Groundbreaking held for 112,000 s/f Genzyme Allston Landing Facility

Representatives from Genzyme, ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Turner Const., business and community leaders, and state and local officials, celebrated the groundbreaking of Genzyme's Allston Landing facility, a 112,000 s/f expansion at Genzyme's biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility. The new $150 million expansion project includes 86,000 s/f of new office and manufacturing-support space. Genzyme is also building a 26,000 s/f underground co-generation facility, which will generate steam to run the plant's process operations and will also produce electricity. ARC's design team, Jeffreys Johnson AIA LEED AP, principal-in-charge, Been Wang AIA, design principal and Kathryn Archard AIA LEED AP, project architect, attended the groundbreaking ceremony. The ceremony also featured guest speakers Gov. Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino.