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Commission approves NBC/MBC BioLabs incubator at 700 Indiana despite neighborhood concerns about use and shadowing
Summary
The commission unanimously approved shadow findings and a large‑project authorization for a proposed NBC/MBC BioLabs incubator at 700 Indiana Street, saying the development fits zoning as a laboratory use and adding a condition linking future tenants to a 2020 zoning administrator letter limiting life‑science production on site.
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a large‑project authorization and shadow findings for a proposed 72,000‑square‑foot NBC (MBC/NBC) BioLabs incubator at 700 Indiana Street, following an extensive public hearing that included dozens of supporters (tenants, union representatives and scientists) and neighborhood opponents.
Planning staff summarized the project as a two‑to‑three‑story research incubator seeking a modification to the planning code’s horizontal mass break. The department found the project consistent with the Central Area waterfront plan and cited a 2020 zoning…
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