Rising biomedical R&D centers

Among other rising communities in this sector, Rhodes says, are

• Oklahoma City;
• Seattle;
• Phoenix;
• Denver; Kansas City;
• Edmonton, Alberta;
• Blacksburg, Va.;
• Athens, Ga.;
• Auburn, Ala.;
• State College, Pa.; and
• Gainesville, Fla.

Betty McIntosh, site consultant with Cushman & Wakefield in Atlanta, says that the usual locations – like Boston, New Jersey and San Francisco – are "getting saturated." As a result, she notes, "the two most important criteria for these operations are quality and availability of labor, which is driven significantly by quality of life, and university research availability."

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