Burlington Plants a Biotech Flag

Corporate headquarters ribbon-cuttings attract headlines and VIPs, but developers in Burlington say early-stage biotechs will be key to expanding Boston suburbs’ newest life science cluster.

Tool Helps Avoid Surprises in Acquisitions

The intense demand behind lab conversions is finally putting an end to the old ways of understanding the existing conditions of buildings. And none too soon, when liability in projects like these can be measured in millimeters.

Burlington Beckons Biotech Growth

Burlington’s latest effort to build a new suburban Boston life science cluster is getting traction among developers and spurring new activity in office parks set to be repositioned with biotech at the forefront.

Next Stop, Wellington?

A major Medford landlord is building out spec lab suites in a 1989 office building, while another developer is proposing a speculative life science tower and city officials are reviewing zoning for taller building heights.

Hot Property: Exchange 200

Boston-based Berkeley Investments has completed redevelopment of a former bank operations center into 310,000 square feet of mixed-use space.

Lab-Ready Construction Is the New Norm

Upgrading office and industrial buildings to lab-ready space is paying off for a growing field of developers hoping to snare the next hot biotech startup transitioning from early-stage research to commercialization.