It's pretty dysfunctional that the University of Missouri system is operating its Cortex location as an office out of Mizzou rather than through UMSL. If there was one way the University system could recognize a way to utilize the strengths of the UMSL location, it would put resources into building IT and computer engineering talent in the state via an UMSL branch in Cortex. I really do believe the University system spites UMSL to make sure it doesn't threaten the status of Mizzou.
Don't forget too that in 2015, Spectrum Brands made St. Louis (Earth City) the HQs for its United Pet Group combining their United Pet Group division with its Home & Garden division, which was already based in St. Louis. The pet division was relocated from Cincinnati.shadrach wrote:Plus, St. Louis being home to Nestlé Purina, Royal Canin, Nature's Variety, Purina Mills and NOVUS. I'd like to see our animal nutrition industry become more of a visible player and collectively push St. Louis as the recognized leader in the category.
The United Pet Group includes many nutritional brands for birds, aquariums, chews for dogs etc. and also pet grooming products.
Check out its pet brands list, which also has descriptions. Global Pet Supplies
St. Louis (Chesterfield) is also home to Manna Pro.
Wow! Didn't know about United Pet Group's relocation! I was a big fan of Tetra back when I had fish.
And there's also Alfa Pet Products.
I recall reading last year or before (it all blurs together) in STLToday or the Business Journal (more blur) that St. Louis has one of the highest concentration of pet food experts in the country. We forget about this huge pet care/products industry in St. Louis.
This could be one of our 'Five Specializations.'
And there's also Alfa Pet Products.
I recall reading last year or before (it all blurs together) in STLToday or the Business Journal (more blur) that St. Louis has one of the highest concentration of pet food experts in the country. We forget about this huge pet care/products industry in St. Louis.
This could be one of our 'Five Specializations.'
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This is an absurd idea for this decade. Mizzou is being punished by rural republicans for employees no longer there making the system look bad. The UM System is in the middle of a giant budget crisis it cannot crawl out of. UMSL has more buildings and lands to repair now that it did a few years back and at the same time it is facing a gigantic budget reduction. Nothing has been repaired in decades, and that's all going to catch up with them. Layoffs are going to happen.addxb2 wrote:I think the MU system would benefit from getting involved in the cortex. I think a very small fifth campus (1-2 buildings) would be nice to have. Maybe a tech program where students studying tech related fields at the other campuses are relocated for a semester/year/summer to participate in advanced internships.
"University of Missouri - CORTEX"
SLU should invest in CORTEX more. UMSL needs to pay for stuff it already has. UM needs to focus on justifying why it exists. There's an ongoing study considering the possible utility in each UM campus being a stand alone institution and the system itself simply being dissolved.
The Watering Bowl opening up in dogtown next to Gateway Pet Guardian, the Humane Society, and Hillside Animal Hospital is noteworthy as far as public/private clusters go.shadrach wrote:I recall reading last year or before (it all blurs together) in STLToday or the Business Journal (more blur) that St. Louis has one of the highest concentration of pet food experts in the country. We forget about this huge pet care/products industry in St. Louis.
This could be one of our 'Five Specializations.'
Cortex announcement:
AAI/CML will invest 10.7 million in area operations.
100+ "highly skilled" employees to Cortex from South County.
http://cortexstl.com/cortex-welcomes-aa ... community/
AAI/CML will invest 10.7 million in area operations.
100+ "highly skilled" employees to Cortex from South County.
http://cortexstl.com/cortex-welcomes-aa ... community/
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pretty cool! I was thinking there were 60k sq. ft. of office to fill but upon reflection I think that may be the total size of the @4260 Building. So it may be filled up now. Or not... I need to double-check!
^ RW believe your right on the 60k sf total as for the new @ 4260 building with the tech shop taking up roughly 20k square feet. The announcement would fill the remaining square footage.
Time for a Crescent Building and or ground breaking for US Metals site. CORTEX can't have much leaseable space available with this announcement
Time for a Crescent Building and or ground breaking for US Metals site. CORTEX can't have much leaseable space available with this announcement
A new cancer-biotech company setting up in CORTEX, which is becoming a hub for cancer tech companies. CORTEX is becoming a hub for cancer tech start-ups.
