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7Solar
Technologies Joins Cummings Properties’ Clean Energy Cluster
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, January 27, 2010 |
| Recognizing
the need for novel alternative energy solutions, local start-up 7Solar Technologies
has leased more than 8,000 square feet of office and light manufacturing
space at 92 Cummings Park in Woburn. |
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New
office, research facility to open on Cabot Road
—The
Winchester Star, January 24, 2010
|
| While
2009 was a year for most commercial real estate firms to ride out a soft
office market, Cummings Properties broke ground last April on a first-class
office and research facility at 8 Cabot Road in Woburn. |
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Calloway
Labs Going Nowhere Fast
—The
Real Reporter, January 21, 2010 |
| Accommodating tenants is essential
nowadays, and in 8 Cabot Rd., Cummings Properties has taken that mantra
to an extreme. |
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Hepregen
reels in $500k SBIR award
—Mass
High Tech, January 14, 2010 |
| Hepregen
Corp. has won a $500,000 Phase 2 SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation,
contributing to the company’s total $2 million in federal funding. |
|
Hanke
to head BioVex commercialization
—Mass
High Tech, January 4, 2010
|
| BioVex
Inc., a Woburn-based developer of cancer and infectious disease drugs and
vaccines, has named Tim Hanke as its vice president of commercial operations.
He will be responsible for moving the company’s OncoVEX GM-CSF product
to commercialization. |
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DRC
wins $7.4M Air Force parts tracking deal
—Mass
High Tech, December 21, 2009
|
| Dynamics
Research Corp. has won a $7.4 million contract from Computer Sciences Corp.
(CSC) for support of the Weapon System Management Information System (WSMIS),
a parts and weaponry lifecycle software tracking program for the U.S. Air
Force. |
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European
biotech comes to Medford
—MassBio
news , December 17, 2009
|
| The
European biotechnology company Biocell Center has officially opened its
North American headquarters, tissue bank and research laboratory in Medford,
thanks to the cooperation and coordination of MassBio, its members and government
partners. |
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Biocius
Life Sciences spinout complete
—Mass
High Tech, December 16, 2009
|
| Biocius
Life Sciences is now operating as an independent company, following its
formation in November by Woburn biotech BioTrove Inc. and its subsequent
spin-out. |
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MedChem
Partners wins SBIR grant
—Mass
High Tech, December 11, 2009
|
| MedChem
Partners LLC, a Medford-based medicinal chemistry provider, has won a Phase
1 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation
for the “modification of natural products.” |
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Cummings
School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University:
Using animal models in life science development
—Central
Massachusetts Life Science Industry Success,
November 11, 2009
|
| Just
east of Worcester sits another connector in the string of life sciences
enterprises in the state. The 702,000 square-foot Grafton Science Park,
located on the south side of Route 30 on the campus of the Cummings School
of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, occupies approximately 100 acres
and represents an ambitious initiative to stimulate economic development
in Central Massachusetts. |
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5AM
Ventures Portfolio Co. Flexion Therapeutics Raises $20M of $43.4M Offering
—City
Biz List, November 11, 2009
|
| WOBURN
-- Biotechnology firm Flexion Therapeutics Inc. has raised $20.04 million
of a $43.39 million equity offering, according to a Reg D filing with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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IT
shop tries to hire its way out of slump
—Boston
Business Journal, November 5, 2009
|
| With
competitors’ IT headcounts holding level at best along the Massachusetts
tech corridor, Wakefield-based Eliassen Group Inc. increased its in-state
presence by a double-digit percentage, adding 39 consultants here for a
total of 381. |
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Sal's
Pizza coming to Woburn
—Woburn
Daily Times Chronicle, October 27, 2009
|
| Known
for its 19-inch, three-pound pie, Sal’s Pizza is gearing up for the
opening of its 43rd restaurant next week at Cummings Properties’ 299
Washington St. address in Woburn.
