Life Sciences

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Lay the groundwork for better environments

The life sciences industry is vibrant as ever before. New discoveries emerge daily as life sciences investors fund innovation at record levels. Yet, research is costly and competition for talent is fierce. Whether your organization is mature, mid-sized or scaling up, real estate and facilities are likely your third-largest expense—and that’s why the right partner is critical. We tackle the spaces and places to boost business performance while you focus on innovation and investment.

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2021 Life Sciences Real Estate Outlook

The life sciences industry is spreading beyond its familiar concentrations as digital technologies boost productivity and new research modes. Explore our 2021 Life Sciences Real Estate Outlook to learn about the latest factors shaping the top life sciences cluster market rankings.
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How you can achieve breakthroughs with JLL

Integrated approach

We connect the dots so you don’t have to. Whether you’re looking to occupy or invest in life sciences real estate, our integrated real estate and facilities services help you tackle the ever-evolving demands of innovation. We can help you explore new markets and locations, build a new integrated laboratory, create a competitive workplace, reduce building operating costs by 10% to 30%, and improve safety and compliance across your portfolio.

Technology

Gain a competitive advantage utilizing our leading technology tools tailored to help life sciences companies find lab space, create efficient portfolios, optimize smart buildings, reduce facilities costs and enhance the human and workplace experience.

Experience

Access our deep bench of 2,400+ dedicated professionals serving more than 360 pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies around the world. Your facilities benefit from our deep expertise in dry and wet labs, GxP manufacturing, supply chain, logistics and research facilities.

"[JLL has brought] some really important tools, people and processes to the equation…we’ve made tremendous progress and…the accomplishments we’ve had in just 109 days is remarkable."

Global Biopharma Leader

Our life sciences solutions

Location analytics and strategy

When you need access to life sciences talent and resources, a strategic location accelerates your product lifecycle and boosts efficiency. Our GIS analytics and leading practices help you balance requirements, growth objectives and costs in your lab and biomanufacturing location strategy.

Transaction management

Make every space count and don’t miss a beat. Our team facilitates smooth transactions to improve value and efficiency, and advance the growth of your life sciences enterprise. We help you assess risks and seize opportunities by leveraging data and life sciences industry benchmarks.

Project and development services

Whether you need a new research campus or to retrofit a floor into production space, our experts in laboratory design, construction and operations reduce costs and accelerate your project. We can help you create compliant, efficient labs, GXP facilities, clean rooms, vivariums and more.

Facilities management

Improve efficiencies, mitigate risk and deliver a sustainable workplace that attracts top talent. Our award-winning team helps you streamline operations, reduce costs, and establish procedures to improve productivity and ensure that your GXP environments are always inspection-ready.

Technology

Fine-tune location strategy, boost facility operations and improve your workplace experience with leading technologies, including integrated workplace management systems (IWMS). Our experts help you select, implement and tailor tools for your offices, laboratories and manufacturing spaces.

Sustainability

Wherever you are in your sustainability journey, we can help. From reducing single-use plastics in labs to achieving biomanufacturing carbon neutrality, we design and implement end-to-end initiatives that connect your sustainability strategies to real-world action and measurable outcomes.

Agency leasing

Our life sciences leasing experts help you attract and retain the perfect tenant mix for your integrated laboratory, biomanufacturing, mixed-use development and office properties. We negotiate on your behalf to secure lease terms that maximize occupancy and boost returns on your investment.

Capital markets

Access global capital to fund your life sciences property investments. We combine the life sciences expertise of our people with artificial intelligence and machine learning to uncover trends and opportunities to give you an edge in your life sciences property investments.

Investment sales and advisory

Maximize your life sciences property returns with flexible debt and equity options, our access to global capital and experts around the world. Ready to sell? We optimize proceeds through our decades of experience, AI-driven analytics and 20 years of life sciences transactions data.

