Innovative design was the linchpin of a dramatic renovation that transformed a vacant telecom atrium office building into a state-of the- art life sciences company headquarters. Creative process and meticulous planning combined to create a facility with the dexterity to meet a range of specific, strict criteria.

A leading life sciences company, providing integrated anatomic pathology and molecular testing services, required a new location for its headquarters in a location adjacent to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. The company receives and analyzes samples for thousands of patients per day, referred by physicians nationally.

The company had outgrown their previous facility in the area. As a fast-growing company, a consolidated headquarters was desired to streamline operations, provide expansion, and to create new, state-of the-art laboratory facilities. In order to accommodate its specialized and sophisticated operations, the company had to dramatically renovate a building.

Due to the complexity of its work, there were several criteria for the company’s new headquarters. The building required close access to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to expedite the receipt of thousands of high-priority tissue samples, a minimum of 150,000 square feet of space that could accommodate both corporate offices and laboratory facilities, and a building that reflected the correct professional image for the company.

In selecting the final real estate option, the company had to consider a variety of factors including the extent of renovation that would be required to adapt a building for the company’s requirements and vision for a cutting-edge headquarters. Once a building of suitable size and location was selected, the work began to plan the physical, structural, mechanical, and design renovations to support the specialized work that would occur in the facility.