Andover Site Highlighted By MA Economic Development Group

ANDOVER, MA — Andover's Innovation Park life sciences research complex was one of 10 sites added on Tuesday to MassEcon's Ready 100 list, which serves as a sort-of advertisement for companies looking to expand in Massachusetts.

The 200,000-square-foot research campus at 4 Corporate Drive is the second Andover site on the Ready 100 list, joining 20 Shattuck Road. Innovation Park is a former research campus of the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, which moved its local operations to Cambridge in 2019.

MassEcon, a nonprofit group that promotes economic development in the state, updates the Ready 100 list twice per year.

"Each of the ReadyMass 100 properties has been rigorously evaluated by a team of real estate experts in concert with our state partners and is certified for immediate occupancy or development," the group says of its list. "The properties have met key criteria relating to infrastructure, permitting, size and readiness."

According to the Boston Business Journal, the other sites added to the list include: 320 Bowles Road, Agawam; 300 Terminal St., Boston; 30 Dan Road, Canton; 175 Crossing Blvd., Framingham; 2000 Crown Colony Drive, Quincy; 139 Shuman Ave., Stoughton; 645 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton; 500 John Hancock Road, Taunton; 40 Crescent St., Worcester.

The Ready Mass 100 list has drawn several large economic development projects to the state, including an Amazon robotics lab in Westborough, and the Candela Medical headquarters in Marlborough. North Andover's 1600 Osgood Landing was named a ReadyMass site before it was selected by Amazon for a warehouse.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.