Seaport District Lands Big Life Science Headquarters

Cambridge-based Foundation Medicine has signed the biggest commercial lease in Boston’s Seaport District in eight years, consolidating 1,100 employees at 400 Summer St. and giving new momentum to the neighborhood’s growing life science cluster.

Marine R&D Planned for South Boston Pier Site

Danvers-based developer Kavanagh Advisory Group has submitted plans for another major project in Boston’s Seaport District, rebuilding the Wharf 8/Pier 7 site near the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion for a 122,500-square-foot commercial development.