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|
Seven
New England companies split $36M in DOE research grants
—Mass
High Tech, October 26, 2009
|
| New
England was a big winner in the U.S. Department of Energy’s first release
of stimulus-funded energy research grants, as some seven companies received
a slice of the $151 million ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency -
Energy) grant awards. |
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Biocell
Center opens amniotic stem cell bank in Medford
—Mass
High Tech, October 23, 2009
|
| Biocell
Center, a European biotechnology firm, has opened the first U.S. headquarters
in Medford for the amniotic stem cell preservation company. |
|
DRC
dealt a $20M Air Force parts tracking contract
—Mass
High Tech, October 19, 2009
|
| Dynamics
Research Corp. reports it has landed $20.2 million from the U.S. Air Force
for component identification technology. Under the two-year, nine-month
order, Andover-based Dynamics Research (Nasdaq: DRCO) will develop technology
to mark parts used in Air Force planes. |
|
Serica
adds Darling and Coleridge to board
—Mass
High Tech, October 15, 2009
|
| Medford-based
medical device company Serica Technologies Inc. have named two new members
to its board of director — Joseph G. Darling and Scott E. Coleridge. |
|
ORSYP
Accelerates Time to Market Of Its IT Operations Management Software Portfolio
with SYSLOAD Acquisition
—Mass
High Tech, September 16, 2009
|
| Paris
la Défense, September 16, 2009: ORSYP, leading provider of enterprise
IT automation and ITSM software and services, today announced the acquisition
of Sysload Software, an emerging leader in Data Center Performance and Capacity
Management. |
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Dynamics
Research wins USAF cyberspace deal
—Mass
High Tech, August 25, 2009
|
| Dynamics
Research Corp. reports it has landed $3.4 million from the U.S. Air Force
for engineering and program management. |
|
MSM
Protein pulls in pair of partners
—Mass
High Tech, July 30, 2009
|
| Medford-based
biotech company MSM Protein Technologies Inc. reports a pair of deals to
help European drug makers develop new therapies using its proprietary technology
that tests the effectiveness of antibodies against certain targets. Both
deals focus on treatments based on G-protein coupled receptors. |
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Cummings
Serving Up High-End Restaurant
—The
Real Reporter, July 23, 2009
|
| Despite
sticking to his prescribed 10 weeks of vacation annually, and even with
sojourns to Iceland and Israel on the dais, it can be a challenge characterizing
William S. Cumming’s routine as retirement, a step he announced five
years ago in handing over his Cummings Properties to an internal team led
by President and CEO Dennis A. Clarke. Now, the line seems even more blurred. |
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Big
Strides at TradeCenter 128
—The
Real Reporter, July 30, 2009
|
| Nearly
everything about TradeCenter 128 is big, from its three-story arched gateway,
grand lobbies and a five-level garage to the 600,000-sf park’s frontage
along namesake highway Route 128. |
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BioEnergy
forms new biochemical firm, Myriant
—Mass
High Tech, July 17, 2009
|
| Quincy-based
BioEnergy International LLC, a developer of biorefineries, has formed a
separate company, Myriant Technologies LLC, to handle bio-based chemicals
and intellectual property. BioEnergy focuses on alternative fuels. |
|
Spectra
Medical grows with Cummings Properties
—Cummings
Properties Media Release,
July 1, 2009
|
| Wilmington,
MA - Spectra Medical Devices, Inc., an international medical manufacturer
of custom tray components and instruments, has extended its lease for nearly
10,500 square feet at 260 Fordham Road and signed a more than 8,600 square-foot
lease expansion at 340 Fordham Road. Both buildings are owned by Cummings
Foundation, Inc. and managed by Cummings Properties, LLC. |
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Ademco,
a Honeywell division, extends lease for nearly 15,000 sf
—Cummings
Properties Media Release,
June 24, 2009
|
| Woburn,
MA - Ademco Distribution Inc., (ADI), a division of Honeywell International
Inc. and a leading global wholesale distributor of security, fire, sound
and low voltage products, extended its lease for nearly 15,000 square feet
at 78 Olympia Avenue. |
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Anika
signs distribution agreement with Calif. dermatology firm
—Mass
High Tech, June 8, 2009
|
| Anika
Therapeutics Inc. and California-based Coapt Systems Inc. have signed an
exclusive five-year U.S distribution agreement in which Coapt will distribute
Anika’s injectable filler for facial lines and wrinkles. |
|
NIH
awards Ancora $530K for malaria vaccine
—Mass
High Tech, June 3, 2009
|
| The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $530,000 Phase 1 Small
Business Innovation Research grant to Medford-based Ancora Pharmaceuticals
Inc. to research a vaccine to prevent malaria anemia. |
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New
Executive Suites open at TradeCenter 128
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, May 29, 2009
|
| Leasing
options at the recently built 400,000 square foot TradeCenter 128 have greatly
expanded. TradeCenter Executive Suites are now available in a wide variety
of sizes and configurations. |
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Startup,
Ginio, aims to be top search site in Latin America
