so we're very proud to be calling fibrogen our home. and as a vote of confidence of the future here, we have extended our lease to stay here, and i'd like to thank katherine and jenny and tom for their support in making this such a great place in which to have a biotech company. thank you. >> when this plan initially started, it came out of mayor lee's office. and the idea was presented to us by todd ruffo by the office of economic development. we talked about the micros as partners and the various innovation centers. one of our biggest partners in this has been ucsf. with that, i'd like to introduce you to douglas crawford. >> this is a experiment that was begun maybe 1, 15 years ago. in the long term, the vitality of mission bay will depend on the small companies that come to make this home as well. it's that integration between small and large companies that made this so attractive for bay area in part to come here. so that is something that we don't often take credit for or give credit to in the mayor's office deserves credit for ma

and founder of fibrogen, tom neff. [applause] >> thappings, katherine. let me start by thanking mayor lee for coming. welcoming steve richardson. alexander realty, who is now the owner of these buildings. steve has played a hand in many parts of what's gone on in mission barke not just here, but elsewhere. those that know him know he's had a major role in the leadership and the vision of what's going on and where we're going overall. i'd also like to mention and thank the innovation centers of the bay area and fizer for coming. nectar as well. those are companies that are nearby now in mission bay. also, the micros and the minis here, they are now, i guess by my count, 25. mayor lee 23. there's a couple that are up in the office area, the fibrogen building that are probably -- i'm counting that he wasn't. there have been 35 total over time. some have gotten bigger and moved into larger quarters. some have venture owners that want them out of the city of san francisco and down the peninsula. some had to downsize. couldn't raise more money. so the picture

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