Byline: Eve Samples
Oct. 2--A company formed by entrepreneur and philanthropist Alfred E. Mann announced Monday that it plans to develop a "major life sciences complex" next to the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies' planned campus in southwest Port St. Lucie.
Mann Research Center LLC, which Mann founded for the project, said it has a contract to buy 22 acres in the Tradition development west of Interstate 95. Early plans for the property call for a five- or six-building complex with a mix of research and development, medical, office and retail space, according to a company statement.
St. Lucie County Administrator Doug Anderson said, "Alfred E. Mann is ...