Return to Office: Accommodating a Paradigm Shift

by Janet Morra During the early days of the pandemic, we collectively embraced the notion that once vaccines became available, things would return to a “new normal,” and a mass return to the office would follow. In reality, the hybrid work environment – long a staple in certain high-tech industries and made possible through advancements…

Lab Design: The Equipment Factor

by Jess Hamilton One thing that all laboratories have in common is that the scientific functions within them are equipment driven. Equipment can range in size from small, tabletop vortexers, microfuges, scales, or even handheld pipetters to space-intensive items such as freezers, anaerobic chambers, fume or biosafety hoods, automation robotics, or custom equipment. Whether the…

Northeast Industrial Markets Enter New Age of Design

  By Taylor Williams Architects and general contractors are shaking up the ways in which they design and construct industrial projects in response to financial pressures faced by their clients, an elevated emphasis on sustainability and shifts in how tenants utilize spaces. The nuts and bolts of designing and developing commercial properties are fickle by…

Repositioning Office to Lab: A Winning Formula

20 Overland Street / Rendering courtesy of Margulies Perruzzi by Caitlin D. Greenwood Boston’s Fenway neighborhood has become an “eds and meds” neighborhood and a hub for life science companies. This is due largely to the presence of nine colleges and universities and proximity to the adjacent Longwood Medical and Academic Area, home to 21…

Workplace Decisions: Should We Stay or Should We Go?

By Jenna Meyers  |  September 22, 2023 There are many factors that prompt a company to begin thinking about whether they should stay in their current space or move. Chief among them is an impending lease expiration; significant changes in staff size; the need to cut costs; or a merger, acquisition, or consolidation. A common…

Preparing Buildings for a Carbon Neutral Future

According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, residential and commercial buildings in the United States are responsible for almost 40% of carbon dioxide emissions and use an almost equal percentage of the country’s energy for lighting, heating, cooling, and appliance operation. In Boston, 70% of greenhouse gas emissions are from buildings, prompting the state…