MIT 150: The Top 50

Number 46: Good neighbor If Kendall Square were a suburban office park, it would be one of the most high-powered ones in the world. Who’s got offices there? Akamai. Amgen . Biogen Idec. Draper Laboratory. Fidelity Investments. Genzyme . Google. Microsoft. Novartis . Not to mention, of course, the magnet for all of them: MIT. The Kendall Square Association has 130 members, and MIT is the linchpin that helped build up one of the most innovative neighborhoods in the country. More than half of Cambridge’s tax revenue comes from Kendall Square, and most of the city’s largest taxpayers are there.
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Number 46: Good neighbor

If Kendall Square were a suburban office park, it would be one of the most high-powered ones in the world. Who’s got offices there? Akamai. Amgen. Biogen Idec. Draper Laboratory. Fidelity Investments. Genzyme. Google. Microsoft. Novartis. Not to mention, of course, the magnet for all of them: MIT. The Kendall Square Association has 130 members, and MIT is the linchpin that helped build up one of the most innovative neighborhoods in the country. More than half of Cambridge’s tax revenue comes from Kendall Square, and most of the city’s largest taxpayers are there.