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Instron Breaks Ground on 134,000-SF HQ

NORWOOD, MA-Instron begins construction of its new headquarters at 825 University Ave. The company is moving from its current 125,000-sf location at 100 Royall St. in Canton. It is leasing 110,000 sf at its new location, but plans for a 24,000-sf addition to the facility.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on October 11, 2004

NORWOOD, MA-Instron, a provider of testing equipment for the material testing and structural testing markets, began construction of its new headquarters location at 825 University Ave. The company is moving just four miles, from its current 125,000-sf location at 100 Royall St. in Canton. It is leasing 110,000 sf at its new location, but it plans to redevelop the site and intends to add 24,000 sf to the facility.

The facility will include a new customer care center and an expanded application lab and training center as well as a purpose built manufacturing facility. It will also feature a complete calibration center which will house a primary standard dead-weight stack for calibrating force transducers up to 250,000 pounds. The company anticipates moving in April 2005.

The building was acquired last year by CFRI University Avenue, a joint venture of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes and Wilton, CT-based Commonfund Realty Inc. The building was formerly occupied by Jet Spray Corp., but has been vacant reportedly for nearly a year.

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