—Mass
High Tech, May 22, 2009
|
| A
local startup is aiming to take a swipe at Google Inc., but the entrepreneurs
know they can’t take on the search giant on its home turf, so they
are taking the fight to a friendlier venue — Latin America. |
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Azima
DLI moves headquarters to TradeCenter 128
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, May 22, 2009
|
| Woburn,
MA - Azima DLI, an international machine condition monitoring services company,
has relocated its headquarters from 400 West Cummings Park to more than
4,000 square feet at 300 TradeCenter 128. Both buildings are leased and
managed by Cummings Properties, LLC. |
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EveryZing
lands $8.25M round, new customer NBC
—Mass
High Tech,
May 11, 2009
|
| Video
search startup EveryZing Inc., formerly Podzinger, has won an $8.25 million
round of funding, and secured its biggest customer to date. |
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EveryZing
relocates from Cambridge to Woburn
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, May 1, 2009
|
| EveryZing,
Inc., a leader in on-line, next-generation universal search and publishing
technologies and a major affiliate of BBN Technologies, has signed a lease
with Cummings Properties, LLC for more than 8,700 square feet at 300 TradeCenter
128. The company is relocating from 10 Fawcett Street in Cambridge. |
|
Biotrove
raising Series C funding
—Mass
High Tech, April 22, 2009
|
| Woburn-based
biotech BioTrove Inc. is raising money in a Series C round in the hopes
the cash will tide it over until profitability. |
|
Agiltron
rejoins Cummings Properties
—Mass
High Tech, April 17, 2009
|
| Woburn,
MA - Agiltron, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative
optical components and systems, recently signed a lease for more than 10,600
square feet at 12 Cabot Road. The new facility, directly across the street
from Agiltron's existing building, is owned by Cummings Foundation, Inc.
and managed by Cummings Properties, LLC. |
|
BioVex
begins Phase 3 melanoma drug trial
—Mass
High Tech, April 14, 2009
|
| BioVex
Inc., a Woburn-based developer of cancer and infectious disease drugs and
vaccines, has begun its U.S. OPTiM Phase 3 study of OncoVEX in treating
metastatic melanoma. The company said it will begin recruiting in the U.K.,
Germany and Australia for studies that will begin later in the year. |
|
Thermo
Fisher Scientific,Cummings Center's largest client, extends lease
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, April 10, 2009
|
| Beverly,
MA - Cummings Center's largest client, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a
world leader in serving science, extended its lease for more than 107,000
square feet with Cummings Properties, LLC. Thermo Fisher Scientific reportedly
considered several options in its exhaustive search for space before extending
in Beverly. |
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Burlington
Machine moves from Woburn to Wilmington
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, March 31, 2009
|
| Wilmington,
MA - Burlington Machine, Inc. has moved from Woburn to 340 Fordham Road,
Wilmington and doubled its space to more than 10,000 square feet in the
process. The Wilmington facility is owned by Cummings Foundation, Inc. and
managed by Cummings Properties, LLC of Woburn. |
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Biotech's
$40 million in funding will help it run cancer drug trial
—The
Boston Globe, March 30, 2009
|
| A
Woburn biotech firm is expected to say today that it has raised $40 million
in financing that will help it launch a pivotal clinical trial next month.
|
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EPA
gives $1M to five area firms for clean tech
—Mass
High Tech, March 27, 2009 |
| The
Environmental Protection Agency has awarded five local companies more than
$1 million in funding under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
program to commercialize technologies that address environmental issues. |
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The
Klub House opens indoor adventure space
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, March 23, 2009
|
| Woburn,
MA - The Klub House playground is the perfect place to bring kids, infants
through 10-year-olds, for an affordable day of indoor adventure. |
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Covaris
Expands and Extends at Gill Street Life Sciences Cluster
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, March 23, 2009
|
| Woburn,
MA - Covaris, Inc., a rapidly growing life science instrument company, has
extended its lease with Cummings Properties and expanded its space by 50
percent to more than 14,000 square feet at 14 Gill Street. |
|
Murray,
Kelly & Bertrand chooses TradeCenter 128
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, March 16, 2009
|
| Murray,
Kelly & Bertrand, P.C., a multi-service law firm, has moved from Unicorn
Park in Woburn into more than 5,000 square feet of space at Cummings Properties'
TradeCenter 128. |
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Aegis
Lightwave Extends with Cummings Properties
—Mass
High Tech, March 10, 2009 |
| Aegis
Lightwave, Inc., a maker of optical monitoring solutions for the fiber-optic
communications industry, recently extended its lease for more than 20,000
square feet at 78 Olympia Avenue with Cummings Properties. |
|
Seahorse
Bioscience lands $6M, buys BioProcessors Corp.
