Companies Contorting Themselves To Keep Foothold In Boston Biotech Market Bursting At Seams For Phil Casey, a clear sign that Boston’s life sciences market is at capacity can be found on the side of State Route 128. The roadway, a corridor that’s seen life sciences development and demand flow southwest out of the packed Cambridge and downtown Boston markets, has seen years of projects break ground due to overflow. “There’s a go-kart vendor out there who keeps asking about how he can convert his tracks to become a lab building,” said Casey, principal at CBT Architects, which, among other things, has designed many lab buildings along 128. “If the go-kart guy is talking about conversions, you know Boston has hit a peak.” 
The dynamics of Boston biotech’s meteoric growth continue to shape the local and national life sciences and related real estate industries. But peak Boston doesn’t just mean new building opportunities and challenges in Massachusetts. It is ushering in new ways for biotech business to organize and disperse, and supercharging…  Read the full story here. | 
