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The LAB Report

Articles and blogs on life science real estate, as well as insights into RevistaLAB data

Manufacturing: A Healthier Subsection of Life Science Real Estate

May 22, 2025 by Stephen Lindsey

20% of the life science space Revista tracks is pure manufacturing. Despite the oversupply of lab properties, the manufacturing sub section does not suffer the same issues. Manufacturing space is primarily driven by . . .

Read moreManufacturing: A Healthier Subsection of Life Science Real Estate

New Deliveries, Older Properties Most Impacted by Oversupply

May 22, 2025 by Hilda Martin

Last year Life Science inventory in the top 3 clusters, Boston, San Francisco & San Diego, grew by over 10%. With this incredible growth, combined with softer space demand, many …

Read moreNew Deliveries, Older Properties Most Impacted by Oversupply

First Look at 1Q25 Life Science Transaction Activity

April 18, 2025 by Stephen Lindsey

Revista recently released data for the 1st quarter of 2025. The preliminary transaction data shows 14 life science properties traded hands during the quarter. As per the chart, 70 properties traded over . . .

Read moreFirst Look at 1Q25 Life Science Transaction Activity

Life Science Deliveries Stall in 1Q, Pipeline Still Significant

April 17, 2025 by Hilda Martin

After a record year of Life Science construction in 2024, early 2025 brings a much needed stall in new project deliveries. In 2024, 22.8 million square feet of Life Science …

Read moreLife Science Deliveries Stall in 1Q, Pipeline Still Significant

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 . . .

Read moreAbsorption Across the Top 20 Life Science Markets

Established Micro Clusters More Insulated from Market Cycles

March 21, 2025 by Hilda Martin

With a significant amount of new inventory entering the market and weaker demand for space due to the volatile funding environment, the top three life science real estate markets—Boston, San …

Read moreEstablished Micro Clusters More Insulated from Market Cycles

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 . . .

Read moreLife Science Growth by State

Life Science Real Estate Transaction Update

February 24, 2025 by Mike Hargrave

The Life Science Real Estate (LSRE) sector, like many other commercial real estate sectors, has seen transaction activity slow in recent years.  Higher interest rates have created an uneasy investing and lending environment.  The LSRE sector . . .

Read moreLife Science Real Estate Transaction Update

Life Science Sales in 2024: Who Bought & Who Sold?

January 22, 2025 by Stephen Lindsey

Preliminary data shows a total of $3.16 billion for life science sales in 2024, totaling 5.17 million square feet. This is equivalent to about half of the volume recorded in 2023. Yearly volume has maintained a consistent decline since 2022, and 2024 has yet to show a clear reversal. On a positive note, if . . .

Read moreLife Science Sales in 2024: Who Bought & Who Sold?

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

4Q Life Science Inventory Reaches 400 Million Square Feet

December 17, 2024 by Hilda Martin

The Life Science real estate sector is closing out 2024 with a total of 21.2M square feet of project completions, pushing sector inventory over 400M square feet. This represents an …

Read more4Q Life Science Inventory Reaches 400 Million Square Feet

What Percentage of the Life Science Construction Pipeline is Pre-leased?

November 15, 2024 by Stephen Lindsey

To answer this question, we are going to break up the data into two categories, the top 3 markets (Boston, San Francisco, San Diego) and the rest of the US. We are showing the square footage of construction projects that are in progress, the amount of that construction that is still available to be leased (SF Vacant in Progress) and the vacancy percentage based on those numbers. The top 3 markets had a construction vacancy of . . .

Read moreWhat Percentage of the Life Science Construction Pipeline is Pre-leased?

Life Science Occupancy Flattens in 3Q

November 14, 2024 by Hilda Martin

The spotlight continues to be on the Life Science real estate sector as the industry works to absorb the significant amount of new inventory coming online. Nationwide, 23 million square …

Read moreLife Science Occupancy Flattens in 3Q

Life Science Cluster Performance Varies Widely

October 17, 2024 by Hilda Martin

Revista tracks life science properties across the entire U.S. and virtually every area has felt an impact from reduced space demand combined with overbuilding. That being said, not every life …

Read moreLife Science Cluster Performance Varies Widely

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

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

R&D Employment Projection

September 17, 2024 by Stephen Lindsey

While activity among the real estate side of life science is going through a slow period, it is important to zoom out and examine the outlook of the sector in the long term. How is the need for lab space going to evolve over the next 10 years? One way to analyze the space needs is to observe the trend in employment. The chart below contains data from . . .

Read moreR&D Employment Projection

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. 

Read moreLSRE – Demand is Growing but not as fast as Supply
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