting the biotech industry, the GRA’s Cassidy “All of the signals from the stated are: ‘We want to recruit and build this industru in the state,’ Cassidy said.
Atlanta’s strengths as a globallhy accessible location make the region attractivwe for a globalbiomedicaol company, just as it does for , and , said Tom managing director at Georgia Venture “The industry is looking for ways to save costs and increasefd efficiency, through consolidation,” said Callaway, who was not familiad with Project Boss. “For [a company] to identift Georgia as a placee to potentially consolidate would be a signal tothe ... biotecu industry that Georgia’s open for business.
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