—Mass
High Tech, March 10, 2009 |
| Biotech
materials company Seahorse Bioscience Inc. has taken in $6 million in a
Series D round of funding, to help it purchase BioProcessors Corp., a Woburn-based
maker of systems for improving biologic drug manufacturing. |
|
Tudor
Risk opens corporate office at TradeCenter 128
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, March 2, 2009
|
| Seizing
opportunity in these recessionary times, Tudor Risk Services, LLC, a boutique
insurance brokerage firm, has leased 7,000 square feet of office space at
Cummings Properties' TradeCenter 128 as part of its rapid growth strategy. |
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2009
stimulus alternative energy and the future: America is at a crossroad and
N.E. is at the center
—New
England Real Estate Journal, February 27, 2009
|
| The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was recently signed will provide
upward of $80 billion toward the design and development of the national
alternative energy infrastructure. |
|
Health
Plans Moves to TradeCenter 128
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, February 24, 2009
|
| Taking
care of its need for more space, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's subsidiary,
Health Plans, Inc., has relocated from 92 Montvale in Stoneham to more than
4,400 square feet at TradeCenter 128. Both properties are leased and managed
by Cummings Properties. |
|
Agion
busy in Wakefield
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, February 17, 2009
|
| Agion
Technologies, Inc. has been busy in 2009 signing with three different companies:
Medegen Inc., DiFusion Technologies and Cummings Properties. |
|
MSM
and MedChem Partners extend leases in Medford
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, February 9, 2009
|
| Medford
continues to appeal to life science firms as a viable, cost-effective alternative
to Cambridge's higher leasing prices. |
|
Concentra
Health extends lease with Cummings Properties
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, February 2, 2009
|
| With
317 medical centers and 258 workplace clinics in 40 states, Concentra Health
Services, Inc., a national health services provider, knows a great location
when it has one. Concentra recently renewed its 7,500 square foot lease
at 50 Concord Street in Wilmington, Massachusetts with Cummings Properties. |
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U.S.
Genomics Extends Nearly 40,000 sf Lease
—Boston
SF, February 2, 2009
|
| U.S.
Genomics renewed its nearly 40,000 square foot lease of combined office
and lab space at 12 Gill Street, Woburn with Cummings Properties. |
|
Luminus
teams with Japanese LED maker Nichia
—Mass
High Tech, February 2, 2009
|
| Lighting
technology company Luminus Devices Inc. reports it has entered into an alliance
with Japan’s Nichia Corp. covering cross-licensing of intellectual
property, technology sharing and manufacturing, to make a new type of high-power
white LEDs. |
|
ZymeQuest
hopes blood transfusion tech attracts VCs
—Mass
High Tech, January 30, 2009
|
| Enzyme
products maker ZymeQuest Inc. is looking to pump new blood into the market
for platelet transfusion technology. |
|
Nantero's
semiconductors pull high patent power ranking
—Mass
High Tech, January 29, 2009
|
| When
one thinks of technology patent leaders, companies such as Microsoft Corp.,
Intel Corp., and Samsung Electronics Co. spring to mind. Yet nestled among
those titans in a recent IEEE ranking of companies with the most powerful
technology patent portfolios lies little Nantero Inc., a Woburn-based developer
of nanotechnology for semiconductor devices. |
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U.S.
Genomics renews Woburn lease
—Mass
High Tech, January 27, 2009
|
| U.S.
Genomics renewed its lease with landlord Cummings Properties LLC for nearly
40,000 square feet of office and lab space in Woburn, Mass. |
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Maregni
of Cummings Props. reps. The Sports Spa in 1,500 s/f lease
—New
England Real Estate Journal, January 23, 2009
|
| Woburn,
MA Serious athletes, stressed out workers and chronic pain sufferers now
have a first-class space that caters to their needs. The Sports Spa, LLC,
formerly Toomey Sports, has leased 1,500 s/f at 300 TradeCenter 128 with
Cummings Properties.
