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I i i Riverfront Research Park 3 September 20, 1996 building. Research Park Manager Diane Wiley said Campbell plans atwo-story building and will meet next with the Research Park's Design Advisory Committee to review plans. The building is being designed by WBGS Architects of Eugene. The Riverfront Research Park is a cooperative venture of the University of Oregon, the City of Eugene and a private developer, Research Park Associates (RPA) of Salt Lake City, which has ICI development rights for the first sector of the park. RPA has assigned its rights to Campbell to construct the new building. ~I ~i The park is being constructed according to the master site plan approved in 1988, and will ~I eventually provide about one million square feet of space for research-related companies drawing on the nearby expertise of the University. The park's first building was opened in 1993. That 60,000 square foot building is fully leased, housing eight tenants involved in software development, artificial intelligence, and multi-media. The second building, a former UO research lab which was renovated and opened as the Innovation Center in 1994, provides space it for emerging high-tech companies. Marker Gene Technologies is a biotechnology company working on new therapeutic ~ regimens for the treatment of cancer, bacterial infections and genetic diseases. The company has ~II received several federal and state grants including ones from the National Science Foundation I~ ~li and National Institutes of Health. Company founder, John Naleway, said "Our collaboration I ~i, with the sciences at the University of Oregon, combined with our location in the research park, have been critical to our company's growth and success. We're excited about the possibility of i