Lab Conversion Spree Runs Up Against Local Concerns At Boston Council Hearing

Boston’s life sciences market is known for being home to some of the industry’s most prominent leaders, including Biogen, Moderna, Novartix and Vertex. The continued life sciences boom in the region has led to a unique real estate shortage — biopharmaceutical companies are desperately searching for biomanufacturing facilities and…

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Tech billionaires are launching themselves into orbit, and now data centers are heading to space as well.

Space-based data centers are close to becoming a reality, as an ever-growing flood of satellite data necessitates processing and storage in orbit around the Earth. At the same time, a planned lunar data center is at the heart of an international effort to build a permanent settlement on the moon.

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The first 15 minutes or so of conversation with David Partridge drifts from tattoos and Eastern philosophy to yoga and raving.

But here’s the thing. This isn’t the small talk before we get down to the serious business of talking about property. This is the serious business that created the outlook that spurred Partridge's involvement in developments that are among the most successful in the UK and, perhaps, the world. 

“It's about not being frightened to speak the language,” Partridge, chairman at developer Argent Related, told Bisnow. “Because the truth is, most of us do think about these sorts of things all the time. But we act like we don't think about them at the office. Why?”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation's largest tech companies — and their billionaire executives — have come under fire in recent years from both sides of the political aisle in Washington, with their CEOs frequently being called to testify before congressional committees.

Big tech is now set to face even more scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, with President Joe Biden's key appointments signaling a tougher stance on competition and the industry having to respond to a series of lawsuits over the past year from states and the federal government. 

This crackdown has already proven to be a boon for the law firms that represent tech giants, many of which occupy large offices in the District. And with tech firms unlikely to escape from Washington's scrutiny anytime soon, experts say that D.C.'s office market stands to benefit from the business this creates for law firms, lobbying firms and from the tech giants themselves. 

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