Wexford building, PBC1, on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus (Photo credit: Wexford Science + Technology)
By Mikenzie Hammel | Downtown Devil
In partnership with Wexford Science + Technology and the City of Phoenix, Arizona State University opened its newest building (PBC1) on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus to promote entrepreneurship and economic development.
Half of this seven-story, 226,000 sq. ft. extension will serve as a significant resource to several ASU colleges, including the Edson College of Nursing, the College of Health Solutions, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and others where students and staff can conduct research and clinical studies.
Thomas Osha, the senior vice president of innovation and economic development for Wexford, said that PBC1 will also bring together the two other major Arizona universities, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University, as well as TGen, Phoenix Union Bioscience High School, Dignity Health Center, Gateway Community College and other biomedical companies.
At the ribbon cutting ceremony on March 30, Osha said it will become a “heart, a nexus” for the Phoenix Biomedical Campus in its future projects in the surrounding communities because of its strategic location right off Roosevelt Row.
