Business & Tech
Large Research Company to Relocate to Puyallup
Research group Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) is expected to relocate to Puyallup by the end of this year and is poised to become one of the largest employers in town.
A research company soon to make Puyallup home will be one of the largest employers to relocate to the area in recent years, according to the latest council update from the Puyallup City Manager.
Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB), a research company that develops protocol for human testing in pharmaceuticals and related industries, is moving over 200 employees from Thurston County to the Benaroya Business & Technology Center on 39th Avenue SE. in Puyallup.
According to the City Manager report, city staff reviewed the company’s proposed extensive remodel of about 45,000 square feet of existing office space at the Benaroya site earlier this week. On July 25th, Development Services Director Tom Utterback joined Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board staff and the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce in hosting a bus tour for WIRB employees to the Benaroya campus and throughout the surrounding community. WIRB was also welcomed to Puyallup by Mayor Rick Hansen, at the beginning of the tour.
Tenant improvement construction work is expected to begin soon on WIRB’s South Hill office space, with relocation to Puyallup slated for December 2013.
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