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Photo Gallery Updates: Expansion to our Global Center for Cleantech Innovation

With October’s arrival comes updates about the progress of our expansion space! We’re on schedule to open in Q4 but until we open our doors, here are some photos of our progress!

 

This is the new Town Green event space. The bright green wall will be the new sponsor wall and the stage in the background is mostly done. The new event space will have the capacity to hold 500 people at once for our many events. Fun fact: Greentown Labs hosts an average of 300 events every year. That’s more than one event per business day!

 

Looking down from the third floor, you can see the future co-working space. In the new center, members of the cleantech ecosystem will be able to rent out “hot desks” which is different form our our typical full-time membership.

 

We love preserving the history of the buildings we’re in so the ceiling and crane are originals! Trains used to go straight through the building and the yellow crane would lower pipes into them, they’re powerful relics from the building’s original purpose. Now the crane has a new job: lowering our projector screen!

 

The third floor is nearly finished, carpet has been installed, and many of the numerous conference rooms and phone booths are almost operational. It will hold office space just like the second floor, adding up to a total capacity of 400+ entrepreneurs working from Greentown Labs.

 

The new lab space is 40,000 sq. ft. and can be rented in sizes between 100 sq. ft. to 3,000 sq. ft. With this capacity, we’ll be able to support more than 100 startups!

Above is the Wet Lab space, a 1,800 sq. ft. shared wet lab to support cleantech startups working with water resources, chemicals, and advanced materials. This includes 24 benches, access to shared fume hoods, and much more! The expected functionality of the wet lab is a BSL-1.

 

Fun Fact: Over 65 miles of cable have been laid in the expansion providing ethernet connectivity, phone lines, and much more.

 

Surprisingly, one of the coolest new features in the new building is the rooftop testing center! Here, many of solar companies will have the opportunity to test their technology just a minute away from their desks.

 

Our new cafe will be a hub of activity and idea sharing where entrepreneurs meet up over a hot or cold beverage and snacks.

 

We are so close to moving in to our amazing space and couldn’t be more excited. If you want to learn more about our expansion project please click here!