Longfellow Real Estate Partners Enters I-270 Corridor with Acquisition of Trophy Lab Conversion

Published on : June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Published by : BioBuzz Media

Longfellow Real Estate Partners today announced the acquisition of One Preserve Parkway in Rockville, Maryland. Located along the I-270 corridor (also known as DNA Alley), One Preserve will offer today’s most innovative life science tenants the almost immediate availability of 191,000 square feet of state-of-the-art lab space. The building features a market leading on-site amenity package, ample parking, as well as flexible and efficient floorplates of roughly 30,000 square feet.

‘You Can Certainly Miss’: Developers Launching Into Life Sciences Finding Labs Aren’t Easy Money

Published on : May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Published by : BioBuzz Media

Developer Michael Darby plans to break ground next month on the first life sciences project for his firm, Monument Realty, which has a long history of developing apartment buildings in the D.C. region.
At the 135K SF Monument Innovation Center, which Darby is building speculatively along the I-270 life sciences corridor in Maryland, Darby said he’s being a lot more cautious than in his area of expertise, where his track record gives him confidence to get ahead of market trends.
“It’s so easy to overestimate the demand,” he said of making the leap to life sciences. “It’s already inspired people to make bad mistakes and expand into the wrong markets.”

Trammell Crow to build 500K-square-foot life sciences complex in Frederick

Published on : April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Published by : BioBuzz Media

Jefferson Technology Park adds another research and lab complex to the Interstate 270 corridor in Frederick County.

Ellume Celebrates Grand Opening of First American Facility in Frederick, MD

Photo of Ellume's facility in Frederick, MD

Published on : April 4, 2022April 8, 2022 Published by : Erika Riley

Governor Larry Hogan joined dozens of attendees at Ellume’s grand opening in Frederick on March 31 to welcome the diagnostics manufacturer to Frederick County. Ellume’s 215,000-square-foot production facility on Executive Way has been up and running since February 2022, only ten months after the company signed a lease with Matan Properties.

800,000 sf of New Lab Space to Come Online in Montgomery County

Published on : March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Published by : BioBuzz Media

Developers announced plans Thursday to build a pair of big laboratory facilities, totaling 800,000 square feet, in Montgomery County, reflecting that municipality’s ongoing efforts to remain a magnet for the life sciences and biohealth industries.
The lab sites are collectively branded EvolutionLabs, with their primary driver being Bethesda-based developer Stonebridge. The smaller of the two projects, but the first to get underway, will comprise two buildings, together weighing in at 250,000 square feet. The first building, six stories and 150,000 square feet, is anticipated to break ground this fall, with tenant construction to follow next winter. The second building, at 100,000 square feet, will break ground in 2024.

1450 Research Boulevard to Bring 45,000 Square Feet of Amenity-Rich Lab Space to Rockville

Published on : January 24, 2022February 1, 2022 Published by : Erika Riley

South Duvall, the Rockville-based life science real estate investor, is set to convert an office building at 1450 Research Boulevard to 45,000 square feet of lab space. The Rockville building, which South Duvall submitted plans for earlier in January, will be flush with amenities and suitable for one or multiple tenants.

Horizon Therapeutics plc Announces Significant Expansion of East Coast Research and Development and Technical Operations Capability

Published on : January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Published by : BioBuzz Media

Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) announced today that it has signed a long-term, full-building lease with Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. to be the first tenant at the Alexandria Center® at Traville Gateway campus in Rockville, Maryland. When completed, the state-of-the-art facility will serve as the company’s primary East Coast research and development and technical operations hub. Construction at the 192,000-square-foot site is underway and Horizon expects to start work on interior improvements in 2023. Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Texcell North America Marks Expansion by Breaking Ground for New Facility

Photo of Texcell's ground breaking ceremony in Frederick, MD

Published on : January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Published by : BioBuzz Media

Texcell – North America, Inc., part of the Texcell Group of global biosafety contract research organizations, held a breaking ground ceremony for a new facility on December 6, 2021, in Frederick, MD. The expansion is a next step in Texcell’s growth trajectory as they increase capabilities for all their service lines, including customized R&D cell culture, GLP viral clearance studies, and select GMP assay capabilities for viral safety testing. The multimillion-dollar facility will add 27,000 square feet of laboratory and office space, more than doubling Texcell’s current capacity for biosafety testing and viral clearance studies. The completion date is projected for the first quarter of 2023.

Maryland Real Estate Roundup 2021

Published on : December 28, 2021February 2, 2022 Published by : Erika Riley

This year, Maryland continued to prove why it’s becoming one of the strongest biohealth clusters in the country. The state’s commitment to businesses in the life science, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries has continued as both the private and public sectors work to meet the demand for more space. Here are a few of the biggest real estate projects in Maryland in 2021. Some of these projects are still under construction, while others were unveiled this year.