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International medical technology firm EarlySense, Inc., which specializes in health monitoring products for the medical and consumer markets, will relocate its U.S. office to West Cummings Park in Woburn from its current location in Waltham. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Israel, EarlySense is a growing company focused on next-generation patient and health monitoring systems. The company uses sensors combined with its proprietary artificial intelligence to track real-time health data, including heart rate, breathing rate, sleep cycles, stress levels, and movement. The technology is designed to enhance safety and reduce risk for general care patients, and empower consumers to gain a better understanding of their health. The move from Waltham to a 7,700-square-foot office and lab space in Woburn offers a strategic and convenient location, according to Senior Leasing Director…

By Jim Trudeau, Chief Design Officer, Cummings Properties With unemployment at very low levels on the North Shore and throughout Greater Boston, companies are looking for ways to enhance their facilities or even relocate in an effort to recruit and maintain talent.  In this environment, corporate tenants are reviewing workplace alternatives, which include technology upgrades, open offices, live-work-play locations, multiple amenities, sustainability, and remote workforces. It’s important to be knowledgeable about cutting-edge workplace strategies, but it’s also critical that organizations be discerning about what’s just trendy and what’s really in their best interests. Why?  Because, however exciting the latest “bells and whistles” may initially seem, they may or may not be good for the bottom line, and they may result in needless risks, including lost time and compromised performance. So,…

Life sciences and technology innovators in Woburn and Beverly recently had the opportunity to highlight their expertise and initiatives to a delegation of visiting professionals from China. The group consisted of six owners and managers of regional startup hubs and business incubators from the country’s Hebei Province. Massachusetts Association of Business Incubators and BostonWise, a firm that promotes educational and commercial exchanges between China and the United States, coordinated the visit. Its purpose was to learn and share ideas on the best practices of business incubators and entrepreneurship, as well as explore opportunities for international cooperation, according to Freddie Qi, director of professional development at BostonWise. PHOTO: A delegation from The Association of Technical Business Incubators of Heibei Province in China visited Cummings Center in Beverly. Left to right:  Justin D'Aveta…

Nonprofits received welcome news in their email inboxes this month: invitations to apply for one of 100 grants of $100,000 each to be awarded by Cummings Foundation. They are among 223 invitees selected after a thorough review of a record-breaking 597 Letters of Inquiry submitted earlier this year for the Foundation’s $100K for 100 program. Each grant proposal was carefully reviewed by two members of a six-person committee made up of outside volunteer professionals, according to Joyce Vyriotes, deputy director of Cummings Foundation. The scores were then combined and averaged. The nonprofits with the highest average scores are now advancing to the next and final stage of the application process. “We are most grateful for the significant time and thought that the committee members dedicated to the evaluation process,” said…

According to a popular carol, December is “the most wonderful time of the year.” And at Cummings Properties, most would agree. The Woburn-based commercial real estate company just donated $357,000 to hundreds of local nonprofit organizations via its Employee Directed Giving program. Through this annual philanthropic initiative, employees are invited to select a local nonprofit to receive a $1,000 donation in their honor. In 2017, Employee Directed Giving benefitted 242 nonprofits in 77 local cities and towns. Now in its fifth year, the program is designed to give back in the areas where Cummings Properties employees live and work. Jo-Anne Varoutsos, a client services associate in Cummings’ Woburn office, directed her $1,000 donation to the Best Buddies program at Joyce Middle School in Woburn, which pairs students with disabilities with…

enEvolv, a biotechnology firm, will open a new and larger laboratory and research office in Medford later this month. The 10,000-square-foot space is located at 200 Boston Avenue, a commercial building operated by Cummings Properties. It will replace enEvolv’s former facility on Boston’s Morrissey Boulevard. enEvolv works with pharmaceutical, nutrition, energy, and specialty chemical companies to engineer microbes and produce bio-based chemicals. The company’s strain engineering platform combines biotechnology with automation to identify the changes in genomes that produce specific results, such as preventing genetically modified organisms from escaping and thriving in the wild. Its co-founder, renowned geneticist George Church, has appeared in media outlets from The Washington Post to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”   “Boston Avenue is a great location for biotech firms because it’s close to…