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BioMed Realty Inks 300K-SF HQ Deal for Zymergen in Bay Area
San Diego-based BioMed Realty executed a 12-year lease with Zymergen for 300,000 square feet at Emeryville Center of Innovation in the East Bay’s Emeryville, CA. The Blackstone portfolio company will invest capital to transform the existing asset at 5300 Chiron Way into a dynamic and innovative Class A environment for Zymergen’s new headquarters location.
BioMed Realty’s Denis Sullivan says, “The signing of this lease within six months of our original acquisition demonstrates the thriving innovation ecosystem within Emeryville, and we look forward to committing additional capital to this core life science location.”
The six-story life science office building in downtown Emeryville was the former home of Chiron. BioMed Realty is eying development of roughly 850,000 square feet of additional laboratory and office space on the campus.
The transaction brings BioMed Realty’s total leased space in the Bay Area to more than 3.8 million square feet. Zymergen is a leading science and material innovation company, and one of the largest employers in Emeryville.
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