Location strategy

Location is key to a life sciences property's return on investment. Our global life sciences research and analytics help you see where pharmaceutical, medical device and biomanufacturing companies are on the move, so you can pioneer new hotspots or fill marketplace gaps with your project.

Property management

From 24/7 integrated lab operations to GXP manufacturing, our property managers understand the distinct needs of life sciences organizations. We help you support your life sciences tenants, keep your property operating smoothly and manage capital investments to increase asset value.

Technology

Boost performance in life sciences laboratory, biomanufacturing and office facilities with smart building technologies that maximize uptime and reliability, reduce costs and improve occupant experience. Our world-class technologists and facility experts help you navigate the options.

Sustainability

Help your life sciences tenants pursue their sustainability goals through focused property initiatives. Our sustainability experts help you create programs that attract top tenants, enhance national visibility, reduce energy costs and improve asset value.

Capital markets

Access global capital to fund your life sciences developments. Our capital markets team has arranged financing for life sciences developments in every U.S. life sciences market, combining the life sciences market expertise of our people with the power of collective insight.

Location strategy

Location is key to a life sciences property's return on investment. Our global life sciences research and analytics help you see where pharmaceutical, medical device and biomanufacturing companies are on the move, so you can pioneer new hotspots or fill marketplace gaps with your project.

Project and development services 

When you are exploring a new development or adaptive reuse for laboratory and biomanufacturing space, we help assess property potential and streamline the project to reduce cost, risk and time. We know life sciences requirements, from laboratories and vivariums to clean rooms and cGMP.

Sustainability

Help your life sciences development achieve your sustainability goals. Our sustainability experts help you create programs that attract top tenants, reduce energy costs and improve asset value.

Life sciences resources

United States | January 24, 2022 | Life Sciences

SOPHiA Genetics makes a bold bet on in-person work

“SOPHiA's culture thrives off people being together,” says JLL Managing Director Bryan Sparkes, who worked with SOPHiA to arrange and finalize the transaction.

United States | June 12, 2020 | Life Sciences

DSM: Creating brighter lives for all

With JLL’s help, DSM was able to find an optimal real estate solution for their global life sciences company in Columbia, MD.

United States | June 27, 2019 | Life Sciences

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Americas | Investor | May 06, 2022 | Life Sciences

How developers are keeping up with life sciences demand

From racetracks to R&D: Creative reuse of space is powering a new era for the growing sector

July 01, 2022

14 real estate strategies to reduce costs and fuel Life Sciences R&D | JLL

Practical approaches that free up available capital

United States | November 09, 2021 | Life Sciences

Four facilities management strategies to optimize life sciences costs

Extract more value from lab and manufacturing space—and set the stage for next-level innovation.

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United States | April 19, 2022 | Life Sciences

WEBINAR: Creating the next normal: Life Sciences innovation through real estate

This webinar features lessons learned from a global medical device company and key industry trends and economic drivers from JLL’s research organization.

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JLL in the news

Travis McCready, Head of JLL Life Science Markets, discusses the rapid increase emerging life sciences markets are seeing.

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Travis McCready, Executive Managing Director and National Markets Practice Leader, JLL Life Sciences, shares how a smart real estate and facility strategy can fuel efficiency, scale, and speed to market for new biomanufacturing operations.

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Roger Humphrey, life sciences division president, JLL shares ways the life science industry can create thoughtful lab designs to accelerate productivity and boost staff morale.

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Roger Humphrey, JLL Life Sciences Division President, shares steps to take to understand workforce needs to create a workplace ecosystem that increases performance, organizational resiliency, and efficient real estate and facilities.

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Talk to us about your life sciences real estate needs

Find out how smart location, space and facility management decisions can help fuel your scientific breakthroughs. 

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Roger Humphrey
Divisional President, Life Sciences
+1 908 698 1379
Travis McCready­
Head of Life Sciences, Industries Americas
+1 781 528 7681

 

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