Devens

The Massachusetts biopharmaceutical industry raised far more investment than ever before in 2020, coinciding with the coronavirus pandemic that shifted an emphasis to potential lifesaving drugs, according to a report released Thursday.

A Cambridge firm developing fusion energy said Wednesday it'll build a 47-acre site in Devens in the latest boost for the community's development efforts.

Maugel Architects of Harvard has completed a 27,000-square-foot single-story addition to Bio-Techne’s life science facility in Devens, Maugel announced on Monday.

Little Leaf Farms in Devens, a hydroponic lettuce company, announced on Monday it has raised $90 million in debt and equity financing to fund its East Coast expansion.

A series of industrial leases and a major sale in Central Massachusetts are part of a continually strong market in the Boston area, according to a report by the New York City real estate advisory firm Newmark.

More than one-third of the inmate population at a federal prison in Devens have tested positive for coronavirus, with the area's two U.S. representatives requesting immediate action to stop the spread.

King Street Properties, a Boston development firm that bought three Devens sites this year, is planning a $500-million life sciences complex in a major boon to the former military base.

Little Leaf Farms in Devens has doubled its greenhouse growing capacity to 10 acres, allowing the hydroponic greens manufacturer to produce more than 2 million packages of lettuce each month, the company announced on Wednesday.

Devens, a former North Central Mass. military base which has since been repurposed as an economic development zone and mixed use community, has contributed nearly $3.8 billion to the Massachusetts economy.

A Boston life sciences development firm has bought its second and third sites in Devens this year, including two in a deal closed in July for $4.7 million.