Mixing it up: Boston’s marine industrial park is about to become a little less marine industrial. The caretakers of this roughly 190-acre corner of the city, now known as the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park , hope to attract more tenants beyond its core of fish processing and ship repair. One way they’ll try: by spurring higher-rent uses on upper floors, such as labs and design studios, that could help subsidize lower rents on the ground floors for a broader mix of manufacturing and warehouse work. Jamestown already takes a mixed-use approach at its Innovation and Design Building , a redeveloped former military warehouse at the southern edge of the park. The Boston Planning & Development Agency, which oversees the park, hopes to replicate that success, according to a long-awaited master plan released on Monday. Waterfront planner Richard McGuinness says the park is about half developed under current floor-area ratio limits. The proposed changes, he says, include raising those thresholds to essentially double the park’s remaining development capacity. Perhaps the most important recommendation: adjusting the requirement that two-thirds of the park be devoted to marine industrial uses. Some suggestions: changing the definition of “marine industrial” to include airport-related shipping, and scaling back the marine industrial requirement to cover half the park. The BPDA will now discuss its findings with tenants and with state environmental officials, who have the final say over changes to the park’s makeup. The ultimate goal: harnessing the intense interest among developers in the South Boston waterfront while protecting the park as an important haven for blue-collar jobs for decades to come. Jon Chesto is a Globe reporter. Reach him at jon.chesto@globe.com and follow him on Twitter @jonchesto .

Executive Summary

This just in: Waltham biotech Tesaro Inc. received US regulatory approval for its drug to treat certain types of ovarian cancer. Check bostonglobe.comfor updates.



Standing tall: The Fearless Girl statue is holding her ground. With hands on hips and feet firmly on the ground, she will continue staring down the bull on Wall Street — at least for now.



The bronze statue, which was installed earlier this month by Boston-based State Street Global Advisors, has been authorized by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to stay in place through February.



State Street erected the statue in time for International Women’s Day to showcase “the power and potential of having more women in leadership.” Its message of gender equality went viral.



In other State Street news: State Street Corp. is selling its stakes in two shareholder-servicing businesses to DST Systems Inc. of Kansas City for $333 million.



The new deal unwinds an old one between two brothers — Jay Hooley of State Street and Stephen Hooley of DST. The two brothers spent large parts of their careers building and running Boston Financial Data Services in Quincy.



The unraveling of the ownership stakes will allow State Street to “focus on our core competencies.” Shares in both companies were up in midday training, State Street up 0.2 percent and DST up 0.8 percent. State Street closed up 1.18 percent and DST was up 3.38 percent.



Setting sights on $100 million IPO: A Cambridge-based biotech that focuses on treatments for lipid disorders is planning an initial public offering.



From the Boston Business Journal: Akcea Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, indicated in its filings Monday that it plans to raise up to $100 million. That would make it one of the largest IPO’s for a Massachusetts biotech.



Akcea, which has focused on developing drugs to control fat and cholesterol, would be the second biotech in the Bay State to go public this year. Jounce, a Cambridge-based company that is developing cancer drugs, went public with much fanfare in January raising $102 million in its debut.



United against leggings?: Not exactly. By now you’ve heard about the two teens who were turned away from a United Airlines flight because they were wearing the tight-fitting garments.



The problem for those girls is that they were “pass travelers,” meaning they were flying for free as a result of a relative who works for the airline. The attire is stricter because a pass traveler is considered to be representing the company.



Fear not, embracers of athleisure wear (yikes, they have a word for it), your lycra and leggings are welcome so long as you’re a paying customer, according to a United tweet on the firestorm created on social media over the weekend. Carry on.​


Trending Pick

Managed to settle: Bill Gross and Pacific Investment Management Co.settled a legal fight that followed the money manager's departure from the company in 2014. At dispute was a bonus Gross was set to receive. The settlment was reportedly $81 million, which is expected to go to charity. It comes as the case was scheduled to go to trial in September.


Line Items

$3.2 billion deal is Sealed:

Charlotte-based company sold to Bain Capital -- Boston Business Journal



Stop sign for AmazonGo:

Store with no checkout line put on hold to work out kinks -- Wall Street Journal



Green light for massive merger:

EU gives conditional approval to Dow-Dupont $130 billion deal -- Bloomberg



Back in the driverless seat:

Uber tests resume in San Francisco, suspended elsewhere -- Boston Globe


ICYMI

Joint ventures: Industries are taking a long, hard look at the legalization of marijuana to see where they might fit in and profit.



As reported in this morning's Globe, recreational marijuana has the potential to sprout new businesses and sustain some that have seen their market share diminish.



The fledgling pot industry could be a boon for everything from security (obvious), to growers (pretty obvious), to the company that manufactures stamps for the state's cigarette tax (less obvious, but interesting).



A study in Colorado, one of the first states to legalize recreational pot, indicates that for every dollar spent, $2.40 is generated in economic activity.



And, at least for now, all of that money is likely to stay within the boundaries of Massachusetts. Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, so you wouldn't want to take one toke over the (state) line.




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