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Inside the shell of a building owned by candy giant Mars, architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are cooking up a futuristic lab for advanced manufacturing research. … “We definitely see UI Labs leading the next generation of development on Goose Island,” said SOM’s Diane Hoffer-Schurecht. “Long-term we think it could be rebranded as advanced manufacturing with a light touch, environmentally. It could evolve into a combination of manufacturing and community space.”