New Investor Joins Cambridge Courthouse Project
The 475,000-square-foot Sullivan Courthouse redevelopment in East Cambridge will be ready for occupancy in fall 2023 after the addition of a new investor, developers said.
Leggat McCall Unveils 330K SF Designs for One Boynton
Leggat McCall Properties is proposing a 330,000-square-foot office-lab tower in Somerville as the next phase of its Boynton Yards master-planned development.
Leggat McCall Makes $60M Acquisition in Boynton Yards
Leggat McCall Properties and DLJ Real Estate Partners are expanding their real estate footprint in Somerville’s Boynton Yards again with the $60 million acquisition of a pair of parcels including Riverside Properties’ 561 Windsor St. which is the home to Taza Chocolate and tech startups.
Somerville Board Supports 384K SF McGrath Lab Project
Somerville officials have backed a developer’s plans for a life science development wedged between the MBTA Green Line Extension and McGrath Highway.
Boynton Yards Gets First Major Biotech Lease
Cambridge-based biotech investor Flagship Pioneering has picked Somerville’s Boynton Yards to establish a life science research cluster, leasing 208,000-square-foot lease for a group of its companies at Leggat McCall Properties’ 101 South St. development.
‘Boynton Gateway’ Calls for 337K SF Office-Lab Project
A joint venture of CV Properties and Columbia Property Trust is finalizing plans for the latest life science development in Somerville’s Boynton Yards.
Boynton Yards Developers Land Neighborhood Support
The development team behind one of the first big life sciences projects in eastern Somerville says it has secured support from a key neighborhood group as it pursues entitlement for its project.
Developer Eyes 1.5M SF ‘Gateway’ Project in Somerville
A real estate investor that specializes in federal Opportunity Zone projects is proposing a 1.5 million-square-foot development called Gateway Innovation Center near Somerville’s budding Union Square life science cluster.
Somerville’s Next Development Cluster?
Somerville’s Inner Belt district checks many of the boxes that are in demand among commercial developers. And the 100-acre neighborhood is seeing signs it could transform under the weight of demand for life science space.
Joint Venture Proposes Cambridge-Crossing Adjacent Lab Building
DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners and Leggat McCall Properties have teamed up again, this time to pitch a 9-story lab building along the McGrath Highway.
Life Science Sites Await Industry Spillover
Greater Boston’s massive life science real estate boom largely bypassed Somerville and Charlestown in recent years as growing firms gravitated toward western suburbs instead.
Lab Space Kicks off Boynton Yards Project
Greater Boston remains at the epicenter of the life sciences market in the country – if not the world – and the demand for state-of-the-art space has never been higher.
Leggat McCall Asks for Extension for Cambridge Courthouse Permit
The development firm trying to convert the former Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge to a mixed office-residential development.
Leggat McCall Proposes 1.1M SF Somerville Development
Boston-based Leggat McCall Properties and DLJ Real Estate are proposing a 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Somerville’s Boynton Yards, where the developers already have begun construction of a speculative life science building.
New Xmbly Developer Seeks More Lab Space
A leading life science developer is taking over redevelopment of an Assembly Square site with plans for a larger office-lab project than was originally approved by Somerville officials in 2018.
Boynton Yards Lab Project Breaks Ground
DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, Leggat McCall Properties and Shawmut Design and Construction celebrated the official groundbreaking of the first of an expected wave of life science and office buildings in Somerville’s Boynton Yards, an industrial neighborhood near the city’s Union Square and Cambridge’s Kendall Square.
Small Batch Brewery On Tap for Boynton Yards
Owners of a 7-year-old craft beer company are eyeing Somerville’s fast-transforming Boynton Yards neighborhood for their first brick-and-mortar location.
A Race to Meet the Train in Somerville
Boston-based Leggat McCall Properties and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners of New York envision a 1 million-square-foot life science cluster tapping into the proximity to Kendall Square and the 2021 arrival of the MBTA’s Green Line Extension.
Leggat McCall’s Courthouse Conversion Gets Key Approval
With a Cambridge City Council vote earlier this week, it appears that Leggat McCall’s proposal to convert the former Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge to a mixed office-residential tower has cleared its biggest hurdle.
Developers Pick Up 3-Acre Union Square Parcel for $23M
Two months after breaking ground on a speculative office-lab building, developers have acquired another key parcel in Somerville’s Boynton Yards with an eye toward a 1 million-square-foot multi-phased development.
