Forecast for Route 128: Rebounding economy will increase development, traffic - West

New supermarkets, new restaurants, a new hotel and, of course, more traffic. These are a few of the coming attractions for the Route 128 corridor as 2012 kicks into gear. We should see the last of the big blocks of vacant office and research space left over from the last recession gobbled up as the biotech and tech firms that line the corridor aggressively compete for new talent.