2022 March Life Sciences Update
San Francisco Bay Area
Market Summary • With over 46 msf of lab inventory, the San Francisco Bay Area continues to experience aggressive industry expansion by its occupancy base. • The region’s highly educated workforce, reinforced by its proximity to elite research institutions such as UCSF, Stanford and UC Berkeley, has made the Bay Area one of the most elite and active life sciences clusters in the world. • Key in funding growth companies across the Bay Area is the world’s largest life sciences venture capital and private equity concentration. • Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals represent most of the life sciences leasing activity in the market, though the medical device and health tech sectors are extremely active as well. • From early-stage startups through the largest life sciences companies, demand has outpaced existing supply in most Bay Area markets 2-to-1. • Market demand has created a continually landlord-favorable market with developers delivering 7.9 msf over the last six years, 2.9 msf presently under construction and more than 16 msf in various stages of planning. Current and planned construction have been dominated by speculative projects—both ground-up and conversions from office. • The majority of life sciences product in the Bay Area is located across three major markets: San Francisco proper, the San Francisco Peninsula and the East Bay.
Public & Private Funding (2021)
Rent vs. Vacancy Comparison
Fast Lab Stats 46.2 MSF Market Square Footage $68.16 $ Per SF 10.87% Vacancy 63.0K Total Life Sciences Employment & Talent Pool 222% Life Sciences Employment Growth Rate Since 2001
$70
14%
Company
Deal Type
Completed Type
$ Raised (MM)
$60
12%
Zymergen
IPO
Apr 2021
Public
$500.0
$50
10%
Lyell
IPO
Jun 2021
Public
$425.0
Vacancy Rate
Caribou Biosciences
IPO
Jul 2021
Public
$304.0
$40
8%
Freenome
Later Stage
Dec 2021
VC
$300.0
$30
6%
Altos Labs
Early Stage
Sep 2021
VC
$270.0
$20
4%
Sonoma Biotherapeutics Early Stage
Aug 2021
VC
$265.0
$10
2%
Zipline
Later Stage
Jun 2021
VC
$250.0
Average Asking Rent $/sf
$0
0%
Cytek
IPO
Jul 2021
Public
$247.6
*
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sight Sciences
IPO
Jul 2021
Public
$240.0
Asking Rents
Vacancy Rate
Graphite Bio
IPO
Jun 2021
Public
$238.0
* Santa Clara County vacancy of 19.6% contributing to higher vacancy rate in 2021.
Representative Investment Sale Transactions (2021)
Address
Type
$ MM
RBA SF Date
Buyer
1800 Owens St
Conversion
$1,081.1
736,000 Mar 2021
KKR & Co
3100 San Pablo Ave
Lab
$172.7
457,000 Apr 2021
Oxford Properties Group
2001 Junipero Serra Blvd
Conversion
$168.6
384,954 May 2021
Phase 3 Real Estate Partners
Life Sciences Talent Pool
Representative Life Sciences Companies
301-501 Island Pkwy
Conversion
$160.0
227,507 Aug 2021
BioMed Realty
Talent pool includes life science professionals not currently employed in the life science sector
2929 & 2925 Campus Dr
Conversion
$119.7
231,686 Jun 2021
Tarlton Properties
Company
Type
1501-1599 Industrial Rd
R&D
$112.0
105,679 Jun 2021
Alexandria Real Estate
Gilead Sciences
HQ (Foster City)
38,000
Harbor Bay Pkwy
Lab
$101.3
335,124 May 2021
Invesco
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
HQ (San Rafael)
1310 Harbor Bay Pkwy
Lab
$87.0
135,000 Aug 2021
Nome Ventures
34,000
Amgen
HQ (South San Francisco)
31,142
6550 Dumbarton Cir
Lab
$72.2
99,000 Dec 2021
DivcoWest
Regional Office (South San Francisco)
5301 Patrick Henry Dr
Lab
$68.0
117,500 Feb 2021
Hines Global Income Trust
Genentech
30,000
Bayer
Regional Office (Berkeley)
Representative Lease Transactions (2021)
26,000
Exelixis
HQ (Alameda)
Company
Address
Size (SF)
New/Renewal
Type
Quarter
Landlord
Average Annual Growth Rate 2001-2021: 2.0%
Number of Persons
22,000
Zymergen
HQ (Emeryville)
Freenome
3000-3300 Marina Blvd
335,419
New
Direct
Q3
Phase 3 Real Estate Partners
Regional Office (South San Francisco)
Fibrogen
409 Illinois Street
239,000
Renewal
Direct
Q3
Alexandria Real Estate
Abbvie
18,000
Altos Labs
Redwood LIFE
232,987
New
Direct
Q3
Longfellow / PGIM
Illumina
Regional Office (Foster City)
Genentech
751 Gateway Blvd S
230,000
New
Direct
Q4
Alexandria Real Estate
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2004
Bristol Myers Squibb HQ (Redwood City & Brisbane)
Sana Biotechnology
5567 Cushing Pkwy
164,939
New
Direct
Q3
Overton Moore Properties
Bio Degree-Awarding Institutions, Metro Area • Stanford University • University of San Francisco • University of California Berkeley • Gladstone Institute • Lawrence Livermore Labs • Lawrence Berkeley National Labs • University of California, San Francisco
Impossible Foods
1500 Seaport Blvd
164,732
New
Direct
Q4
Top NIH-Funded Institutions (2017-2021) $3.3B University of California, San Francisco $2.7B Stanford University $697M University of California Berkeley
Smart Labs
750 Gateway Blvd
145,192
New
Direct
Q2
Biomed Realty Trust
Natera
201 Industrial Rd
136,000
Renewal
Direct
Q1
Biomed Realty Trust
Vir Biotechnology
1800 Owens St
133,896
Direct
Direct
Q4
Longfellow/KKR
Arcus Biosciences
1800 Sierra Point Pkwy
105,562
New
Direct
Q1
Healthpeak
Research Contributors Jason Karbelk jason.karbelk@cushwake.com
Robert Sammons robert.sammons@cushwake.com
Sources: Cushman & Wakefield Research, CoStar, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Emsi, Pitchbook
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