Lab Space for Rent in Cambridge

Size

300–2,000 sq ft

Price

On request

Biosafety

BSL-1, BSL-2

Availability

Available

Cambridge Scientific Labs rents fully-furnished BL2 private lab suites and shared bench space across two buildings in the East Watertown, MA life science hub, just outside Cambridge. Its differentiator is the parent company: Cambridge Scientific is a lab equipment dealer, so every suite comes pre-stocked with core instrumentation and tenants can buy or lease additional equipment directly on site. Suites range from roughly 300 to 2,000 sq ft with 24/7 access, on-site EHS and lab operations support, biowaste removal, and perks including MassBio membership, Thermo Fisher eProcurement access, and Charles River vivarium access.

Size

Not published

Price

On request

Biosafety

BSL-1, BSL-2

Availability

Available

Hatch.Bio Labs is the next-generation rebrand of Nest.Bio Labs, which has incubated 50+ startups out of East Cambridge since 2018. Its flagship is a 50,000 sq ft LEED Platinum life science incubator at 100 Chestnut Street in Somerville's Brickbottom district — steps from the MBTA Green Line and minutes from Cambridge's biotech hub — offering everything from a single bench in the shared lab up to private suites of 45 benches, so companies can scale without relocating. Its standout differentiator is having a Charles River Laboratories–managed vivarium on the same floor and research-institute-grade core equipment from The ADA Forsyth Institute one floor above, all under flexible, no-equity terms.

Size

Not published

Price

On request

Biosafety

BSL-1, BSL-2

Availability

Limited

LabCentral is the flagship shared biotech lab incubator of Kendall Square, running a 210,000+ sq ft network across Cambridge and Boston that houses roughly 125 companies and 1,000 scientists. LabCentral 700 offers month-to-month single BL1 benches, 4-bench pods and private suites for pre-seed through Series A startups (under $10M dilutive funding), while LabCentral 238 adds 100,000 sq ft purpose-built for process development, bioprocessing and scale-up. Admission is by competitive selection committee pitch, and residents get fully permitted space, $7M+ of shared equipment, EHS/waste handling, procurement discounts and pharma-sponsor programming such as Golden Ticket and the new LabCentral First free-six-months program.

Size

Not published

Price

On request

Biosafety

BSL-2

Availability

Ask provider

SmartLabs operates "managed research centers" rather than plain lab rentals — it builds out and fully staffs turnkey facilities so tenants get EH&S, facilities, IT, vivarium and cGMP support bundled with the space, with labs claimed ready in 2-4 weeks. Its Cambridge site sits in Kendall Square and is backed by a 140,000 sq ft expansion into the entire third floor of the redeveloped 100 CambridgeSide complex, the largest facility in its portfolio. Offerings scale from a single bench through private suites for 200-person corporate R&D teams, pilot-scale manufacturing and AAALAC-accredited in vivo suites, so companies can grow without relocating.

Size

Not published

Price

Not published. Marketed as "flexible, no-equity terms" with "transparent"/"affordable" pricing; rates provided on inquiry.

Biosafety

BSL-2

Availability

Available

Nest.Bio Labs has been rebranded and relocated as Hatch.Bio Labs — the legacy nest.bio site now redirects visitors to hatch.bio and lists the same address. The operation moved from its original 2018 East Cambridge/Kendall Square site into a purpose-built, LEED Platinum 50,000 sq ft incubator at 100 Chestnut Street in Somerville's Brickbottom district (opened August 2024, developed by North River Leerink), minutes from Kendall Square. What sets it apart for founders is an on-floor vivarium managed by Charles River Laboratories, research-institute-grade core equipment access via the ADA Forsyth Institute, and no-equity flexible terms scaling from a single bench to private suites for 40+ scientist teams.