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SPONSORED: UBS Asset Management — High demand, low supply for life sciences real estate
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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SPONSORED: UBS Asset Management — High demand, low supply for life sciences real estate

by Jennifer Babcock

The life sciences sector offers exciting possibilities for investors, given the distinct supply/demand imbalance, but it also requires high degrees of technical specification in infill locations clustered around universities. “With life sciences, particularly in the United Kingdom and Europe, many of the facilities don’t yet exist today, and so we have a very strong level of demand but very little supply. That supply/demand imbalance is very supportive of rental growth in the sector, while traditional sectors are not indicating the prospect of rental growth as strong,” says Olivia Drew, portfolio manager, U.K. life sciences, with UBS Asset Management, in an interview published in the September issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas. What is the best way to gain exposure to this segment of the market is a something many investors are wondering. “There is broad agreement the life sciences sector is exciting,” continues Drew. “But for institutional investors,

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