by Steve Adams | Nov 7, 2024
Developers plan to build the 636-unit housing portion first at the 1.7-million-square-foot 776 Summer St. project in South Boston, reflecting lack of current demand for 860,000 square feet of approved office and lab space.
by Steve Adams | Aug 20, 2024
Venture capital investment in the U.S. life science industry surged in the second quarter, potentially easing the historic glut of lab space seeking tenants.
by Steve Adams | Feb 13, 2024
At neighborhood meetings last fall, residents objected to Rafi Properties’ proposed building heights of up to 245 feet, plans for 1,252 parking spaces and loss of arts and cultural space.
by Steve Adams | Feb 8, 2024
A contaminated industrial site near Wellington Circle would be redeveloped as a lab complex under a proposal by an Acton developer.
by Steve Adams | Jan 25, 2024
After a series of high-profile dispositions in the Boston area, the nation’s largest life science developer got back in acquisition mode with a $43 million purchase on South Boston’s Dorchester Avenue.
by Steve Adams | Jan 18, 2024
Financial terms of a planned office-lab project in the Boston Seaport District were amended by Massport officials amid an increasingly difficult development landscape.
by Steve Adams | Dec 13, 2023
Greystar’s second Somerville project would include nearly 1.6 million square feet of hotel, office and lab space steps from its nearly-completed 74M tower.
by Steve Adams | Oct 15, 2023
Greater Boston’s 16 million-square-foot lab construction pipeline used to represent an exclamation point for the region’s life science industry. Today, it’s one of the biggest question marks in the local commercial real estate market.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Oct 15, 2023
Yes, unbuilt suburban lab projects are unraveling and rents are sinking, but the life science industry is built on real demand and requires in-person work. Life science real estate isn’t going anywhere in Boston.
by Steve Adams | Oct 11, 2023
As developers rethink plans for additional life science projects, Bulfinch Cos. will swap out a planned lab conversion on hold at the Natick Mall in favor of a pickleball complex.
by Steve Adams | Oct 11, 2023
Double-digit availability rates are the new norm for lab space in Greater Boston, with only the industry hub of East Cambridge avoiding the full force of the market downturn.
by Steve Adams | Oct 3, 2023
Moderna’ new global headquarters in Cambridge’s Kendall Square is set for delivery in November under budget, developer Alexandria Real Estate Equities announced.
by Steve Adams | Jul 28, 2023
A vacant industrial property in Watertown would be converted into lab and manufacturing space under plans submitted to Watertown officials by Boston-based Seyon Group this month.
by Steve Adams | Jun 16, 2023
The largest community benefits agreement to support arts and culture in Boston history is the price that a lab developer will pay to replace Brighton’s Sound Museum with a life science campus.
by Steve Adams | Mar 21, 2023
Wentworth Institute of Technology’s partnership with private developers would bring a major life science expansion in Mission Hill and opportunities for student internships at a 640,000-square-foot lab complex along Huntington Avenue.
by Steve Adams | Feb 27, 2023
After adding a hotel and restaurants to The District office park in Burlington, National Development proposes three life science buildings totaling 665,000 square feet to add momentum to the town’s growing lab market.
by James Sanna | Feb 9, 2023
An affiliate of Related Beal hopes to add more lab space to a second biotech cluster in South Boston anchored by the redevelopment of the L Street Power Plant property.
by Steve Adams | Feb 2, 2023
The pending reopening of a new observatory at the Prudential Tower is attracting widespread interest as Boston’s newest location for private events with commanding views, Boston Properties executives said.
by Steve Adams | Nov 23, 2022
Boston University officials have outlined plans for six real estate projects expected to take place over the next 11 years, including a new lab tower and installation of air conditioning for the Warren Towers dorms.
by Steve Adams | Nov 18, 2022
The Boston Planning & Development Agency approved 1.6 million square feet of projects, including a pair of hotels and new lab buildings in the Leather District, Fort Point and the marine park.