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ST. LOUIS-In a move to consolidate several offices and aresearch lab, food ingredient innovator and manufacturing companythe Solae Co. is relocating its global headquarters to a Center ofResearch Technology and Entrepreneurial Exchange, or Cortex,facility here. The firm will anchor the 246-acre midtown campuswith a new multimillion-dollar research center near Boyle Avenueand Forest Park Parkway.

Cortex is a collaboration of major research institutions in theSt. Louis area, backed by the region's business and civiccommunity. Anchor institutions include: Washington University inSt. Louis, Saint Louis University, University of Missouri-St.Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Missouri Botanical Garden.Those institutions have pledged $29 million during five years todevelop research space to retain startup biotech companies andattract larger biotech companies to the city.