Architectural firm WEISS/MANFREDI project rendering

When President Eisenhower warned of the rising power of the hyphenated industrial complex his concerns were clearly well-founded. Cornell NYC Tech, the upcoming Roosevelt Island campus of graduate high-tech education, is in the process of rehabilitating the concept of collaboration with industry with the development of its first “corporate co-location” building.

“Cornell Tech is radically rethinking how industry can collaborate with faculty, students and researchers, and corporate co-location is vital to making that a success,” said Cornell Tech Dean Dan Huttenlocher…

…The corporate co-location building will include up to 200,000 square feet of flexible office space, with a mix of tenants including startups and established companies. There will be incubator space, corporate innovation centers for bigger companies, and rotating space for regional companies to spend time in New York City. The building will include flexible, open floor plans with common spaces to facilitate interactions between students and companies. Cornell Tech will lease 50,000 square feet in the building.

The announcement of the co-location building is another milestone for the campus. Cornell Tech’s “beta” class of computer science master’s students completed its first semester in May in space donated by Google in Chelsea. Cornell Tech is rapidly rolling out new academic programs, recruiting faculty and developing a distinctive new model of tech entrepreneurship.

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