Forest City In Talks For Big Lab Tenant

A major Cambridge life science company is a potential suitor for Forest City's new 250k SF lab building, adjacent to its University Park complex in Central Square, says COO Peter Calkins. It's just one of many new projects you'll hear about at Bisnow's 2nd Annual Boston Life Sciences Summit Friday, July 27 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge. Register here!
On Monday, the city council is slated to make the final decision on zoning changes on a site that will be owned by Forest City and MIT. Peter hopes that two years of construction will start next spring on the building designed by Jacobs/Kling Stubbins. But digging won’t start until there's been substantial pre-leasing. Certainly, the location is in demand: The park’s 1.4M SF in 10 lab and office buildings has been fully leased for years.

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