Press Releases Archive - Innovation Quarter

Innovation Quarter Celebrates Expansion of Sparq Labs, Anchored by BioSpherix’s New Facility

May 20, 2026

New lab expansion accelerates biotech innovation and supports breakthrough science in the Innovation Quarter The Innovation Quarter today celebrated the opening of its expanded Sparq Labs facility at One Technology Place, anchored by the arrival of BioSpherix, LLC and the ribbon cutting of its new…

Korean Biopharmaceutical Company, CorestemChemon, Selects Winston-Salem’s Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine for US Base of Operations

February 13, 2026

Company to locate in the RegenMed Engine, Receives BioNest Grant to Support US Base of Operations CorestemChemon, a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in South Korea, has selected Winston-Salem as the location for its U.S. base of operations. The company will be located within the Regenerative Medicine…

Innovation Quarter Unveils Refreshed Master Plan and New Renderings for Phase II Expansion

November 13, 2025

The new vision reflects unprecedented growth, major investments and commitment to Winston-Salem’s innovation economy. Innovation Quarter today unveiled a refreshed master plan and new renderings for Phase II, a transformative 28-acre expansion that will elevate the district’s role as a hub for life sciences, regenerative…

Innovation Quarter Partners with Winston Starts to Empower Biotech Startups

January 30, 2025

The Innovation Quarter (iQ) has launched a strategic partnership with Winston Starts, a non-profit startup accelerator, to provide memberships for iQ entrepreneurs and startup companies in the biotechnology, life sciences, and regenerative medicine industries. Eligible companies must demonstrate scalability, commercial potential, and a commitment to…

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Ricoh USA Launch 3D Printing Medical Device Manufacturing Studio in Innovation Quarter

June 4, 2024

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced the Ricoh 3D for Healthcare Innovation Studio, a first-of-its-kind manufacturing facility, located in One Technology Place in Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. In partnership with clinicians and researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the on-site Innovation Studio provides…

Charter Medical’s Innovation Hub Joins Innovation Quarter

March 28, 2024

Winston-Salem-based Charter Medical announced today it has established its new Innovation Hub in downtown Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. The Innovation Hub features a state-of-the-art lab space where single-use studies for freezing, transportation, and protection will be performed to support the biopharma industry’s cold chain logistics process.…

Information technology solutions company, InfoPathways, joins Innovation Quarter

October 24, 2023

Maryland-based IT solutions company Infopathways has established its newest location in the Innovation Quarter’s Bailey Power Plant—further expanding a growing cohort of innovative technology companies in one of the leading innovation districts in the world. Located on Bailey Power Plant’s second floor within the Sparq™…

Innovation Quarter Starts Infrastructure Work for Second Major Phase of Development

September 28, 2023

Innovation Quarter today announced the beginning of horizonal infrastructure work associated with its second phase of development. Facilitated through Innovation Quarter’s infrastructure development partner Wexford Science & Technology through general contractor The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and civil engineering and landscape architecture contractor Stimmel Associates, the…

Innovation Quarter partners with ACCESS to ensure MBE firm participation in upcoming infrastructure work

June 14, 2023

Innovation Quarter and ACCESS Center for Equity + Success have partnered together to ensure that MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) contractors have a fair shot at bidding for upcoming work as part of the horizontal infrastructure work that will soon commence as part of iQ’s second…

Graydon Pleasants, head of IQ development, set to retire

May 23, 2023

Innovation Quarter today announced the retirement of Graydon Pleasants, Head of Development, effective June 30. For more than 20 years, Pleasants has worked to acquire and assemble 337 acres of land, build infrastructure, oversee development and activate more than 2.1 million square feet, including new…

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