Life Science
Vital Lyfe Relocates to 37,000 SQFT Torrance Manufacturing HQ as Summer Product Launch Approaches
The water technology startup, founded by former SpaceX engineers, has expanded its footprint more than fivefold as it prepares to begin mass production...
Novartis & Alexandria Break Ground on $1.1B, 466,000 SQFT Biomedical Research Center in San Diego
Swiss pharma giant consolidates West Coast operations into a single Campus Point facility developed by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, positioning San Diego as...
Southern California Life Sciences Markets Diverge as San Diego Vacancy Nearly Doubles and Orange County Holds Below 7%
San Diego’s 26.9 million-square-foot lab market grapples with a supply wave that has pushed vacancy to 28.3 percent, while Orange County’s tighter inventory...
Alexandria Lists 360,000 SQFT Life Science and R&D Portfolio in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa and Sorrento Valley
The Prime Collection encompasses 12 buildings across four campuses on roughly 33.6 acres, offering investors a value-add opportunity in one of the nation’s...
Kilroy Realty Reshapes Southern California Portfolio With $590MM in Transactions, Pivoting From Commodity Office to Trophy Assets in Beverly Hills and Torrey Pines
The West Coast REIT shed five non-core properties and two land parcels across LA and San Diego while deploying nearly $400 million into...
Kilroy Realty Revealed as Buyer of Alexandria’s 232,000-SQFT Nautilus Life Science Campus in San Diego’s Torrey Pines for $192MM
West Coast REIT calls the acquisition a ‘generational opportunity’ as it capitalizes on Alexandria’s financial pressures to enter the nation’s most prestigious life...
Kilroy Realty Agrees to Sell Remaining 17 Acres at San Diego’s Santa Fe Summit for $86MM, Completing Full Site Disposition at $124MM
Once envisioned as a 600,000-square-foot life science campus, the 22-acre Highway 56 Corridor site is now headed for residential development as Kilroy exits...
Glendale Forced to Reverse Course on Denied 682-Unit Housing Project by Trammell Crow Residential After State Intervention
California housing regulators compel city to approve 682-unit development, highlighting tensions between local control and state mandates Just three months after voting to...
Neomorph Signs 83,354 SQFT Class A Lab Lease in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa
Q4 relocation highlights continued expansion by growth-stage biotech tenants despite elevated vacancy Even as availability across San Diego’s life sciences market remained high,...
San Diego Lab R&D Leasing Holds Steady as Capital Flows Offset Elevated Vacancy
Q4 activity reaches 283,000 square feet while large fundraises reinforce confidence in core biotech submarkets After a period defined more by consolidation than...
Southern California Life Sciences Markets Show Divergent Performance as Sector Stabilizes
Los Angeles posts nation’s lowest vacancy rate at 7.8 percent while San Diego maintains stability with modest absorption gains in Q4 San Diego’s...
Novartis Commits to 466,598 SQFT Lease in Major Lab Relocation in San Diego’s UTC Submarket
Large-scale Q3 lease underscores long-term confidence in one of the region’s most stable biotech clusters Large pharmaceutical tenants remained selective in 2025, but...
