DALLAS-After a year of negotiations, the University ofTexas-Southwestern Medical School has signed a five-year lease toroll out a new initiative, a Cytogenetics laboratory.

The wet lab will come on line Jan. 1 in 7,600 sf at Research RowBiolabs at 2110 Research Row, Jason Moser of the Certus Group tellsGlobeSt.com. In early 2001, the Certus Group bought the 75,000-sfstructure and tailored the space for medical use in a plan toalways latch onto some UT tenants. The new deal boosts occupancy to85%.

The UT lab joins Carter BloodCare, Mediware Information Systems,US Oncology and eXegenics Inc. Moser says he talking to otherprospects, but it's all preliminary at this stage for the MedicalDistrict property located at the corner of Harry Hines Boulevardand Research Row. Sherri Kuykendahl of Graham Investments brokeredfor the university while Moser handled Certus' side of thetalks.