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Burlington takes aim at Waltham

By Scott Van Voorhis

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  December 08, 2011

For years Burlington has sat enviously in Waltham’s shadow while the old Watch City transformed itself into Route 128’s top destination for tech, biotech, and financial services companies. Burlington got the malls while Waltham snagged the big-name, big-bucks office tenants. But Burlington’s welcoming of retail development now looks almost prescient amid a shift in what companies are looking for in an increasingly 24/7 business world.

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