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Thermo Fisher Buys Facility for $14M

Jan 02, 2009
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Thermo Fisher Scientific has purchased a building that it had been leasing in Franklin, Mass., for around $14 million, according to real estate transaction tracker CoStar Group.
 
The property is a 110,756-square-foot, one-story industrial building that sits on nearly 17 acres of land.
 
Thermo bought the property from Embarcadero Capital.

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