Montana State University plan to move into tech park worries startup firms

Founders of high-tech startups in the Advanced Technology Park launched by Montana State University say they’re concerned about losing their current offices and lab spaces.

They say their landlord, Advanced Technology Inc., a subsidiary of the MSU Foundation, plans to move them out of the Nopper Building on West College Street but has offered no idea where the firms can find the kind of lab space and business incubator space they need to stay in business.

The reason for the moves is that MSU’s student population has grown 33 percent since 2006 and space is tight in the campus core, university officials wrote to the regents. To free up space for academic use, the university would move several support offices off campus.

By Gail Schontzler Chronicle Staff Writer

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