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Absorption Across the Top 20 Life Science Markets

March 21, 2025 by Stephen Lindsey

Despite declining occupancy in 2024, it was a largely positive year on the demand side. 70% of the top 20 markets had positive absorption in 2024. Boston gained about 3.7 million in occupied space throughout . . .

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Life Science Growth by State

February 24, 2025 by Stephen Lindsey

How much has the life science real estate sector grown over the past decade? In the table below we are looking at growth from 2014-2024 for life science inventory & employment. The inventory growth is for all . . .

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Life Science Real Estate Fundamentals Showing Signs of Stabilizing

January 22, 2025 by Mike Hargrave

The chart below shows aggregate LSRE trends in the top 3 markets from 2Q22 to 4Q24.  It represents almost 150 million square feet tracked by RevistaLab.com in these 3 markets.

Read moreLife Science Real Estate Fundamentals Showing Signs of Stabilizing

Smaller Life Science Markets that are Expected to Grow in 2025

December 17, 2024 by Stephen Lindsey

Did you know there are over 30 markets with at least 2 million square feet of life science space? We typically focus on the premier hubs, but let’s shift to the medium sized clusters that could become large markets in the future

Read moreSmaller Life Science Markets that are Expected to Grow in 2025

Life Science Transaction Activity: What is the Data Showing for 3Q?

October 17, 2024 by Stephen Lindsey

The first half of 2024 was slow going for life science property sales. About 1.5 million square feet traded hands, and the previous trend of declining activity continued. With rate cuts from this from this past September, are there any signs of a pivot? The chart below includes our preliminary data for 3Q and the

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LSRE – Demand is Growing but not as fast as Supply

September 11, 2024 by Mike Hargrave

For those tracking the Life Science Real Estate Sector (LSRE) it should be no surprise that supply is growing currently. 

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Occupancy Rate Declining in Top Biotech Markets

July 18, 2024 by Mike Hargrave

Over the past couple of years, life science real estate occupancy has been on the decline in the top markets. The top 3 markets represent over 1/3 of the US inventory and have the longest history as biotech clusters. Prior to 2022, there was generally a nice balance between . . .

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Market Spotlight: DC-Baltimore

April 11, 2024 by Stephen Lindsey

The DC-Baltimore area is now the 7th largest life science market that we track. With 12.7 million square feet of inventory, and 2.3 million square feet in the pipeline, it is a strong cluster for life science research. The chart below is a snapshot of the market in the 1st quarter of 2024. DC-Baltimore is experiencing . . .

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4th Quarter Life Science Real Estate Update – Slides and Webinar

February 8, 2024 by Mike Hargrave

RevistaLab.com recently held its 4th quarter life science real estate update.  Revista principals, Hilda Martin and Mike Hargrave presented RevistaLab data on construction trends, transactions, occupancies, supply/demand fundamentals across the …

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Supply Growth Pressuring Occupancy in the Boston CBSA

February 8, 2024 by Mike Hargrave

It is no secret that inventory has been increasing lately in many life science real estate markets.  Developers have been responding to increasing demand for new space during the past years, especially coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic era

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Life Science Construction Pipeline Stabilizes in 2Q23

August 21, 2023 by Mike Hargrave

The life science real estate construction pipeline, which had been rising throughout 2022 is beginning to show signs of stabilization.  Measured by square feet in progress (SF Inprogress), Revistalab calculates …

Read moreLife Science Construction Pipeline Stabilizes in 2Q23

Sublease Space Availability Rises in the Top 3 Life Science Markets

July 6, 2023 by Mike Hargrave

Revistalab.com has been tracking vacancies and has an emerging time series available in several life science markets, including the 3 largest – Boston, San Diego and San Francisco/San Jose. When …

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Cap Rates Scooting Up for Life Science Transactions

June 8, 2023 by Stephen Lindsey

The cap rates for life science real estate deals have been increasing after reaching a low point in the fourth quarter of 2021. The compression down to 4.2 coincided with a peak in transaction volume of almost 20 billion dollars on an annual basis.

Read moreCap Rates Scooting Up for Life Science Transactions

Life Science Construction Pipeline Continues to be Strong

June 2, 2023 by Stephen Lindsey

Across the U.S. there are 75 million square feet of life science properties that are under construction (In Progress), with the majority being completely new buildings. Conversions make up a sizeable chunk (11.9 million sf), followed by a smaller portion of expansions and renovations.

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What are the Top Construction Markets for Life Science Real Estate?

March 17, 2023 by Mike Hargrave

Did you know Revistalab tracks life science real estate (LSRE) construction across the country? RevistaLab covers lab construction projects, including conversions expansions and new properties across the US that are in planning, in progress as well as completed.

Read moreWhat are the Top Construction Markets for Life Science Real Estate?

Transaction Activity Slows within the Life Science Real Estate Sector

March 17, 2023 by Mike Hargrave

Did you know that www.revistalab.com is tracking real estate transaction activity within the Life Science Real Estate Sector?  We have trend data on transaction volumes, prices per square foot, and even cap rates starting in 2020 to present. 

Read moreTransaction Activity Slows within the Life Science Real Estate Sector

Curious to Learn more about RevistaLab? Come join us for the launch next week!

October 4, 2022 by Hilda Martin

Revista will officially be launching the first dedicated data service for Life Science real estate next week at our event in Boston. The Revista team has been hard at work …

Read moreCurious to Learn more about RevistaLab? Come join us for the launch next week!

In Place Rents Rising in Biotech’s Top Markets

September 30, 2022 by Mike Hargrave

In place rents have been on the rise within the Life Science sector’s top 3 markets (Boston, San Diego and San Francisco).  Data is gathered by https://www.revistalab.com/ and is based on leases commencing …

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