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    Strategies for sheltering

    May 01, 2022 4 minutes
    BY CAROLYN SHAPIRO

    A lab analyst for Bionique Testing Laboratories in Saranac Lake recently quit after a year on the job. A primary reason: He couldn’t find a decent place to live.

    Bionique, which specializes in mycoplasma analysis for the pharmaceutical industry’s development of new drugs, has expanded its workforce from 30 people three years ago to an expected 50 by the end of this year, said Gladis Zamparo, the company’s CEO. But it’s hampered by an impenetrable housing market across the region. Rentals and homes are scarce and prices—reflecting that limited supply–are staggering.

    For the senior management candidates Bionique wants to hire, it struggles to offer a competitive relocation package that includes a housing option, Zamparo said. On the other

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