Jackson Lab breaks ground on expansion
The Jackson Laboratory broke ground yesterday on a multi-million-dollar expansion, as sales of the lab's mice have started to recover.
The Bar Harbor-based nonprofit organization announced in May it would add a three-story building that would provide 22,500 square feet of lab space. Half of the building's construction is being funded by a $4.7 million grant from the Maine Technology Asset Fund, while the lab is paying for the other half, according to the Bangor Daily News. Charles Hewett, Jackson Lab's COO, told the paper that sales of the research mice it breeds are on the rise, and the lab's revenue from reproductive services increased 7% from the same time last year. As a result, the lab has been able to restore work hours for employees, after it cut about 55 jobs in March and reduced working hours for 315 people out of its 1,300-person staff.
The new facility, being built by Consigli Construction Co., is expected to be complete by November 2010 and operational by the following spring, according to the paper.
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