Life Science Building Boom Gives Way to a More Selective Market

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a life-science boom, contractors say demand is shifting toward biomanufacturing and specialized facilities as speculative lab development cools.

Shareholders back British Land’s Life Science REIT takeover

Shareholder approval for the the cash-and-share deal was almost unanimous, with 96.3% voting in favour. The post Shareholders back British Land’s Life Science REIT takeover appeared first on Property Week.

Deadline looms for life science awards entries

The deadline for entries to this year’s Life Sciences Awards is now less than two weeks away. Hosted by Construction News and sister title Property Week, the awards recognise the people, projects and organisations contributing to the development of science and technology estates across the… The post Deadline looms for life science awards entries appeared first on Construction News.

PLP-led team submits plans for £750m Whitechapel healthcare campus

The Architects’ Journal PLP-led team submits plans for £750m Whitechapel healthcare campus PLP Architecture, working with dMFK and DSDHA, has submitted a £750 million life science, healthcare and residential project in Whitechapel, east London The post PLP-led team submits plans for £750m Whitechapel healthcare campus appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Josh Butler

British Land agrees £150m deal to acquire Life Science REIT

According to chief executive Simon Carter, the deal "underlines our confidence in the long-term occupational fundamentals of the science and technology sector". The post British Land agrees £150m deal to acquire Life Science REIT appeared first on Property Week.

Building Magazine - Cost Model - Labs in the sky, Oct 2022

Record levels of investment into the life science sector and an increasingly limited supply of space have encouraged laboratory buildings to enter the high-rise realm. Alinea and Buro Happold explain the implications of going tall with labs, including a cost model for a notional scheme

The Economist - Science and technology lifts the gloom for property investors 13112021

The success of biotech firms-another celebrity is BioNTech, of Covid-19 vaccine fame-is sucking capital into life sciences. When such companies expand, they do so not with offices or shops but by means of white-walled, shiny-surfaced scientific laboratories.

RICS, Modus - Does high-tech mean high returns for property investors 24092021

Life sciences, data centres and automated warehouses are all in demand post-pandemic with property investors around the world expanding their portfolios

RICS, Modus - Meeting high demand for R&D real estate 04102021

Investment is pouring into the Life Sciences and as a result into specialist real estate. But occupiers have specific requirements from such developments at different stages of growth

RICS Journals - Meeting high demand for R&D real estate, 04102021

Investment is pouring into the life sciences, and as a result into specialist real estate. But occupiers have specific requirements from such developments at different stages of growth