Salina, N.Y. A proposed nanotechnology facility in Salina that remains vacant 3 1\/2 years after it was announced will eventually open despite a new project in the field announced yesterday for DeWitt. <\/p>\n
New York said in 2010 it would invest $28 million to transform a former General Electric lab at the park into a facility that will employ up to 250 people. <\/p>\n
Those plans haven't changed, said Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany. The focus will be on defense-related work involving nanotechnology, the science of manipulating individual atoms and molecules. <\/p>\n
The Nanoscale College is involved in the Electronics Park facility and the new project Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday at Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney's State of the County address. <\/p>\n
Cuomo said the state will spend $15 million to create a nanotech hub at the Collamer Crossings Business Park that will eventually employ 350 people. Its first tenant will be the Film House, a film production company. <\/p>\n
The Electronics Park facility should be up and running in 2014, Kaloyeros said. <\/p>\n
The building was neglected over the years, which meant it needed major rehab, said Kevin Schwab, a spokesman for CenterState CEO, which manages Electronics Park. <\/p>\n
\"That process is complete now,\" he said. \"We are ready for construction and development.\" <\/p>\n
Schwab said the governor's announcement of the DeWitt hub shouldn't hurt the Electronics Park site. <\/p>\n
\"Nanotechnology is a platform that can be applied across a wide range of industries and I think that's what you're seeing here,\" he said. <\/p>\n
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