While $400 million won’t be enough to fill gaps left by federal cuts to higher ed and biotech, Gov. Maura Healey and business leaders argue it will keep Massachusetts from falling behind in the sectors it touts the most.
Greater Boston’s life science industry continues to generate demand for office and lab space as 81 firms seek more than 2.6 million square feet in the region, according to a commercial brokerage research report.
Finding affordable office and lab space in Kendall Square is a chronic challenge for life science companies, and the same applies to their search for meeting and conference space in the East Cambridge industry mecca.
