Venue
Greater Stanford Innovation Cluster
Greater Stanford Innovation Cluster, 4055 Bohannon Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025

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Event Date Wed Oct 2 PDT (8 months ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Wed Oct 2 3:00am - Wed Oct 2 3:00am
Location Greater Stanford Innovation Cluster
4055 Bohannon Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Region Americas
Details

What You'll Learn form this Event:
• What’s next for the Peninsula's life science real estate market? With the exponential demand for lab space that the Peninsula received in 2022 and 2023, and the oversupply it caused in 2024, • what does the future hold for the Peninsula’s life science market in 2025 and beyond?
• Hotspots of life sciences development: What markets in the Peninsula are seeing the most activity in life sciences development and leasing, and why?
• Despite the market slowdown, South San Francisco remains home to the largest biotech cluster in the world, with over 200 companies and a life sciences workforce drawn from nearby academic institutions. How are leading developers creating lab spaces that attract top biotech companies in the region?
• Which amenities are currently in high demand for life science users?
• Successful life sciences developments: Uncover the keys to successful life sciences developments in the Peninsula, tailored to accommodate various companies and their diverse lab space needs.
• Examine the design elements that command the highest demand, steering leasing activity in the life sciences sector.
• Considering the changes in office leasing activity, how are industry leaders converting and repurposing office buildings into life science properties?

Major Projects to be Discussed:
• The Landing - Helios Real Estate Partners
• 4055 Bohannon - Helios Real Estate Partners
• 777 Industrial - Presidio Bay Ventures
• Springline in Menlo Park - Presidio Bay Ventures

How You’ll Do More Business:
• The birthplace of biotech, the Peninsula has undergone a transformative real estate cycle, with vacancy rates soaring from 3% to over 20% within just 18 months. Despite these challenges, the region continues to attract leading biotech firms, top talent, and innovations driving industry growth. Join us for an exciting event where we bring together prominent life science real estate leaders to discuss the supply and demand imbalance, innovations in construction and design, site selection alternatives, and transformative developments shaping the future of the real estate market in the Peninsula.

Who You’ll Meet During Networking
• Owners, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, business consultants, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants and bankers.

Why You Should Attend This Session:
• Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to help you identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than we do.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

MODERATORS:

Ed Wood
President, CoBuild Construction Services

Cyndi Innecken
Sr. Global Relationship Manager, Haworth

SPEAKERS:

Joydeep Ganguly
SVP, Global Operations, Chief Sustainability Officer, Gilead Sciences

Peter Conte
National Director - Lab + Life Sciences, Transwestern

Geoffrey Sears
Partner, Wareham Development

Sara Andersen
Head of Real Estate and Workplace Effectiveness, Genentech

Ryan Payne
SVP, Trammell Crow Company

Peter Banzhaf
Managing Principal, Helios Real Estate Partners

Jesse Swafford
Principal, GCI General Contractors

Sabrina Hyman
Project Manager, PMA Project Management Advisors

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

• CoBuild Construction Services
• GCI
• Haworth
• Helios Real Estate Partners
• Nor Cal Carpenters Union
• Project Management Advisors Inc.
• Schneider Electric
• The Care Group
• Ready Start CleanRooms