Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Newgate Properties
Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, Worcester, MA
The WPI Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park serves as a catalyst for future development in Worcester. The project renews a former mill building and integrates it with a new laboratory building, and creates lab and office space for multiple institutional and commercial tenants, including WPI’s Bioengineering Institute and the Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Incubator Facility.
Key Features
- Development revitalizes a formerly blighted property on 63 acres of reclaimed brownfields
- Design blends new and historic elements, and sets the standard for the future development of Gateway Park
- Project serves an important economic development role, supporting institutional programs and enterprising businesses by providing attractive, flexible and afford-able space, conveniently located close to I-290 and downtown Worcester
