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Image courtesy of SGA and DREAM Collaborative
After going public with a $15 billion valuation, Ginkgo Bioworks is adding to its future real estate footprint in Boston’s Seaport District.
The synthetic biology researchers will occupy all 228,000 square feet of Marcus Partners’ Foundry development in the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park, which is expected to break ground early next year.
Ginkgo Bioworks previously signed on as anchor tenant for the redevelopment of the Au Bon Pain bakery property, leasing 150,000 square feet in April.
The project on parcels O and P owned by the Economic Development and Industrial Corp. of Boston includes a new 219,000-square-foot life science building and conversion of a manufacturing building on parcel P into a 9,000-square-foot amenity space.
Colliers’ John Carroll, Evan Gallagher and Curtis Cole represented Marcus Partners in the lease transaction with Ginkgo Bioworks, which was represented by Columbia Group Realty Advisors’ Anne Columbia and Patrick Downey.
The project team includes SGA, DREAM Collaborative and John Moriarty & Assoc.
