Bright, modern Life Sciences lab with large windows, several people in lab coats working at benches, lab equipment on counters, and green accent walls. Natural light fills the space, creating an open and airy environment.

Life Sciences

Leveraging our in-house design capabilities and AI-driven technologies, we build facilities for clients to perform everything from cutting-edge R&D to full-scale drug development.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Life Sciences

Vertex Pharmaceuticals was moving its headquarters in a real estate deal that would spark a downtown transformation. The company needed a state-of-the-art facility and turned to Suffolk to deliver.

A modern, empty laboratory for Life Sciences with clean white floors, lab benches with black countertops, overhead shelves, safety equipment, and bright fluorescent lighting. No people are present.
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A person wearing a white lab coat, gloves, goggles, and boots walks through a bright, modern Life Sciences laboratory hallway, holding a clipboard. Large glass-walled rooms and scientific equipment are visible in the background.

Making medicines: "A team sport"

Life Sciences

Suffolk collaborated with Vertex and our trade partners to build the company’s cGMP facility in six months, after completing extensive upgrades to the existing building in Boston’s Seaport District.

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ENR, Top 400 Sourcebook, R&D

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BD+C, Top Laboratory Construction Firms

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BD+C, Top Science + Technology Construction Firms