2024.01.05 外刊双语精读 商业地产：科学与城市.docx

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1.5每日一篇双语精读

Commercial?property：Scienceandthecity

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Canlabworkersfillupcity?centres?asoffices?retreat?

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【1】From?initial?impressions,theheadquartersofPortalInnovations,abusinessinChicago,resembleanyothertech-firmofficespace.Inthemainlobby,workersinjeansandT-shirtssiponfancycoffeesand?lounge?aroundon?modernist?furniture.Walkaroundtheplace,however,anddifferencesbecome?apparent.First,therearealmostno?cubicles?or?desktop?computers.Instead,therooms?surrounding?thecentral?atrium?are?filled?withlabequipment:microscopes,massspectrometersandbioreactors.Second,thespaceisinuse.Givenyour?correspondent?visitedlateonaThursdayafternoon,theworkersarerather?numerous.Evidentlyalmostnobodyisworkingfromhome—probablybecausetheydonothaveaccesstothosebioreactorsintheirlivingrooms.

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【2】PortalisafirmsomewherebetweenaWeWorkandaventure-capital?incubator?forlife-sciencesfirms.Its?tenants?are?startup?firms?typically?tryingtodevelopnewdrugs.ThecomplextheyarebasedinisFulton?labs,inChicago’sWestLoop,whichopeneditssecondbuildinglastyear.Fromtheoutsideit?resembles?afancyhotel,oranyothernewofficebuilding,withits?gyms?and?balconies.Butinsideitis?largely?labspace.AswellasPortal,spaceistakenupbytheChanZuckerbergBiohub,a?charitable?researchlabsetupbytheFacebookfounder,whichopenedinOctober.Its?construction?represents?abetthatscientistswill?flock?tocity?centres,evenifofficeworkersremainslowtoreturn.

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【3】Untilrecently,saysJohnFlavin,ofPortal,biosciencesmostlyhappenedinthesuburbs.Big?pharmaceutical?firms?operated?huge?labs?on?corporate?businessparks.Butthat,heinsists,ischanging—because?bioscience?isbecomingmoreliketech.

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【4】Newdrugsusedtobeinventedbylarge?vertically?integrated?firms.Butnowtheyareincreasinglydevelopedbystartupsthatcomeoutofuniversitiesandare?funde