Breakthrough Properties Acquires 1.7-Acre Site for Its First Ground-Up Life Sciences Development in the UK
LONDON, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Breakthrough Properties, a leading global developer of life sciences real estate backed by a joint venture of Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital, today announced the acquisition of the 1.7-acre Trinity House site in Oxford, England, one of the leading academic and innovation clusters in the world. Located at the gateway of the 88-acre Oxford […]
BD Selects Torrey View by Breakthrough as San Diego Campus for Growing Biosciences Business
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Breakthrough Properties, a leading global developer of life sciences real estate, formed through a joint venture of Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital, today announced that leading global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has selected Torrey View by Breakthrough as home for an expanded San Diego […]
More Office Properties Are Becoming Labs in Top Life Sciences Cities
Developers are quickly converting some existing office spaces, but not every building is a good fit to include laboratory space. Investors are eager to buy life sciences buildings—which may look like conventional office properties on the outside, but contain hard-to-find laboratory space on the inside. In about a dozen top cities where life sciences companies are […]
Biotech Is Blasting Through Previous Funding Records, Fueling Building Rush
Money continues to flow heavily into the life sciences, and as it flows into private companies developing new medicines and technologies, so does it flow into the balance sheets of the companies that provide them with office and lab space. Venture capital firms invested a record $26B into life sciences companies in the first six […]
Navigating The New Normal: Life Sciences Real Estate in Europe — A Maturing Asset Class
DEMAND FOR LIFE SCIENCES REAL ESTATE There are many factors driving record levels of investment in the life sciences sector: an aging population, the convergence of scientific breakthroughs across different disciplines, national and regional government support and now, a global pandemic. In addition, the use of artificial intelligence and data is accelerating outcomes in this […]
SCIENCE IN THE CITY – DIGITAL SUMMIT: PROVIDING LIFE SCIENCE SPACE IN URBAN CENTRES
What You’ll Learn: Key considerations including land availability, financial incentives and potential rental value when developing urban life science real estate. Emerging urban clusters — how city centres are positioning themselves to attract occupiers and talent compared to campus innovation hubs. Meeting demand — creative strategies to reposition low income generating space into lab and […]
10 Outstanding Women Leaders: Susie Harborth: Lowering Barriers to Female Biotech Leadership
BOSTON–The Executive Vice President of Business Operations at Breakthrough Properties, a Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital JV, Susie Harborth has been at the forefront of real estate innovation by developing a coworking platform for life science companies over the past decade. As a co-founder and COO of BioLabs, an affiliate innovation platform of coworking lab […]
Breakthrough Properties Raises $1 Billion for Life Science Real Estate Investments
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Breakthrough Properties (“Breakthrough”), a joint venture formed in 2019 by Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital (“Bellco”), has completed the initial closings of the Breakthrough Life Science Property Fund (the “Fund”). The venture has, in aggregate, raised over $1 billion in capital for the Fund and in […]
Breakthrough Properties Executes Full-Building Lease With Leading Gene Editing Company for Next Generation Life Science Development in Boston’s Seaport Neighborhood
Lease for “The 105” executed one year after acquisition of the site, exemplifies Breakthrough’s ability to create dynamic ecosystems for industry-leading biotechnology companies. 263,500-square-foot lease transaction underscores rapid growth of Boston’s life sciences industry, strength of the biotechnology sector, and demand for modern research facilities to support scientific innovation.
Boston Biotech Office, Filled 18 Months Before Completion, Shows Surging Demand
Switzerland-Based Gene Editing Firm Crispr Therapeutics Agrees to Take New Lab Space Near Seaport District Developers of one of the latest life-sciences office buildings to spring up in and around Boston’s Seaport District have landed a tenant 18 months before the project’s expected finish, reflecting demand in the nation’s largest biotech region.