Somerville, MA, July 10, 2023 – Stephanie Deering, Vice President of ABG Commercial Realty, proudly announces the successful leasing of a 5,000 square feet commercial space in Somerville to Skylla Technologies Inc. Renowned for their innovation in human-aware robotics solutions, Skylla Technologies Inc brings intelligence and awareness to robots and systems, driving a safer and more […]
But as venture outlays fall, a recent spurt of layoffs has clouded outlook By Robert Weisman Globe Staff Massachusetts continued to expand its biopharma workforce in research labs and manufacturing plantslast year even as venture capital investment dwindled and fewer biotech companies went public. Overall employment in the sector — a bellwether of the state’s […]
By: Hiawatha Bray Electric car owners constantly fret over keeping their vehicle’s battery charged. In Alex Gruzen’s world, they won’t even think about it. Gruzen is chief executive at WiTricity, a Watertown company that designs wireless charging systems. Like Wi-Fi, which delivers internet data without wires, WiTricity uses magnetic fields rather than cables to give […]
By Greg Ryan Astellas Pharma Inc. has agreed to take space on two floors of the newest lab building in the massive Cambridge Crossing mixed-use development, one of the region’s largest lab leases this year. The Japanese pharmaceutical giant will occupy about 62,000 square feet at 441 Morgan Ave., a 10-story building whose core and shell […]
By Greg Ryan Locus Robotics formally broke ground Wednesday on a nearly 200,000-square-foot headquarters in Wilmington, the town where the robot maker is now based. The new facility, at 100 Fordham Road, will replace its current home at 301 Ballardville St. in Wilmington and house the company’s executives and engineering, manufacturing and operations personnel. Locus’ European […]
By Rowan Walrath Massachusetts leaders want to make the commonwealth a hub for not just the research of drugs, but for the manufacturing of drugs. It’s a goal that’s seen progress in stops and starts before. The Genetics Institute Inc., the legendary Cambridge company that pioneered biomedical research in the early 1980s, set up shop in […]
by : Austen Hufford A crash in office values could start a doom loop with banks, with falling prices leading to less finance and thus lower prices. Gloomsters think that could spread across the multitrillion-dollar commercial real-estate sector, sucking money out of the economy as banks and institutional investors turn more cautious, James Mackintosh reports. Mori Trust […]
Center of Innovation Across Industry Sectors Boston is a leading center of innovation in multiple sectors including life sciences, high tech, clean energy, maritime and aerospace. Because of the large entrepreneurial base, and the great concentration of universities, research centers, hospitals and support services, there are many other types of companies developing products ranging from […]
By Gail Kalinoski Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna has acquired a newly built 140,000-square-foot Boston-area GMP facility from developer Oxford Properties Group for $91 million. The 24-acre parcel, acquired as a vacant site by Oxford in 2021, is located at 149 Hayes Memorial Drive in Marlborough, Mass., a Boston submarket. Oxford built a two-story biomanufacturing facility that was designed to […]
The delinquency rate on office building-related mortgage bonds spiked in May, per a report from Trepp, Emily writes. The big picture: Investors have been watching for this to happen since last summer — and May’s move may represent a “tipping point,” the data provider said in a note. State of play: The office space market is in a tough spot […]
