Apartments for Rent in Kendall Square
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Good ValueSTUDIO$3,355+1 BED$3,498+2 BEDS$4,600+3 BEDS$7,086+
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STUDIO$3,115+1 BED$3,848+2 BEDS$4,288+
Lofts at Kendall Square
195 Binney St, Cambridge, MA 02142 -
STUDIO$3,147+1 BED$4,247+2 BEDS$4,904+
Vivo Apartments
270 Third Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 -
|STUDIO$3,341+1 BED$4,253+2 BEDS$4,966+
Proto Kendall Square
88 Ames St, Cambridge, MA 02142 -
Good Value
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Rent SpecialSTUDIO$3,680+1 BED$3,745+2 BEDS$4,425+
Watermark Kendall West
350 3rd St, Cambridge, MA 02142 -
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Exceptional ValueSTUDIO$3,414+1 BED$3,379+2 BEDS$4,856+
Axiom Apartments
33 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 -
1 Month Free
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Good ValueSTUDIO$2,600+1 BED$3,125+2 BEDS$3,700+3 BEDS$4,730+
100 Memorial Drive
100 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142 -
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Cambridge at a Glance
Kendall Square Neighborhood
The Kendall Square area of Cambridge is set in what was once a salt marsh. Kendall square has been a transportation hub since late in the 1700s. This is the area that housed the West Boston Bridge. The bridge helped provide a direct route between Cambridge and Boston for the most popular form of transportation at the time, the wagon. In the early 1800s the Broad Canal was built, forming the East Boston’s sea port area.
During the industrial revolution, the area boomed and attracted myriad business interests. These interests included electric power plants, soap factories, and distilleries. Kendall Square was named after Edward Kendall, one of the owners of Kendall Boiler and Tank Company.
Biotech and information technology businesses swarmed the area during the late 1990s and the early 2000s. It is widely accepted that the businesses were attracted to the area due to its proximity to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The Kendall Square area is home to some of the area’s most popular restaurants, including Legal Seafood and Cambridge Brewing Company. It is also home to the Kendall Hotel, the first Historic Hotel in Cambridge. The hotel’s history is quite unique, having been owned by the city of Cambridge and used for receiving paving materials and fuel deliveries. The hotel was also the home of “Engine 7,” known as the “black sheep” of the Cambridge Fire Department.
Today, the area is still home to technology giants like Google, EMC Corporation, HubSpot, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Novell. Further, both Genzyme Technology (a leader in biotechnology) and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (an Internet distributed computing platform provider) both have their headquarters in Kendall Square. MIT is still the prime attraction for these technological giants. As a result of the thriving technology industry, the area continues to thrive, and it even has its own stop on the Red Line MBTA subway system.
Top Budget-Friendly Neighborhoods in Cambridge
(For 1 bedroom apartments)- Neighborhoods Average Sq Ft Average Rent
- Inman Square 4,337 Sq Ft $2,702/mo
- Strawberry Hill 1,126 Sq Ft $2,781/mo
- Huron Village 2,523 Sq Ft $2,853/mo
- Porter Square 4,365 Sq Ft $2,984/mo
- Neighborhood Nine 2,381 Sq Ft $3,003/mo
- Aggasiz 2,082 Sq Ft $3,029/mo
- Mid-Cambridge 3,577 Sq Ft $3,078/mo
- Riverside 4,424 Sq Ft $3,104/mo
- The Port 1,832 Sq Ft $3,150/mo
- West Cambridge 2,500 Sq Ft $3,159/mo
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