Upon completion, the expanded BTBC will add 30,000 square feet of space to the existing 20,000-square-foot facility. It will accommodate 18-24 companies at various levels of development, including start-ups based on KU research. Additionally, it will also accommodate other early-stage companies and private industry companies wishing to collaborate with KU researchers.
The expansion will provide new wet-lab and dry-lab space, conference rooms and offices for the KU Center for Technology Commercialization (KUCTC), the university’s principal resource for industry partnerships, intellectual property protection and management, and community economic development.
The expansion project will relocate the KUCTC to the BTBC, which will bring it closer to various researchers at KU’s bioscience researchers.
The expansion project is scheduled to complete in fall 2014.
