"This is a very concentrated hub for life sciences," Scheer Partners' Kenneth D. Berkman tells GlobeSt.com. Other bioscience organizations in the Montgomery County area include MedImmune in Gaithersburg, and BioReliance, Human Genome Sciences, and the Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville. "We worked with the ownership to create spec development for basic wet lab R&D use.

The space offers pre-engineered shared services--compressed air and vacuum lines, pipe gases, and purification systems. They are the typical utilities that most life sciences companies need, but they're very expensive." The space is targeted at those mid-sized companies that require the amenities but are not large enough to afford traditional single-user laboratories.