The evolution of Kendall Square is the story of a once-thriving industrial strip, turned urban renewal district, turned home to one of the greatest concentrations of biotech, life science, and technology companies in the world. MIT is adding over 4.6 million square feet of new laboratories, work spaces, residences, cultural attractions, and retail at the heart of this center of invention and discovery. It will be a place more open, more vibrant, and more connected; an even stronger neighborhood anchored at its base by best-in-class makers, retailers, and restaurateurs.