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>> thank you for joining us. i'm katherine sharp. we are very excited today to have a press release from the mayor and have him join us. this has been an amazing experience for those of us from the very beginning. we look forward to sharing that story with you. without further ado, mayor lee. >> thank you, katherine. thank you very much for being here. i wanted to join this great moment of celebration for fibrogen, which is more than a serial. that was what i first thought when i saw that name. i want to congratulate fibrogen and all the companies that have spouted up. i had -- the...

we had many venture firms support us and say this is a great idea, because people have hit the ground running at a time when they're normally very inefficient. we can avoid the capital outlays that go with small facilities. so we had those things. what we didn't get right was that demand was much greater. so it's turned out that it'sage about 40%, 35% of the total demand spectrum. and for me, one of the big surprises has been the really wide variety of spaces people want, which has made it much easier for us in that we are a growing company and we have to allocate space, and especial...

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 has been one that's very dynamic. we would expect about 50% growth year over year. in the number of companies. internally, i would guess that a third of the companies would grow in the spa...

in the southeast sector, most of the area is land filled. we're going to have to be careful and not with seven years to have something done to make sure the people are safe, especially with all of the buildings going up in our area. a lot of people are not aware of global change. it is happening. it is here. i was the first with puc to receive solar. i made sure my friends and neighbors received anit. all the city departments should have solar. my light bill is $4 a month. this would make sure that those of you who do not have solar will not be paying $400 a month. you may be paying ...

wanting to have in their companies and the industries are growing, and they're growing from different kinds of bio research to clean tech research. so our formula that began there, and again, i want to publicly thank former mayor newsom for this, as he had that vision. now as of today, mission bay is 64% built out. as you can see right across the street. the hospital is almost halfway there. more than halfway there. under $1.5 billion build of the medical center. that is another attraction and it's attracting the microbusinesses that come here. their square footage tenfolded right in...