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High-tech firms find fertile turf in South Boston

Low rents, amenities boost Innovation District

By Michael B. Farrell

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 23, 2012

It’s not Kendall Square. Not yet. But two years after Mayor Thomas M. Menino branded a swath of South Boston’s waterfront as the Innovation District - a bid to lure big Web companies and young startups alike - a healthy crop of technology firms are moving in. Its office space is inexpensive, at least for Boston, and the neighborhood is catching on; any company looking for space in the city is looking there, commercial real estate brokers say.

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