New Seaport Life Sciences Development to Include STEM Workforce Training

Another big life-science building is coming to the Seaport in Boston, this time with a component dedicated to STEM education and life sciences job training expected to introduce several hundred students to life sciences opportunities each year. This project at 701 Congress Street, also known as Seaport Circle, will transform a parking lot into a 13-story lab/R&D facility which will also contain retail space. The project includes job training and a career center on site, with a uniquely programmed innovation center dedicated to providing access to training for residents from the region who seek opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers.

Seaport Circle will build a new station at the Silver Line Way stop and the ground floor of the project will be a public urban terrace that connects pedestrians from the Silver Line Way stop to Congress Street and the waterfront. An elevated walkway, known as the pedestrian link, will also connect both buildings on site, as well as to the buildings on Parcel K in the South Boston Waterfront.

The project will establish a $500,000 community benefits fund to support non-profits, with a specific focus on those within South Boston. There are significant commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion, including the composition of the project’s consultant team which features partnerships with minority and female-owned businesses in all major phases of the development.

(Source: Boston Planning & Development Agency Website, 14 July, 2022)