A study by Margaret Levenstein and others of researchers at the U-M found that shared work space — a building or a floor — breeds collaboration. In particular, [findings](http://www.sampler.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NCRCReport.pdf) show that researchers who occupy the same building or same floor are, respectively, 33% and 57% more likely to form new collaborations than their non-co-located counterparts.

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