Life science companies gravitated to established industry clusters in Greater Boston and the San Francisco Bay area in a diminished leasing environment in 2025. The regions could stand to benefit as investment flows to the next generation of biotech startups.
West Cambridge’s lab submarket got a boost from an AI-focused startup’s 235,000 square-foot lease at 1 and 5 Alewife Park.
Demand for lab space rebounded in recent weeks, but much of life science tenants’ leasing activity gravitated to suburban properties rather than the East Cambridge industry epicenter.
Two new Allston-Brighton projects are betting that good design can make good neighbors of musicians and apartments. Here’s why.
Lab sites in Allston and the Fenway refinanced their debt after life science developer IQHQ Inc. received $900 million in additional investments from its long-term partners.
A major lab developer has sold a 1.55-acre retail property near Boston Landing, taking a $10 million loss in the process.
IQHQ burst onto the Boston real estate scene in 2021 with a series of big-ticket plans for new lab developments in unproven locations. But those contrarian bets ran headlong into a big life science slowdown.
Conversion of the Sheraton Boston’s south tower into dorms for 856 Northeastern University students and a rezoning plan for East Boston received approval from city officials, along with two lab projects.
A Kenmore Square hotel was granted Boston landmark status in a vote that could limit a developer’s attempt to build a life science complex on the Beacon Street property.
The most ambitious building project in nonprofit developer Just-a-Start’s 55-year history, the Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons, will house both elements of its mission under one roof.
Life science developer IQHQ announced expanded plans to donate a recently-acquired Brighton building to the city of Boston for affordable musical rehearsal studios.
A developer will pay $1 million to a new fund created by the city of Boston to support displaced artists, after receiving approval for a mixed-income housing and life science project in Allston.
A renovation project designed by Margulies Perruzzi transformed over 64,000 square feet across two floors at 20 Overland St. in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood into BSL-2 lab and open-plan office space.
A group dedicated to saving Boston’s shrinking inventory of affordable arts and culture space helped identify a Dorchester property that will serve as a temporary home for musicians facing displacement from the Sound Museum rehearsals in Brighton.
After promising to acquire a nearby property to replace Brighton’s Sound Museum music studio which it hopes to demolish for a life science campus, IQHQ Inc. paid $18 million this week for a North Beacon Street property.
Life science developer IQHQ Inc. has notified Brighton’s Sound Museum to vacate its longtime studios on Jan. 31, throwing into doubt the short-term rehearsal space options for hundreds of local musicians.
Vicinity Energy touted the launch of its carbon-free “eSteam” service to Boston commercial developers including the $1-billion Fenway Center lab project, as it begins converting its Cambridge cogeneration plant from gas to electric power.
Davis Cos.’ next life science project would bring another 280,000 square feet of office-lab space to the Alewife Quad district in West Cambridge, including a new restaurant in the transforming industrial neighborhood.
Boston’s arts and culture chief is asking developer IQHQ to retain music rehearsal and recording space at a Brighton property it’s planning to demolish for a 409,395-square-foot life science campus.
Somerville officials are studying new ideas to slow the exodus of arts and cultural spaces from the city amid redevelopment and gentrification. And they think developers can help.
