Labs Are Getting Smaller, Smarter And Forcing Landlords To Pivot Quickly Downsizing, automation and outsourcing are usually assumed to have the most drastic effects on lower-wage and lower-skilled workers. But these forces have impacted the most high-tech life sciences labs in the nation, and many in the industry already see how biotech and lab space development and operations are shifting as a result. 
“Outsourcing, robotization, miniaturization, all the same trends are impacting every business, even ours,” said Lab Launch CEO Llewellyn Cox, a former scientist whose firm has developed a pair of incubation and postgraduate lab spaces in Los Angeles. “Companies are looking for smaller spaces. Even five to 10 years ago,…  Read the full story here. | | |
