
Southline Reportedly in Mix for Hasbro HQ
Hasbro’s search for a new headquarters could bring hundreds of jobs to the Southline complex which has struggled to establish a new life science cluster in Dorchester following the Boston Globe’s departure.
Hasbro’s search for a new headquarters could bring hundreds of jobs to the Southline complex which has struggled to establish a new life science cluster in Dorchester following the Boston Globe’s departure.
The life science industry is well-known for its tendency to cluster in preferred real estate submarkets. So why would biotechs take a flier on a 65-year-old former newspaper building a 30-minute subway ride from Kendall Square?
MassBio, the industry organization that represents more than 1,600 life science and health care organizations and companies, recently began construction of its first workforce training center, Bioversity.
Beacon Capital Partners discovered the hard way that it’s easier to redevelop a big site than it is to convince Bostonians to not mock efforts to rebrand their neighborhoods.
Owners of the former Boston Globe headquarters are betting on future demand for life science space in Dorchester, proposing a new lab wing in the next phase of the Southline redevelopment.