The 115-acre University Corporate Research Park is located south of MSU along Collins Road and is home to several corporations and research facilities, the most notable two being MSU’s Composite Vehicle Research Center and MBI International.
The expansion at the park will link the northern sector—which currently houses LyondellBasell, the Composite Vehicle Research Center, the MSU Foundation offices and The Innovation Technology Center—to the southern area of the park adjacent to MBI.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon notes the significance of the project.
“We are fostering a culture of collaboration, connecting technological breakthroughs driven by public university research with the private sector entrepreneurial activity,” says Simon. “The University Corporate Research Park is an important venue for bringing the two sectors together.”
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero describes the expansion as “an exciting milestone on the path toward diversifying our local economy, fostering innovation and creating new jobs in the fast-growing sectors of the emerging economy.”
The planned road and infrastructure build-out of the park is designed with the future in mind. Nearly half the project’s cost is being funded by a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant and is expected to be completed this fall.
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