In 2012, ENR ran an article about a naively ambitious Denver-based start-up that was diverting construction materials from the landfills by “repurposing” them. The company was then just a year old and was still learning the basics of repurposing.

Scientific laboratories and offices are a big revenue opportunity in the region, panelists and attendees agreed at the Life Sciences 2018 Real Estate Development Symposium in New York City—held in June just before the American Institute of Architects annual national meetup.