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The San Antonio City Council approved a package of economic development incentives Thursday for the ambitious Texas Research and Technology Foundation (TRTF) project on San Antonio's Eastside.Robert McDermott founded TRTF in 1982 as an economic development nonprofit with an endowment fund for investing in early-stage companies. The $5.7 million incentive package is earmarked for the renovation of the empty complex of Merchants Ice and Cold Storage Company buildings on the 1300 block of East Houston Street, as well as for the construction of TRTF's new Velocity Center within the complex.The Velocity Center will house the new VelocityTX biomedical sciences innovation center. The approved package included a $750,000 Chapter 380 agreement or economic development grant with the rest st...

Houston-based bioscience company Kiromic Inc. is evaluating plans to move its headquarters and business operations to San Antonio, pending local incentive approvals. Founded in 2012, Kiromic is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing the next generation of immunotherapy treatments for cancer and other diseases. The company is currently raising $12 million through a Series A round of financing. As part of the proposed relocation, the company plans to create at least 20 jobs in San Antonio, continue drug research and development, establish drug manufacturing and complete Phase I/II clinical trials for some initial cancer drugs. The company has been considering the move for several months. Its senior leadership, company president Scott Dahlbeck and chief executive offic...

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