Colliers Meredith & Grew represented Sedo.com, LLC and Genocea Biosciences Inc. in two leases totaling 13,730 s/f at 161 First St.
Vice president Tucker Hansen and associate Ben Coffin of Colliers Meredith & Grew worked with vice president Eric Smith of Richards Barry Joyce & Partners who represented the landlord, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., in the transactions. Sedo.com renewed a 9,358 s/f lease and Genocea Biosciences expanded by 4,372 s/f to a total of 13,568 s/f. Details of the specific leases were not disclosed.
161 First St. is a brick and beam, 45,820 s/f, four-story lab and office building. The location benefits from its proximity to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, numerous technology and biotech companies, research facilities, hotels and the CambridgeSide Galleria Mall.