Media Release - October 16, 2008

Discovery Labware renews lease in Woburn
Media Release

Discovery Labware, Inc., a branch of leading global medical technology giant, BD (Becton Dickinson and Company), combined a face-lift with its recent multi-year, 25,000 square foot lease extension at 6 Henshaw St., Woburn.

According to company officials, Discovery Labware is a business unit of BD Biosciences, which is one of three business segments of BD. BD Biosciences reportedly is one of the largest businesses supporting life sciences today with regional offices in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Japan, Canada and the United States. BD manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents and is dedicated to improving health throughout the world.

Cummings Properties' associate property manager, David Ryder, explained that Discovery Labware benefited significantly from Cummings Properties' vertically integrated structure that includes in-house leasing, design, construction and property management. "Our team worked with BD's global real estate group to develop a program to renovate and update the space. We were able to complete the entire project in 45 days while their operations were on-going," he added.

Ron Rondeau, facilities manager for Discovery Labware, said this was his first time working with Cummings Properties on a construction project. "We were impressed with their professionalism and on-time delivery. The project was exceptionally smooth."

Discovery Labware was represented by Tamie Thompson, managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle. David Suny, senior operations manager, and Ryder represented Cummings Properties.

Cummings Properties, a locally owned real estate development company, reportedly has more than 100 life sciences industry leaders occupying nearly 2 million square feet of space in ten communities around Boston. Many of the firms, like Discovery Labware, are in Woburn, which reportedly has one of the state's highest concentrations of life science firms behind Cambridge.