One-stop shopping for information on every available commercial property in the city online
SOMERVILLE
– As Somerville’s reputation as the Innovation City grows and more
start-ups look to the city as a place to call home and grow, the City of
Somerville is assisting entrepreneurs and business owners in their
search through the new “Somerville SiteFinder”
website, created by the City’s Economic Development team through the
Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development.
The website at www.somervillema.gov/sitefinder
is now available to assist businesses with finding the optimal location
for their business in Somerville, with one-stop shopping for information
on every available commercial property in the city including location,
asking price, square footage and a direct link to the listing broker.
The Somerville SiteFinder
makes it easy for both start-up companies and traditional businesses
large and small to locate, price and tap into available spaces for lease
in the city, whether they seek multiple floors of prime office space,
fabrication space, or a storefront.
“Somerville
prides itself on innovation, creativity and originality and companies
that hold these values are taking note and moving here—and bringing good
jobs with them,” said Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone. “The commercial real
estate market can be difficult to navigate. I’m pleased we can offer this free service
to prospective Somerville businesses and make it even easier for them to
call the Innovation City home. Somerville has created an environment
where businesses can take root and flourish by investing in innovation,
infrastructure and education. Today Somerville has 45,000 workers, but
only 20,000 jobs. Our 20-year comprehensive SomerVision plan sets forth an ambitious goal of creating 30,000 new jobs by 2030, bringing these numbers into better balance.”
The Somerville SiteFinder
is another way that the City has cultivated a business-friendly
environment. Aggressive investments in infrastructure have greatly
improved both the utilities beneath the ground necessary for industries
and residents alike, and created the active, walkable, bikeable and
transit-oriented neighborhoods that allow employees to live near where
they work. Long-term planning based on the vision set forth in the
community-driven SomerVision comprehensive plan
is driving redevelopment in neighborhoods that are evolving into
regional employment centers with new offices, housing and businesses.
This year’s budget represents Somerville’s highest ever investment in
our schools, providing more students than ever before with hands-on
experience with cutting edge science and technology, on the heels of Somerville Public Schools’ phenomenal growth
in student achievement levels that has exceeded most other school
districts. The City’s Jobs Advisory Committee has also set in motion
plans for improving workforce readiness by building job and career
skills, so that older residents and those with the equivalent of a high
school diploma can also compete in the 21st century economy.
“Our Somerville Sitefinder is already paying dividends,” said Edward C. O’Donnell, the City of Somerville’s Director of Economic Development. “Tissuevision,
a Cambridge-based company founded by MIT researchers, contacted OSPCD
in August regarding their need to relocate and inquired into available
spaces in Somerville. The company produces fully automated, high speed
equipment used for whole organ imaging, primarily by academic and
pharmaceutical research companies. Through the Somerville SiteFinder,
we were able to identify space in the Ames Business Park. OSPCD put
Tissuevision in touch with Cushman and Wakefield, the leasing agent for
the property, and Tissuevision signed a lease to relocate to Somerville
on Oct. 11.”
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