A firm based in Madison, Wisconsin that has developed technology to detect cancer has announced plans to build a massive new facility in Phoenix.
The Exact Sciences Corporation says it wants to build a new 250,000 square-foot facility that will expand the footprint in the city it already has with its current downtown facilities located at the Translational Genomics Research Institute building.
The molecular diagnostics company, founded in 1995, has focused on the prevention of colorectal cancer. Besides its current facilities in Phoenix, the company also operates a 169,000 square-foot clinical laboratory and warehouse in Madison.
The new Phoenix facility will be built on vacant land just to the west of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and will include laboratory and office space.
According to documents submitted to the City of Phoenix, the new building will also house a manufacturing and warehouse area.
The site for the project is more specifically located at the northeast corner of North Sky Harbor Circle and Buckeye Road.
By Garry Boulard
