New York Blood Center Enterprises will soon open its first vertical campus in Westchester County, New York, where construction broke ground this month. Located at 601 Midland Avenue in Rye, the existing building will be gutted and transformed to accommodate state-of-the-art life sciences research space, blood collections tools, and cell therapy manufacturing facilities.

When complete, the new building will comprise 187,000 square feet. AVON, the building’s former owner, sold the property to George Comfort & Sons in 2019 for an undisclosed amount.

“We are grateful to the Town of Rye and all of the community members and elected officials who joined us for today’s special event,” said Christopher D. Hillyer, MD, president and CEO, of New York Blood Center Enterprises. “We will transform the building into a state-of-the-art multipurpose campus dedicated to life sciences research, blood collections, processing, distribution, specialty laboratories, and cell therapy manufacturing to support the public health of our region and fulfill our mission to provide life-saving healthcare across the globe.”

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