Shady Grove Life Sciences Center Grows

Officials tout ABL's expansion and news that a Chinese firm is coming to the bioscience hub.

County officials celebrated the opening of the new corporate headquarters of Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. and said that Gov. Martin O’Malley’s announcement that ABL will soon have new neighbors from China in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center is a sign of Montgomery County's strength as a global player in bioscience. On Friday, County Executive Isiah Leggett joined ABL employees in opening a 72,000-square-foot corporate headquarters that includes manufacturing suites, research labs and space for further expansion. The new three-story facility at 9800 Medical Center Drive cost more than $12 million to build, according to the ABL, which has more than 100 employees and plans to add another 30 in the next 18 months. “That is a …

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