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|
First
Energy Star Commercial Building in Beverly
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, January 22, 2009
|
| Gary
Gresh, Sustainability Manager at Cummings Properties, announced that 900
Cummings Center has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
prestigious Energy Star label. According to the Energy Star website, this
is the first facility in Beverly to be awarded this recognition. |
|
Hamilton
Thorne to sell microscopic imaging system
—Mass
High Tech, January 20, 2009 |
| Beverly-based
Hamilton Thorne Inc. has signed an OEM supply agreement with Thorlabs Inc.,
of Newton, N.J., giving HT exclusive commercialization rights to Thorlabs’
confocal imaging system. |
|
The
Sports Spa sets up space in Woburn and first Alter-G in Massachusetts
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, January 13, 2009
|
| Serious
athletes, stressed out workers and chronic pain sufferers now have a first-class
space that caters to their needs. The Sports Spa, LLC, formerly Toomey Sports,
has leased more than 1,500 square feet at 300 TradeCenter 128 with Cummings
Properties. |
|
Nu
Horizons Electronics signs with Cummings Properties
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, January 5, 2009
|
| Nu
Horizons Electronics Corporation is relocating to more than 7,800 square
feet of office space with Cummings Properties at 12 Gill Street. |
|
At
Mascoma, wood and grass fuel the future
—The
Boston Sunday Globe, December 28, 2008
|
| Termite
gut and elephant stomach enzymes are among the ingredients researchers at
the Boston-based biofuel company Mascoma Corp. are using to come up with
a quicker, cheaper way to brew an environmentally friendly alternative to
gasoline. |
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Putting
the past under a microscope
—The
Boston Globe, December 22, 2008
|
| As
a former biomedicine executive, Dr. Gregory Bearman seems to be an unlikely
candidate to conduct a forensic analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls. |
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Wakonda
lights up Woburn
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, December 15, 2008 |
| Wakonda
Technologies, Inc., is growing nearly as quickly as global demand for electricity.
Just three months after signing a lease in Medford for more than 2,600 square
feet, Wakonda, a developer of solar photovoltaic products, has relocated
to more than 7,000 square feet at 2 Gill Street, Woburn. Both properties
are leased and managed by Cummings Properties. |
|
Astaro
U.S. HQ finds security in new location
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, December 8, 2008
|
| Looking
for increased financial security in a fluctuating global market, Astaro
Corporation, an international internet security solutions firm, is moving
its US headquarters from Burlington, MA to more than 15,000 square feet
at 260 Fordham Road, Wilmington, MA. |
|
|
Sprouts
Grow In Woburn
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, December 1, 2008
|
| Picture
books, nifty art projects and playgrounds may not be what the Gill Street
Science Cluster is known for, but Little Sprouts, Inc., moving into more
than 8,000 square feet of space and land at 4 Gill St., will have no problem
fitting right in. |
|
ThingMagic,
In-Q-Tel team up on investment and development
—Mass
High Tech, November 21, 2008
|
| ThingMagic
Inc., a radio frequency technology maker in Cambridge, has announced its
investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s
venture arm. |
|
DRC
dealt a $12M Air Force contract for data quality
—Mass
High Tech, November 17, 2008
|
| Dynamics
Research Corp. reports it has landed $12.9 million from the U.S. Air Force.
Under the contract, Dynamics Research (Nasdaq: DRCO) will perform IT services
for the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, part of the Air Force
Materiel Command located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. |
|
Inotek
pulls in two new patents
—Mass
High Tech, November 16, 2008
|
| Inotek
Pharmaceuticals Corp., a drug developer in Beverly, has been issued two
patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the company’s
glaucoma treatment and contrast-induced nephopathy prevention treatment.
Both compounds, INO-8875 for glaucoma and INO-4885 for contrast-induced
nephropathy, are in Phase 1 clinical development, according to Inotek officials. |
|
MSM
Protein to make tool for cystic fibrosis antibody search
—Mass
High Tech, November 10, 2008
|
| Medford-based
MSM Protein Technologies Inc., operated by its four sole investors Davis
Farmer, Tajib Mirzabekov, David Kreimer and Eldar Kim, has secured funding
from the Maryland-based nonprofit Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics
Inc. to make a tool used to seek an antibody for cystic fibrosis. |
|
IFMA
Woburn presentation eye-opening event
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, November 7, 2008
|
| Attendees
at the recent presentation of "Green Design and Construction in Suburban
Boston" hosted by the Boston Chapter of the International Facility
Management Association (IFMA) and Cummings Properties, found the information
eye-opening and a tour of the newly built TradeCenter 128 eye-pleasing. |
|
Nucryst
anti-microbial bandage cleared for Canadian marketing
—Mass
High Tech, November 7, 2008
|
| Wakefield-based
Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the Advanced Wound Management division
of Smith & Nephew plc have received clearance by Health Canada to market
Acticoat Flex, an anti-microbial bandage. |
|
From
a strange brew, cheaper fuel
That is goal as company tries to simplify ethanol production
via bioengineering
—The
Boston Globe, November 3, 2008
|
| What
does it take to brew a tank of biofuel? At the Mascoma Corp. lab, the recipe
might include a dash of enzymes from termite guts, elephant stomach mixed
with yeast, a load of pulverized switch grass or paper sludge, and a few
days of fermentation.
