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small,” has become big business is Edmonton, a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. Long known for its oil and gas sector, the city has in recent years established a worldrenowned research community centering on the facilities and expertise at the University of Alberta (U of A). Furthermore, the CA $120 million National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) opened its doors at the U of A campus last year. The National Research Council of Canada, the university, and private tenants who lease lab space are sharing the 230,000-square-foot building, which has enhanced Edmonton’s research and development and commercialization capabilities in the bio- sciences, agri-food, and information and communication technologies. While NINT researchers use four floors of the building, and the university uses two others, a 30,000-squarefoot section called the Innovation Centre has been set aside for industry tenants. This section, a research transfer facility that offers lab and office space, opened earlier this year and is already being used by a handful of local startup firms working on nanotechnology commercialization, says Rick Brommeland, director of business development at NINT. Also, the Xerox Research Centre of Canada operates at NINT, making Xerox the first multinational company to collaborate on research projects there. “It’s early for us. We’re just beginning to get traffic, and a broader interest on what the value proposition of the center is,” Brommeland says. “But inquiries are becoming more and more steady.” Brommeland hopes to have the Innovation Centre fully occupied within the next 18 months. “The value proposition is almost last about space, and is more first about the opportunities to get access to expensive equipment,” he says, noting the CA $40 million worth of the latest generation of scientific tools. Just as important, he adds, is access to the energy and expertise at the institute, the campus, and the city as a whole. A site to see. SITES.NPPD.COM A SITE WITH COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION ON NEBRASKA. 1-800-282-6773, ext. 5534 #3503 at www.BusinessFacilities.com BUSINESS FACILITIES 17 http://sites.nppd.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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