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Civica to break ground in Chesterfield lab, and expand in Petersburg
May 14, 2025
Nearly three years after announcing plans to build a laboratory in Chesterfield to support its manufacturing operations in Petersburg, Civica Rx is readying plans to kick off the project’s construction.
The Utah-based nonprofit drugmaker said it will break ground this summer on a 50,000-square-foot facility at 11731 Meadowville Lane, in the Meadowville Technology Park near Chester.
The $25 million lab will handle research and development as well as quality testing for Civica’s nearby pharmaceutical plant in Petersburg. Civica plans to hire 50 employees to work out of the lab.
A 10,000-square-foot portion of the Meadowville facility is planned to be occupied by a VCU Medicines for All Institute lab dedicated to scaling drug production.
The general contractor for the project is Hourigan, and HDR was tapped to handle architectural design and engineering.