|
|
DRC
unit lands $15M Immigration enterprise architecture contract
—Mass
High Tech, October 30, 2008
|
| Information
technology and engineering firm Dynamics Research Corp. says it has won
a $14.9 million Homeland Security contract to develop enterprise architecture
for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of DHS. |
|
Discovery
Labware renews lease in Woburn
—Media
Release, October 16, 2008
|
| 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. |
|
BioTrove
and BD form ADME assay agreement
—Mass
High Tech, October 13, 2008
|
| Woburn
biotech company BioTrove Inc. and New Jersey drug delivery tech firm Becton,
Dickinson and Co. (BD) have entered an agreement combining the former’s
mass spectrometry technology with the latter company’s sales and support
expertise in high-throughput in vitro ADME assays. |
|
Small
firm sees the big picture
—Media
Release, September 26, 2008
|
| An
uncertain economy. No tenants in sight. No problem. It's business as usual
for Cummings Properties, LLC, which has been building speculative office
and research buildings of all sorts for nearly 40 years. |
|
Parlance
speaks growth; Cummings listens
—Media
Release, September 26, 2008
|
| Skip
the operator, forget the extension and bypass lengthy phone menus. Parlance
Corporation's proven speech recognition technology makes it possible for
a caller to dial one number for a company, say the name of the person they
are trying to reach and be connected over existing voice networks. Who knew
calling could be so simple? |
|
U.S.
Genomics takes in $4.5M for infectious disease diagnoses
—Mass
High Tech, September 23, 2008
|
| U.S.
Genomics received $4.5 million from medical products manufacturer and supply
firm Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD) and has begun a collaborative agreement
to develop a new diagnostic platform for infectious disease. |
|
Anika
signs Latin America marketing deal
—The
Boston Glove, September 23, 2008
|
| Anika
Therapeutics Inc. has signed an exclusive agreement under which DePuy Miteck
Inc., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, will market its osteoarthritis treatments,
Orthovisc and Orthovisc mini, throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
|
|
Mascoma
names GM executive to scientific advisory board
—Boston
Business Journal, September 22, 2008
|
| General
Motors Corp.’s energy czar has been named to Boston biofuels developer
Mascoma Corp.’s scientific advisory board. |
|
Arradiance
shines $1.75M funds on night vision optics
—Mass
High Tech, September 19, 2008
|
| Advanced
materials developer Arradiance Inc. in Sudbury has raised $1.75 million
of a $3.5 million round of funding, and officials hope the infusion of cash
will help the company further penetrate a handful of new vertical markets,
including night-vision optics and photovoltaics. |
|
Nanobiosym
taps Ratan Tata for global advisory board
—Mass
High Tech, September 15, 2008
|
| Ratan
Tata, head of the multibillion-dollar global conglomerate Tata Group, has
joined the global advisory board of Medford-based nanotechnology company
Nanobiosym Inc., officials report |
|
Touch-a-Truck
and Car Show Coming Soon
—Media
Release, September 11, 2008
|
| Rev
your engines, raise your hoods and start exploring! The Cummings Properties'
Touch-A-Truck and Car Show event will be held on Sunday, September 21 from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., rain or shine, at West Cummings Park on Washington
Street, Woburn. Kids of all ages are welcome to attend this free community
event. |
|
BioTrove
Renews and Expands in Woburn
—Boston
S/F, September 8, 2008
|
| BioTrove,
Inc., which is collaborating to improve blood typing and to research genetic
biomarkers for lung cancer, recently expanded and extended its lease with
Cummings Properties at 10 and 12 Gill Street, Woburn, Mass. |
|
Biotech
Firm Grows in Woburn, California, and London
—Media
Release, September 4, 2008
|
| Woburn,
MA - London, San Carlos, California, and Woburn have at least one thing
in common. BioTrove, Inc., which is headquartered in Woburn, is expanding
in all three places. |
|
Aeris
lung treatment advances
—Boston
Business Journal, September 3, 2008
|
| Aeris
Therapeutics Inc. is gearing up for late-stage human clinical trials after
two mid-stage tests generated promising results for a new emphysema treatment. |
|
Non-surgical
emphysema treatment nails Phase 2 trials
—Mass
High Tech, September 3, 2008
