Complex sentence: By 2003, they had come to realize the area they were in was not safe or readily accommodating slowing down their development, and with the collapse of the dot-com bubble, they were able to secure better office space, though this further delayed production.
Split into simpler sentences: By 2003, they had come to realize the area they were in was not safe or readily accommodating, slowing down their development. With the collapse of the dot-com bubble, they were able to secure better office space, though this further delayed production.