Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. is opening a Gaithersburg wet lab space in a project that may help fill a gap left when Montgomery County's biotech incubator shuttered last year.
Called Alexandria LaunchLabs, the new space will create five lab and office spaces to accelerate early-stage life science companies. Each will have about 1,200 square feet and have access to supporting infrastructure and amenities such as an on-site gym. BioHealth Innovation, a public-private partnership created in 2011 to foster health and life sciences commercialization in Maryland, will provide startup and entrepreneur-in-residence programs to guide the early-stage life science companies.