What is LINC?

The Lowell Innovation Network Corridor is the heart of an exciting economic transformation in Lowell.

The Lowell Innovation Network Corridor is the heart of a pending economic transformation in Lowell. 

For nearly two decades, UMass Lowell has steadily increased its research collaborations with industry, government agencies and non-profit organizations. 

With a research enterprise now approaching $120 million annually, the university is working with the City of Lowell to dramatically scale up these partnerships. 

LINC is the new development currently planned to meet the needs of companies seeking to relocate to Lowell to work alongside university faculty, researchers and students. 

LINC is laboratories and office space.
But it’s also housing, restaurants, retail and entertainment venues. 

LINC is:

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…a new, 1 million-square-foot development designed to meet the facilities, research and workforce needs of companies seeking to relocate to Lowell to work alongside university faculty, researchers and students. 

The connection between Lowell’s past and a promising economic future, LINC is already supported by companies in such sectors as

  • Robotics

  • Biotechnology and biomedical devices

  • Space technology, Sensors, Climate tech

  • Cybersecurity, Artificial intelligence

  • Electronics

  • Human performance