University City incubator B.Labs, announced earlier this year as a partnership between developer Brandywine Realty Trust and the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC), has named Matthew Burkhardt as its first director.
The space is slated to open in the Cira Centre across from Brandywine’s ongoing project, Schuylkill Yards, in January. It’s one of the many, many projects in the works in UCity right now and will offer 50,000 square feet of flex research space within three stories of the skyscraper.
“The catalyst for our incubator was the ever-expanding, small-scale life science users with high-growth projections who need space immediately,” Jerry Sweeney, president and CEO of Brandywine, said in March. “Partnering with the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center will accelerate establishing a dynamic, flexible community of innovators who can grow their company as they steward their discoveries into commercial offerings.”
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