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Companies that are in growth mode care about access to qualified potential employees. In the Boston market we see many companies prefer to be within the city core as opposed to be outside the city for that simple reason. The younger workforce doesn't own or doesn't want their commute to involve an automobile.
The full BBJ article is available, here.
If you're a CEO of o a small software company that has recently been funded where do you go? Well the next question is what can you prudently afford. Gone are the days of leasing as much space as you can and hoping for revenue. Today's decision makers would love to continue to grow their business within close proximity of the think tanks at Harvard and MIT; the reality, however, is that those locations are being gobbled up by the large publicly-traded tech companies with a worldwide presence. The notion of paying $60 PSF doesn't affect them as much when you compare it to pricing in London or Singapore.
You can check out office space available in Cambridge or read the BBJ's article.
East Cambridge/Kendall Square continues to push rents upward and vacancy down. 162,000 square feet of new leases have been signed at 400 Technology Square. Asking rents in the East Cambridge/Kendall Square submarket for Class A space will start in the low $50's per square foot.
More information is available on the BBJ website.