A pharmaceutical company is executing a predictive project to build a new quality control laboratory, scheduled for completion in 14 months. Six months into execution, a competitor announces a breakthrough product that significantly changes market dynamics. The executive team convenes an emergency strategy session and decides to pivot the company's product portfolio, which will require different laboratory specifications and testing capabilities than originally planned. The current project is 40% complete with $3.2M spent of the $7M budget. Preliminary analysis suggests retrofitting the in-progress facility would cost $2.1M additional, while stopping and redesigning would cost $1.8M but delay completion by 5 months. What should the project manager recommend?
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