[Info-vax] OT: What happened to the Malborough-Shrewsbury area ?

[brendan welch]

On 10/24/2013 2:47 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
> The Malborough-Shrewsbury area used to be a hotbed for the computer
> industry with a lot o R&D done there, Digital, and a whole BUNCH of
> other companies.
>
> They seem to be all gone now. And even Intel is abandonning the old DEC
> FAB at Hudson.
>
>
> Has this be a big economic blow to the area ? Or was the area diverse
> enough to widthstand the gradual disapearance of the computer industry ?
> What has sustained the area since then ?
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>
 >
One answer, of perhaps many.

The Boston Globe newspaper has a section on Thursdays
called Globe West.  A large lead article in today's
is entitled "Making room for biotech in Marlborough".
30% of the city's commercial real estate activity last year
came from the life-science sector.