Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., an owner, operator and developer of collaborative life science, agtech and advanced technology mega campuses in top innovation cluster locations, opened the Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies at The Woodlands, an amenity-rich, multi-tenant campus at 8800 Technology Forest Place in the heart of the Greater Houston life science cluster.
The campus is home to the first purpose-built, cost-effective Class A laboratory infrastructure in The Woodlands, and the grand opening event marks what the company calls “a historic milestone in the company’s development of a first-of-its-kind commercial life science ecosystem within this emerging innovation hub.”
Alexandria’s cluster model, informed by Harvard Business Professor Michael E. Porter’s cluster theory, consists of the four critical drivers needed to create a thriving life science cluster: location, innovation, talent and capital. Leveraging its nearly three-decade track record of life science ecosystem building and cluster development, the company is bringing its commercial Labspace real estate together with scientific innovation, a growing STEM talent pool and strategic risk capital in The Woodlands.
Designed to ignite collaboration and advance human health, the inspiring campus features move-in-ready laboratory space and adjacent nontechnical space, as well as vital laboratory support services. The campus’s first building is a 123,392-square-foot LEED Gold Core & Shell and Fitwel-certified redevelopment project anchored by San Francisco-based Nurix Therapeutics, a longtime Alexandria tenant. Nurix is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on protein modulation to treat cancer and other challenging diseases, and its expansion to Texas enables the company to enhance its discovery and development efforts on a broad pipeline of proprietary and partnered programs in oncology and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases.
Alexandria has activated and enhanced the Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies campus with an unparalleled suite of amenities, which include modern conference and event space, an expansive courtyard and event lawn, a wellness and fitness center and on-site pickleball courts. The new campus is conveniently located in proximity to leading academic medical centers and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The site can accommodate development to expand the campus.
