Gloucester is just 35 miles from Kendall Square.

At GMGI we’ve found that the local “North Shore of Boston ecosystem” of 38 biotechs with 12 –750 employees within 17 miles of our lab has been a key strategic resource.

Gloucester Biotechnology Academy is a workforce training program with a well-deserved national reputation that prepares young adults for successful careers as life sciences lab technicians. The seventh class graduated in June of 2023 after seven months of hands-on training in the lab, including a new curriculum focused exclusively on training students for entry level work in biomanufacturing, and a three-month, paid industry internship.

The build-out cost $176 per sq ft and the lease for the space is $13 per sq ft –or $3,440 per month–significantly lower than the price in Boston or Cambridge.

Gloucester has been awarded a biotech platinum status from MassBio as a location with the highest level of readiness for new construction or for the renovation of existing real estate. In addition, there is a science workforce of over 48,000 within a 1-hour drive.

Gloucester’s readiness for biomanufacturing activity is currently supported by 10 industrial buildings with immediate availabilities ranging in size from 10,000 –30,000 sf and 5 properties that each offer 5-10 acres of development opportunity.

GMGI has created 19 new staff and marine genomics research jobs (and counting).

In 2013, there were no biotechs in the Cape Ann region, today there are four (and counting).

MassBio / MassEcon have praised GMGI’s efforts to advance a biotech cluster in Gloucester.

Since 2014, over 300 leading scientists from all over the world have travelled to Cape Ann to attend annual GMGI Science Forums.

Life sciences workforce development thought leaders recently convened in Gloucester at GMGI’s invitation for a conference to identify innovative opportunities to educate the workforce for an innovation economy.

In 2020 and 2021 our Science Hour presentations attracted over 1,400 viewings.