|
| Woburn-based
Aeris Therapeutics Inc. has completed Phase 2 clinical trials of its Biologic
Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) system for treating advanced emphysema. |
|
Hepregen
handed $3M in first funding
—Mass
High Tech, September 2, 2008
|
| Hepregen
Inc. raised a $3 million tranche of a Series A financing of $5 million,
according to online reports. The Winchester-based firm is a spinout of MIT
and is developing a platform to reduce the liver toxicity caused by approved
drugs. |
|
North
Shore incubator closer to hatching with new grant
—Mass
High Tech, September 1, 2008
|
| The
nascent North Shore Life Science Accelerator Inc. (NSLSA), a nonprofit incubator
spun out of the North Shore Technology Council, has advanced a major step
toward going live. NSLSA has been awarded a $50,000 planning grant from
the John Adams Innovation Institute, part of the Massachusetts Technology
Collaborative. |
|
Piezo
Systems Relocates to Woburn
—Media
Release, August 27, 2008
|
| Woburn,
MA -The mathematics required to understand piezoelectricity may be complicated,
but Piezo Systems, Inc. didn't need a genius to figure out that relocating
from Cambridge could save them significant leasing costs. |
|
First
Speculative Office Building Being Built in Sudbury in Over a Decade
—Media
Release , August 20, 2008
|
| Creating
opportunities in uncertain financial climates is a trait of companies with
vision and resources. That's one reason Cummings Properties is developing
a speculative office building in historic Sudbury despite national economic
difficulties. |
|
Nantero’s
gov’t, military biz heads to Lockheed
—Mass
High Tech, August 14, 2008
|
| Woburn-based
nanotechnology company Nantero Inc. has sold its government and military
business unit to Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp. for an undisclosed
amount. |
|
BioTrove
opens London office
—Boston
Business Journal, August 5, 2008
|
| BioTrove
Inc. has opened its first European office, the company announced Tuesday. |
|
Natural
Dentist names CEO
—Boston
Business Journal, July 31, 2008
|
| Natural
Dentist Inc., which markets all-natural oral care products, has hired Mark
Koide as the company’s new CEO, the firm said on Thursday. |
|
Dynamics
Research to buy Kadix Systems
—Boston
Business Journal, July 31, 2008
|
| Technology
firm Dynamics Research Corp. has agreed to buy high-end management consulting
firm Kadix Systems LLC, the company said Thursday. |
|
Woburn's
TradeCenter 128, Moving up in class
—The
Boston Globe, July 24, 2008
|
| With
a rounded atrium entrance, windows that shimmer in unbroken lines, and a
three-story drive-through gateway arch, TradeCenter 128 cuts a striking
figure alongside Route 128, where it commands nearly 600 feet of frontage.
But the most remarkable thing about this office center may not be its appearance
but its address: Woburn. |
|
Biotrove
launching West Coast office
—Boston
Business Journal, July 22, 2008
|
| Biotechnology
company BioTrove Inc. has opened a new Bay Area location to expand customer
and technical support to the West Coast region, the company said on Tuesday. |
|
Woburn's
BioEnergy International buys OmniGene
—Mass
High Tech, July 21, 2008
|
| BioEnergy
International LLC, a developer and manufacturer of next-generation, renewable
biochemicals and biofuels based in Quincy, has acquired the assets of OmniGene
Bioproducts Inc., a metabolic engineering biotech firm in Cambridge. |
|
AliMed
combats infections with antimicrobial hand therapy putty
—Mass
High Tech, July 18, 2008
|
| Therapeutic
putty may not be able to pick up impressions of the Sunday comics like its
wacky cousin, Silly Putty, but for people with hand injuries, it is a crucial
part of rehabilitation. |
|
Leasing
activity continues at TradeCenter 128
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, July, 2008
|
| As
the weather heats up, so does leasing activity at TradeCenter 128, Cummings
Properties' new 550,000 square foot first-class office complex, now nearing
completion alongside Route 128 on the Woburn/Burlington line. |
|
ZBA
rules Dunkin' Donuts can be built at TradeCenter 128
—Woburn
Daily Times Chronicle, July 18, 2008
|
| The
city's Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) ruled last night that Cummings Properties'
can legally allow Dunkin' Donuts to operate at its TradeCenter 128 development. |
|
Wakonda
brings solar tech and $9.5M in funding to Medford, Mass.
