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Blackfan Research Center Development Under Way

Published 12/25/2003

Ground will be broken in summer of 2004 on the Blackfan Research Center in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston. Creating 575,000 sf of life sciences research space, the 18-floor building will be sited on three acres adjacent to a Merck facility, Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. Developed by Lyme Properties LLC, the $250-million project will accommodate medical institutions and life science companies. The project contractor is William A. Berry & Son of Denver. Lyme Properties is also developing a 440,000-sf medical research center called Longwood North.