Tag: foundry row
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Hearing Set on Tenants’ Bid to Halt Leasing at Foundry District Lofts
A Wentworth County judge will hear arguments this week on whether to block new market-rate leasing at the Foundry District Lofts amid an affordable-housing lawsuit.
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A Kincaid Research Project Becomes Forge Bellwater’s First AI Startup
A Kincaid University research project has become Forge Bellwater’s first AI-focused startup, expanding the kind of company the biotech-heavy Foundry Row incubator has historically supported.
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New Foundry Row Residents Want Loom Hall Turned Down. The Venue Says It Was There First.
New residents of the Foundry District Lofts have filed fourteen noise complaints against Loom Hall in two months, more than the venue logged in the previous three years, setting up a dispute over who bears responsibility for Foundry Row’s changing soundscape.
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Biotech Jobs on Foundry Row Have Doubled in Five Years, City-Commissioned Report Finds
A new city-commissioned report finds Foundry Row’s biotech cluster has roughly doubled its workforce in five years, though hiring growth has slowed amid a persistent shortage of trained technicians.
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Kestrel Biologics Weighs West Bellwater for New Manufacturing Site
Kestrel Biologics is scouting sites for a second manufacturing facility, including in West Bellwater, as the Foundry Row biotech firm outgrows its current lab and production space.
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Gene-Therapy Trial Clears Early Safety Hurdle for Kestrel Biologics
Kestrel Biologics says its lead gene-therapy candidate has cleared an early safety milestone in its Phase 1 trial, a result executives call validation for the Foundry Row biotech firm’s $64 million funding round.
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Sixty-Three Converters in Three Months: Thieves Work Foundry Row’s Parking Lots
Catalytic converter thefts in Foundry Row have tripled in three months, hitting small businesses and biotech commuters alike, as police push prevention and a council member drafts a scrap-dealer ordinance.
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Debate Over Foundry Row Building Heights Pits Biotech Demand Against Displacement Fears
A proposal to cap new Foundry Row towers at 12 stories has split biotech employers seeking room to grow from tenant advocates who say unchecked height will accelerate displacement, with a council vote expected in coming weeks.
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Crowded Fields Emerge for Council President and Foundry Row Seats as Filing Closes
Bellwater’s council election filing deadline closed with only two of seven seats contested: the at-large council presidency and the Foundry Row district seat held by Luis Bettencourt, whose campaign is unfolding amid an ethics review.
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Ridgeline Therapeutics Closes $38 Million Round to Compete for Biotech Talent
Ridgeline Therapeutics has closed a $38 million funding round it says is aimed at competing with rival Kestrel Biologics for Bellwater’s limited pool of biotech talent.