EMC Initiates Permitting Process For Two Campuses

WESTBOROUGH, MA-EMC Corp. began the permitting process to develop office complexes here and in nearby Southborough. The Hopkinton-based data storage company needs voters’ approval in the two towns to rezone some of the land from residential to industrial.

EMC, which has termed its development plans campuses, hopes to develop nearly two million sf of office, research and development space on both sites. The site in Southborough would have 1.2 million sf of office and administrative space, 800,000 of which would involve new construction. The company would have to build a waste-water treatment plant here, which means rezoning about 12 acres. If the rezoning is approved, EMC would set aside 30 acres as open space.