USP headquarters named Best Biotech

USP's new building has already garnered other awards, including one from Mid-Atlantic Construction magazine as part of its "Best of 2007" awards program and one from The Metropolitan Washington and Virginia Chapters of Associated Builders and Contractors for excellence in construction.

NAIOP is the nation's leading trade association for developers, owners, investors, asset managers and other professionals in industrial, office and mixed-use commercial real estate. The Maryland/DC chapter's Awards of Excellence Program annually honors regional buildings completed in the previous year in nearly 30 categories. The Best BioTech Award is given to the building project that best proactively accounts for and innovatively addresses the special design needs of the biotech industry.

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