PITTSBURGH — Jim Scalo has received an expensive education in repositioning Burns Scalo Real Estate’s Riviera project from the traditional office building it started as into one accommodating new wet lab uses for life sciences firms.
After doubling the investment from a $35 million office building to a $70 million life sciences hub, he’s preparing for the prospect of developing a second building to host life sciences firms at the South Oakland business park.
“We learned a lot,” said Scalo, president and CEO of Burns Scalo, of what it takes to build for the needs of life sciences firms, including all the additional venting, electrical capacity and water service needs that come with wet labs used for scientific research.
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