—Mass
High Tech, July 16, 2008
|
| Another
thin-film photovoltaic technology developer has joined the ranks of the
New England solar community. With $9.5 million in its first round of funding,
Wakonda Technologies Inc. will set up shop in Medford, after being founded
in New York earlier this year. |
|
ThingMagic
grabs $9.5M in new funding
—Mass
High Tech, July 11, 2008
|
| Executives
at Cambridge radio frequency identification technology maker ThingMagic
Inc. report the company has a closed a $9.5 million round of funding. |
|
BioTrove
and partner win NIH grant for better cancer genetic test
—Mass
High Tech, July 2, 2008
|
| Biotech
company BioTrove Inc. reports it has won a two-year National Institutes
of Health (NIH) grant along with partner Gene Express Inc. of Wilmington,
N.C., to further their proposed novel research of genetic biomarkers for
lung cancer. |
|
Mascoma
to build cellulosic ethanol plant
—Boston
Business Journal, June 27, 2008
|
| Mascoma
Corp., which develops low-carbon biofuels technology, has hammered out a
series of agreements that will enable the company to build its first commercial-scale
cellulosic ethanol plant in Michigan’s upper peninsula, the company
said on Friday. |
|
TradeCenter
128 now almost fully open in Woburn, MA
—Cummings
Properties Media Release, June, 2008
|
| TradeCenter
128 is comprised of one original two-story masonry building, acquired by
Cummings Properties in October 1995, plus a very large new governmental
and commercial complex completed in 2008. |
|
Computer
game veteran to launch project in China
—Boston
Business Journal, June 6, 2008
|
| Once
a star among Boston's video game industry, Rick Goodman is working on a
new venture-backed project after years of silence.
|
|
Agion's
tech to go into bacteria-killing food tubs
—Mass
High Tech, May 22, 2008
|
| Agion
Technologies Inc., a maker of silver-based antimicrobial compounds based
in Wakefield, has signed a new deal with Providence-based Fit & Fresh,
a maker of advanced food storage products owned by medical supplies manufacturer
MEDport LLC.
|
|
IPO-seeking
BioTrove sees revenue surge in Q1
—Boston
Business Journal, May 22, 2008
|
| Woburn's
BioTrove Inc., which is planning to go public, disclosed Thursday that revenue
in the first quarter surged surged 89 percent, but the company continues
to rack up losses from research and development costs. |
|
May
Institute gets $1M from California company
—Boston
Business Journal, May 20, 2008
|
| The
May Institute has received a $1 million donation from Cadence Design Systems
Inc.
|
|
Outdoors
retailer Cabela's taps geoVue to site store locations
—Mass
High Tech, May 19, 2008
|
| Software
maker geoVue Inc. reports that outdoor sporting good's gear retailer Cabela's
Inc. has licensed geoVue's applications to select the best locations for
its U.S. stores.
|
|
Medford
pair creating way to use husks for ethanol
—Mass
High Tech, May 15, 2008
|
| Renewable
energy is a hot topic these days, given soaring gasoline prices and discussions
of how production of ethanol, now primarily a home-grown, cornstarch product,
can be boosted to reduce the nation's reliance on imported oil. |
|
SBANE
hands out 2008 Innovation Awards
—Mass
High Tech, May 14, 2008
|
| LED-maker
Luminus Devices Inc. is among the winners of the Smaller Business Association
of New England's 2008 Innovation Awards.
|
|
DRC
draws in $268M defense systems deal
—Mass
High Tech, May 13, 2008
|
| Dynamics
Research Corp. reports it has landed a contract potentially worth $268 million
from the U.S. Department of Defense.
|
|
Magnolia
Optical wins NASA subcontract from Kopin
—Mass
High Tech, May 9, 2008
|
| Magnolia
Optical Technologies Inc. reports it is working with Kopin Corp. on a solar
cell development contract Kopin won from NASA.
|
|
Mascoma,
General Motors enter biofuels pact
—Boston
Business Journal, May 1, 2008
|
| Biofuel
company Mascoma Corp.and automaker General Motors Corp. have formed a strategic
relationship to develop cellulosic ethanol, a fuel made from wood, paper
pulp or agricultural waste. |
|
The
Advantages of Design/Build/Lease in Public Sector Projects
—Banker
& Tradesman, April 28, 2008</ |
