On the heels of federal funding approval for the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) West Campus in North St. Louis, a first of its kind incubator is under construction in downtown St. Louis.
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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS FOR GEOSAURUS OFFICES IN T-REX
Funded by Bayer, Geosaurus will be a hub for startups specializing in geospatial technology
March 4, 2019 • by Katy Jamboretz
City Officials, including Mayor, Lyda Krewson, Otis Williams of SLDC, investors and supporters of the geospatial world converged to the T-REX building two weeks ago to witness the unveiling of the construction of ‘
Geosaurus’, a new office space that when completed, will be available to startup companies that specialize in geospatial technology.
The new facility will be nearly 15,000 square feet in size and will be housed on the fourth floor of the T-REX Technology Incubator at 922 Washington Ave. in downtown, St. Louis. The name of the facility, ‘Geosaurus’, stems from Bayer’s Geospatial Innovation and Resource Center. Bayer, provided a $500,000 grant for funding toward the project. Bayer, acquired Monsanto in 2018.
T-REX was chosen as the location because of its’ proximity to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, who will be building a new facility in North St. Louis. The NGA is charged with producing the geospatial information and intelligence that provide the eyes of our national security operations.