Boulder Brands plans downtown Boulder HQ expansion

BOULDER — Boulder Brands Inc. announced Thursday it is expanding its headquarters in downtown Boulder to support the addition of 50 new employees and create room for a test kitchen plus training and education classrooms.

Boulder Brands (Nasdaq: BDBD), a health-and-wellness food company, will occupy three floors at 1600 Pearl St., increasing the amount of space it leases there from 18,000 square feet to 43,000 square feet.

The additional 25,000 square feet will be used for office and meeting space as well as a test kitchen for research and development of products, according to Caroline Hughes, a Boulder Brands spokeswoman. She said…