Katie Tabeling

2 days ago | delawarebusinesstimes.com | Katie Tabeling

NEWARK — In December 2023, Odessa High School students poured into labs at the Chemours Discovery Hub during a field trip to explore future career opportunities while they marveled at membranes and tested out spectroscopy machines to examine polymers. Inside one of the labs, Chemours associates showed off a glass tank filled with a clear liquid, bubbling around a motherboard. Less than two years later, that clear liquid — Opteon 2P50 — is finally closer to commercialization.

3 days ago | delawarebusinesstimes.com | Katie Tabeling

NEW CASTLE —  The New Castle County Council is considering an increase in fees paid by developers on new construction to help support the added cost of county services five months after such a proposal was vetoed. Impact fees are a one-time charge on a new development to help the county pay for new infrastructure and emergency services, as well as parks and libraries. New Castle County has not raised the impact fees since 1999.

3 days ago | delawarebusinesstimes.com | Katie Tabeling

WILMINGTON — In the early months of 2025, the Wilmington office market saw a solid rebound as 60,000 square feet of leases were signed and vacancies fell another 40 basis points, according to real estate brokerage Newmark. In the first quarter of 2025, the 60,777 square feet of leases marks the third consecutive quarter where office space has come off the market since a lease was signed and it’s the largest amount of space signed for since the end of 2023.

4 days ago | delawarebusinesstimes.com | Katie Tabeling

WILMINGTON — The U.S. market leader of AstraZeneca told the Wilmington area bioscience community that it’s time to see beyond the turbulence and plan ahead. Joris Silon, U.S. Country President for AstraZeneca, was one of the keynote speakers at last week’s Delaware’s DNA Conference which was organized by the Delaware Bioscience Association. Hours before he spoke to a crowded room at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, the U.S. struck a trade deal with the United Kingdom on some goods.

1 week ago | delawarebusinesstimes.com | Katie Tabeling

MILFORD — The city of Milford received $1.4 million from the Strategic Grant Fund on Monday to install infrastructure for the next phase of its up-and-coming Milford Corporate Center. The business park, which broke ground in March, is projected to have up to 27 lots varying between four and seven acres in size for future use. Milford officials believe that the demand would easily be there for the two million square feet of office and manufacturing space.