Polaris Ventures opening new Innovation District headquarters next year
Polaris isn't abandoning its long-time Waltham digs just yet; co-founder Terry McGuire tells me the lease there still has a couple years left, and some partners may prefer to work in the suburbs for the time being. "We're going to be in Waltham for a while," he says. "We'll have a presence in both places. We clearly want to have a stronger presence in the city, and we love what's going on in the Seaport area."
But Polaris partner Dave Barrett, who is overseeing the deal, says that the Boston office "will ultimately be our new headquarters." He says it is about 16,000 square feet, the majority of the 10th floor.
Polaris was an investor in LogMeIn, the remote access company that moved from the 'burbs to the Innovation District over the summer, and also Spindle, a startup based there that was snapped up by Twitter in June. Spindle co-founder Pat Kinsel is now an entrepreneur-in-residence at Polaris.
Polaris also operates a co-working space for entrepreneurs in Kendall Square called DogPatch Labs. That facility, which once offered free rent to select entrepreneurs, began charging occupants earlier this year. Barrett says the firm hasn't yet decided whether the DogPatch entrepreneurs will eventually move to the Marina Park Drive office: "We're still thinking that through, and working that through."
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