Pivot Bio

In March 2019, Pivot Bio opened its first office location at the ISU Research Park as the company’s Midwest hub. It quickly outgrew that space and moved into a bigger space in the summer of 2021 at the Vermeer Applied Technology Hub. In 2022, Pivot Bio and the ISU Research Park approached Story Construction about building a new facility entirely for Pivot Bio’s operations.

The new facility’s primary features include private offices, open office and “hoteling” areas, conference and training rooms, two kitchenettes, and a large high-bay space for research, sales support and training of Pivot Bio’s patented seed technology. The office portion of the building is two stories at about 10,000 sq. ft. each, with the first floor featuring training and conference spaces and the second floor featuring more office space. This separation allows Pivot Bio to avoid mixing visitor traffic with the more private working spaces on the second floor. The high-bay production space includes dock doors and a drive-through bay for shipment handling, and the site layout allows for one-way semi traffic.

Story Construction’s in-house design team worked with the ISU Research Park and Pivot Bio to develop the design of the building from conceptual and schematic designs all the way through construction documents and the selection of finishes and furnishings. Construction began in November 2022 and was move-in ready by the end of November 2023. Story Construction self-performed concrete foundations, structural steel and precast erection, metal decking, casework, doors and hardware, and specialties on the project.