BioMed Realty Expands Life Science Footprint In San Francisco Bay Area With Campus Acquisition Of The Emeryville Center for Innovation

SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMed Realty, a Blackstone portfolio company, announced today the acquisition of the Emeryville Center for Innovation, located in Emeryville, California, for approximately $135 million. This latest investment allows BioMed Realty, an owner of approximately four million square feet of life science office space in the Bay Area, to continue capitalizing on the momentum and strong tenant demand in the San Francisco Bay Area life science market.  This acquisition follows the successful signing of a long-term lease with AbbVie Inc. for 480,000 square feet in October 2018 at the first phase of BioMed Realty's Gateway of Pacific Campus development in South San Francisco.

The Emeryville Center for Innovation currently consists of a 250,000 square foot, six-story life science office building and adjacent developable land parcels. As part of the transaction, Novartis will enter into a one-year leaseback on the existing building, during which time BioMed Realty will advance redevelopment plans to transform the building into a Class A+, state-of-the-art multi-tenant laboratory and office facility with integrated tenant amenities. In addition, BioMed Realty has the potential to develop approximately 850,000 square feet of additional laboratory and office space on the campus through an existing development agreement with the City of Emeryville.

"We are very excited to add to our world class portfolio in the San Francisco Bay Area with the acquisition of a campus that we plan to expand over time.  We plan to offer in excess of one million square feet of space to innovative tenants including biotech and other laboratory users.  We look forward to supporting our growing portfolio of tenants within the Bay Area market with another Class A alternative and continuing our strategic expansion in the core life science markets,"  stated Denis Sullivan, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of BioMed Realty. Mr. Sullivan added, "We are grateful to have had the opportunity to expand our relationship with the team at Novartis, and appreciate the enthusiastic welcome and support from the leaders and staff at the City of Emeryville.  We look forward to delivering a world class innovation campus at this location."

The campus is adjacent to Powell Street Plaza and Bay Street Emeryville, which offer a variety of retail, dining, hospitality and entertainment amenities, and has easy accessibility to the I-80/580 and CA-24 freeways, and the nearby BART and Amtrak stations.

"Acquiring, repositioning and expanding the Emeryville Center for Innovation presents a unique opportunity for us," said Jon Bergschneider, BioMed Realty's Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. "BioMed Realty will attract life science tenants to this established, robust life science market with close proximity to UC Berkeley, a diverse and talented work force, and existing amenities nearby.  We look forward to working with the City of Emeryville, the 'City of Art and Innovation', to advance the project and expand the life science industry in Emeryville." 

About BioMed Realty

Founded in 2004 and a Blackstone portfolio company since 2016, BioMed Realty owns and operates high quality life science real estate comprising in excess of 11 million square feet in the leading innovation markets in the United States and United Kingdom, led by Boston-Cambridge, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, New York and Cambridge U.K. BioMed Realty maintains a premier development platform in excess of two million square feet of Class A properties in active construction to meet the growing demand of the life science industry. With over 200 tenant partners, BioMed Realty provides real estate solutions for global enterprises, leading universities and premier research institutions. Additional information is available at www.biomedrealty.com. Follow us on Twitter @biomedrealty.

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