Worcester Board OKs $11.5M Tax Break for Biotech Development
The first tenant at a landmark Worcester biotech park has secured key city councilors’ support for an $11.5 million tax relief package that will enable the project to move forward.
The first tenant at a landmark Worcester biotech park has secured key city councilors’ support for an $11.5 million tax relief package that will enable the project to move forward.
After Natasha Pirman’s employer moved to a new campus in 2017, she began thinking about a career change. The biochemistry Ph.D.’s knack for organizing their new workspaces translated well into the world of architecture, where local firms are looking for new hires with life science backgrounds as they pursue work designing office and labs to satisfy the industry’s relentless expansion.
Think of incubators as the “WeWork of the life sciences industry.” They provide a turnkey lab environment that can range from a single lab bench to a large, private lab that accommodates 100 people.