Mascoma moves to larger space in Boston

Mascoma Corp., a renewable fuels company, signed a five-year lease to move its headquarters from 4,000 square feet of office space near Kendall Square to 22,000 square feet of space at 1380 Soldiers Field Rd. in Boston, Mascoma's broker said.

Mascoma's broker is the local office of Grubb & Ellis Co., a California-based commercial real estate firm.

Mascoma is one of several companies seeking to find a commercially feasible way to produce large-scale amounts of ethanol from something besides ears of corn; in Mascoma's case, it is making ethanol from such ingredients as wood chips and switch grass.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)