The City of Chandler approached FSG for assistance in creating a technology business accelerator facility. Chandler wanted to know what types of companies would move into the facility, what the facility should look like, how much it would cost to build and operate, and how to fund it.

After numerous interviews and intense research of the Phoenix-area

biotechnology assets, FSG concluded the facility should focus on attracting businesses in nanotechnology, optics, and semiconductors.

FSG provided the following services: facility site location analysis, project management, community technology and asset management, capital planning, conceptual facility design, cost analysis, facility programming, 3D building design, public/private partnership coordination and city government interface.

Southwest Michigan First Biotech Incubator
Kalamazoo, Michigan

The 58,000 square foot two story incubator/accelerator was conceived to provide a comprehensive range of support and assistance to nurture the formation, survival and growth of innovative, entrepreneurial-driven, life science firms.  It includes the latest wet-lab technology (individual labs are 500 sq. ft.), as well as office space and conference facilities. The design of this building allows for future expansion.  Opened in 2003, it is nearing capacity, fully four years ahead of schedule.

Kalexsyn is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) that provides medicinal chemistry support to drug discovery programs at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.   The FSG project was to design an open and semi-flexible lab within the incubator that would foster collaboration and creativity among the researchers, while providing identical, standardized research