Feb 18, 2016 – Unleash Immuno Oncolytics Enters License Agreement with Leloir Institute to Develop Immuno-Oncology Products for Cancer Treatment, Gets Established in Saint Louis
Buenos Aires, Argentina – February 18, 2016 – Unleash Immuno Oncolytics, an immune-oncology company developing oncolytic virus immunotherapy products to treat cancer, today announced that the company has entered a license agreement with INIS Biotech, the tech transfer arm of Fundación Instituto Leloir, and has established operations in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
“Immuno-oncology is a very promising field and we are excited to enter this space that could potentially bring truly breakthrough therapies for cancer treatment. Unleash is privileged to license this technology from the Leloir Institute, to leverage this outstanding science to develop innovative immune-oncology therapies” said Unleash’s CEO, Daniel Katzman.
The research work of Dr. Osvaldo Podhajcer´s group led to the development of Unleash’s leading product – UIO-512, an oncolytic virus designed to target both malignant cells and tumor-associated stroma cells. “The stroma, composed by non-malignant cancer-associated fibroblasts, endothelial and immune cells, provides nutrients, structure and helps the malignant cells to grow and disseminate. Cancer-associated stroma cells may account for up to 90% of the tumor mass and are not being specifically and are not targeted by any other current therapies. Thus, targeting the stroma cells is a significant paradigm shift over existing cancer treatments” explained Dr. Podhjacer – Chief, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Therapy (Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires), Superior Researcher (CONICET) ), Director of the Argentinian Consortium of Genomic Technology.
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and here : BioGenerator investment lures another biotech startup to Cortex
and here : St. Louis: The tech capital for cancer
Feb 18, 2016 – Unleash Immuno Oncolytics Enters License Agreement with Leloir Institute to Develop Immuno-Oncology Products for Cancer Treatment, Gets Established in Saint Louis
Buenos Aires, Argentina – February 18, 2016 – Unleash Immuno Oncolytics, an immune-oncology company developing oncolytic virus immunotherapy products to treat cancer, today announced that the company has entered a license agreement with INIS Biotech, the tech transfer arm of Fundación Instituto Leloir, and has established operations in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
“Immuno-oncology is a very promising field and we are excited to enter this space that could potentially bring truly breakthrough therapies for cancer treatment. Unleash is privileged to license this technology from the Leloir Institute, to leverage this outstanding science to develop innovative immune-oncology therapies” said Unleash’s CEO, Daniel Katzman.
The research work of Dr. Osvaldo Podhajcer´s group led to the development of Unleash’s leading product – UIO-512, an oncolytic virus designed to target both malignant cells and tumor-associated stroma cells. “The stroma, composed by non-malignant cancer-associated fibroblasts, endothelial and immune cells, provides nutrients, structure and helps the malignant cells to grow and disseminate. Cancer-associated stroma cells may account for up to 90% of the tumor mass and are not being specifically and are not targeted by any other current therapies. Thus, targeting the stroma cells is a significant paradigm shift over existing cancer treatments” explained Dr. Podhjacer – Chief, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Therapy (Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires), Superior Researcher (CONICET) ), Director of the Argentinian Consortium of Genomic Technology.
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and here : BioGenerator investment lures another biotech startup to Cortex
and here : St. Louis: The tech capital for cancer
Hey Joe Biden, invest some of that $1 billion moon shot cancer cure money in St. Louis please.
City of Philadelphia's Civic Design Review committee approves Wexford's 3675 Market Street.
Can St. Louis get something similar or better?
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Can St. Louis get something similar or better?
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I think the 4 or 5 story buildings Wexford apparently is looking at for the US Metals site is fine for now, but I would like to see a legit tower or two down the road -- sort of as a crowning achievement rounding out the district.
I think CORTEX should go bigger. These dinky, scrawny buildings have been filling up fast.
CORTEX is only 225-acres. Build it up in height to help create density (population, square footage, residents) over the long run.
If they can find a solid anchor tenant to take up two or three stories of a 10-story tech/bioscience tower, they'll be able find others to help fill it. Trust me.
If it takes awhile to fill it up.......fine......don't start building another until it is filled (or almost filled).
It's time for St. Louis to be a big boy.
Think big and big things will happen.
