4 Central MA Life Sciences Report
B Y T I M O T H Y D O Y L E
T
he interior of 200 Donald
Lynch Boulevard in
Marlborough buzzes with
construction workers
installing new wall studs and
HVAC equipment, as a large part of the
building undergoes a transformation
from office space to lab space.
The shift follows post-COVID market
demand after workers got used to
working from home and the bottom
dropped out of the office market.
Building owner Minardi LP of Worcester
was looking for a tenant for 200 Donald
Lynch, which once housed software
company SanDisk.
Sartorius AG, a German life science
giant was looking for more space to
expand beyond its facility down the
road at 450 Donald Lynch, once home
to WaterSep BioSeparations, which
In their attempts to lure life sciences
companies to Central Mass., developers
are converting underutilized facilities and
constructing from the ground up, offering
to build-to-suit for large tenants while
developing on spec based on a promise of
industry growth
Plenty
of room
P H O T O S / C H R I S T I N E P E T E R S O N
Philip DeSimone, executive
vice president at Kelleher
& Sadowsky, has helped
lead the conversion of office
space in Marlborough into
life sciences space.
