BioMed Realty

BioMed Realty is thrilled to co-host a Biotech Community Event in San Diego on July 10 alongside Biotech Vendor Services, Inc.! ✨ Highlights: - Networking Opportunities - Scientific Expo - Raffle Prizes - Delicious Food & Drinks All BioMed Realty tenants are invited, along with other local research scientists, life science companies and institutes. The event is a great opportunity for scientists, entrepreneurs, and industry experts to connect. 📅 Date: July 10 ⏰ Time: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 📍 Venue: Outdoor Courtyard Space, 4570 Executive Drive, San Diego, CA 🎟️ Register now: https://lnkd.in/gBgSYHwF

Happy 4th of July! Wishing a safe and joyful holiday to all of our tenants, brokers, employees, and project partners. #July4

Our BioMed Realty team is grateful for the chance to have co-hosted this special event to cap off #Pride month! Thanks to OUTbio for choosing Vitamin Sea Beer Garden as the location for your networking mixer, and for all that you to do to empower the #LGBTQ+ community in biotech. https://lnkd.in/g4Qu4cty

BioMed Realty announced today the promotion of three officers: Colleen O'Connor to Executive Vice President, Market Lead, East Coast & UK Markets; Joanna Giorgio Hilvert to Vice President, Integration, Environmental and ESG; and Dan Krachon to Vice President, Facilities. “Our latest promotions recognize three individuals who will continue to be instrumental to BioMed Realty’s success as we help our tenants deliver on life enhancing innovations,” said Timothy Schoen, CEO of BioMed Realty. “Investors and tenants are increasingly demonstrating a preference for strong partnerships, outstanding facilities and sustainable buildings, and BioMed Realty’s innovation across these capabilities continue to set our Company apart. I am proud of the efforts Colleen, Joanna and Dan have shown in exemplifying the Company’s values and helping us expand the innovation capacity of our life science clients.” Colleen O’Connor becomes Executive Vice President, Market Lead, East Coast & UK Markets after serving as Senior Vice President, Leasing, East Coast & UK Markets. Since joining BioMed in 2014, Colleen has elevated the Company’s profile by establishing trusted relationships in the real estate and life sciences communities. In her expanded role, Colleen will oversee leasing and operations across the East Coast and UK markets. She also serves on the Board of Directors for NAIOP and CREW Boston. Prior to BioMed Realty, Colleen worked in finance and accounting roles at Fidelity Investments and PwC. Joanna Hilvert becomes Vice President, Integration, Environmental and ESG after serving as Managing Attorney on the Integration team. Joanna’s expanded role encompasses overseeing the Company’s integration, environmental and ESG functions. Joanna joined BioMed Realty in 2020 and has 25 years of experience in practicing commercial real estate, land use and environmental law. Prior to joining BioMed Realty, she was an attorney in the environmental department at Goulston & Storrs PC, and the real estate department of Brown Rudnick LLP. Dan Krachon becomes Vice President, Facilities after serving as Regional Director, Facilities. In his expanded role, Dan has facilities oversight of BioMed Realty’s operating assets within the Seattle, Colorado and San Diego markets. Dan joined the Company in 2010 and has 30 years of experience managing life science facilities and construction projects. Prior to BioMed Realty, he was a project manager for Turner Construction and Kavanagh Associates. Read more: https://lnkd.in/grkd4c-B

BioMed Realty’s Boston-Cambridge team had a blast participating in this year’s Kendall Square Challenge! The June 12 event was an opportunity to connect with neighbors in Kendall Square and support the broader Cambridge community. More than 40 companies competed to support five local nonprofits: Kids in Tech, InnerCity Weightlifting (ICW), Charles River Conservancy, Cambridge Volunteers, and Technology Exchange Lab. The Kendall Square Challenge included a series of physical and intellectual missions, such as racing kayaks, building structures to match iconic Kendall buildings with wooden blocks, or completing a Kendall maze using a robot pen. To learn more about the Kendall Square Challenge and all five nonprofits involved, visit https://lnkd.in/emJPzY5.

Congratulations to BioMed Realty tenant Iambic Therapeutics on the closing of its $50 million Series B extension! Earlier this year, we were thrilled to attend the Iambic Therapeutics ribbon cutting ceremony at their new space on our Moda Sorrento campus. The space at 5627 Oberlin Drive – totaling 12,535 square feet – enables Iambic to further disrupt the therapeutics landscape with its unique AI-driven drug-discovery platform. https://lnkd.in/g6uCXwNy

In a recent Q&A with Commercial Property Executive, BioMed Realty’s Salil Simon Payappilly, Senior Vice President, highlighted the Gateway of Pacific campus and its focus on sustainability. A purpose-built, multi-phased development located in South San Francisco, Gateway of Pacific (GOP) offers flexible solutions for growing and established life science companies. When asked about GOP’s features and how they align with the Company’s overall sustainability strategy, Salil said: “Investors and tenants are increasingly demonstrating a preference for sustainable buildings. At Gateway of Pacific, we’ve made strategic investments in solar generation, high-efficiency heating and cooling, rainwater harvesting, condensation capture, exhaust stack discharge controls, and EV charging infrastructure. Across our portfolio, we’ve taken a holistic look at carbon emissions and taken significant steps to make our buildings more energy efficient, invest in renewable energy, and help our tenants conduct business more sustainably.” To read the full interview, visit: https://lnkd.in/gXDRaXke

BioMed Realty’s Orestis Tzortzoglou, Vice President, Development, attended the UKREiiF annual event in Leeds, UK, on May 22 to participate in a panel discussion on “Sustainability Shaping the Buildings of the Future.” In highlighting BioMed Realty’s sustainability initiatives across Cambridge at Granta Park and Babraham Research Campus, Orestis said: “As a developer and operator of mission-critical infrastructure for life science and technology companies, we have a responsibility to design and maintain spaces that serve the needs of our tenants and local communities today and tomorrow, and our commitment to promoting environmental and social health at every step of our projects is a testament to that.” Thanks to the UKREiiF for putting together a tremendous event, which included more than 16,000 attendees and 1,250 speakers.

As AAPI Heritage Month comes to a close, we would like to recognize the AAPI employees at BioMed Realty. We are grateful to the panelists of our May DEI Forum: AAPI Heritage Month who told stories about their background and heritage, while also sharing advice for AAPI community members entering their careers and also discussing how to be an ally in the workplace.   Thank you to our panelists for sharing their stories and leading these important conversations on DEI within our BioMed Realty community!   - Brittany Williams Grieb, PhD, Director, Learning & Leadership Development - Michael L., Vice President, Tax - Ankit Patel, Executive Vice President, CFO - Claire Pocius, Project Coordinator - Emily Y., Vice President, Legal - Kaifeng (Kay) Zhang, Associate, Asset Management - Rongrong Zhang, Senior Regional Controller

Congratulations to the BioMed Realty San Diego team and our project architect Perkins&Will on APEX earning an Honor Award from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Diego Chapter this month! The four-story, 204,000 square foot APEX building, which first opened in 2021, features an iconic and flexible research environment with dramatic views above UTC. The property’s network of outdoor amenity terraces, seating platforms, and amphitheater extend workspaces toward the canyon. Amenities throughout APEX include a fitness center, an outdoor workout area, activity lawn, and a volleyball court. In reviewing the award submission, the AIA jury commented: “The Jury gave the project the highest marks, commending its form, articulation, craft and attention to both detail and restraint. The project’s bold, strong mass is poetically juxtaposed by its levity, appearing to float gracefully.”