CORTEX is only 225-acres. Build it up in height to help create density (population, square footage, residents) over the long run.
If they can find a solid anchor tenant to take up two or three stories of a 10-story tech/bioscience tower, they'll be able find others to help fill it. Trust me.
If it takes awhile to fill it up.......fine......don't start building another until it is filled (or almost filled).
It's time for St. Louis to be a big boy.
Think big and big things will happen.
Denver's Technological Center. Some of the buildings are older because Denver's been in the tech game a little longer.
I know it will take some time, but I would like to see CORTEX arrive in heights like these buildings - not the suburbanish layout though.
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I know it will take some time, but I would like to see CORTEX arrive in heights like these buildings - not the suburbanish layout though.
Watching the new building going up on Forest Park, I can't help but think all of the buildings in CORTEX are starting to look alike. I sure hope Wexford does something different. We need variety.
Anything on the rumor mill? With reported 4% vacancy its tough not to see something announced sooner or later, whether they go forward with Crescent Building rehab/re-use or Wexford groundbreaking. Looking for a teaser because getting them on the BPV thread is depressing.
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I believe they're working actively on Wexford plans.
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CarexCurator wrote:This is an absurd idea for this decade. Mizzou is being punished by rural republicans for employees no longer there making the system look bad. The UM System is in the middle of a giant budget crisis it cannot crawl out of. UMSL has more buildings and lands to repair now that it did a few years back and at the same time it is facing a gigantic budget reduction. Nothing has been repaired in decades, and that's all going to catch up with them. Layoffs are going to happen.addxb2 wrote:I think the MU system would benefit from getting involved in the cortex. I think a very small fifth campus (1-2 buildings) would be nice to have. Maybe a tech program where students studying tech related fields at the other campuses are relocated for a semester/year/summer to participate in advanced internships.
"University of Missouri - CORTEX"
SLU should invest in CORTEX more. UMSL needs to pay for stuff it already has. UM needs to focus on justifying why it exists. There's an ongoing study considering the possible utility in each UM campus being a stand alone institution and the system itself simply being dissolved.
Follow-up on why UMSL and Mizzou cannot do anything for CORTEX. Mizzou has a $32 million dollar problem in its operating budget. That's not a fuzzy endowment number, that's cash on hand.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/educ ... 03140.html
Yeah, the whole UM system is in serious trouble. As much as I am sympathetic to the student activism at Mizzou, it has caused serious damage to the university.
^ Student activism hasn't damaged Mizzou, this has a been a structural problem that has been on its way for years. The right wing, reactionaries in Jeff City have destroyed the quality of life in Missouri, with their cut every tax and drown Big Government ideology. Missouri as a state is pretty hopeless unless we get some more balance in our state government. The fact is the state has gone way too far to the right and its having a negative effect on the state and local economy. When the people running your state deny billions of dollars in medicaid money, just because you don't like the fact that the president is a socialist, half-breed Kenyan, Muslim 
. You're going to have some serious problems. Unfortunately, Missouri is not rich with oil like Texas, or blessed with a subtropical climate like Florida, we don't have appealing desert terrain like Arizona, and cant exploit the Appalachian culture of Tennessee, so there is virtually no room for us to have such retrograde policies. If Missouri wants to grow, it should take a look at Minnesota, well funding schools and social services, along with investment in its chief city has driven growth in the state. Missouri has cut services and does everything to hurt its largest metropolitan area. Could you imagine if Missouri has similar public investment as Minnesota, St. Louis would probably be booming and compared more to cities like Minneapolis and Denver than Detroit and Cleveland.
. You're going to have some serious problems. Unfortunately, Missouri is not rich with oil like Texas, or blessed with a subtropical climate like Florida, we don't have appealing desert terrain like Arizona, and cant exploit the Appalachian culture of Tennessee, so there is virtually no room for us to have such retrograde policies. If Missouri wants to grow, it should take a look at Minnesota, well funding schools and social services, along with investment in its chief city has driven growth in the state. Missouri has cut services and does everything to hurt its largest metropolitan area. Could you imagine if Missouri has similar public investment as Minnesota, St. Louis would probably be booming and compared more to cities like Minneapolis and Denver than Detroit and Cleveland.