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Our latest analysis identifies 40 top real estate investment managers active in Europe's life sciences sector. Their investment strategies span portfolio acquisitions, single assets, equity and debt positions, and various partnership structures. Read our analysis, along with the latest property transactions, from new builds to lettings and acquisitions:
✅ France: Sanofi invests in Lyon
✅ Germany: topping out in Leipzig
✅ Spain: BaSID launched in Barcelona
✅ UK: Tristan Capital £180 million loan
Read more below for all the details.
The global real estate leaders' playbook for European life sciences
Leading real estate investment managers have shown substantial interest in Europe's life sciences sector.
New and extended assets
FRANCE LIMOGES
In November 2024, clinical-stage Orano Med, which develops targeted alpha therapies for cancer, began construction of a €250 million (£207 million) plant in the Bessines-sur-Gartempe commune in central France. Named the Advanced Thorium Extraction Facility, the new 7,000 sq m (75,347 sq ft) site is slated to manufacture thorium-228, a precursor of lead-212, for radioligand therapies around the globe.
FRANCE LYON
Sanofi unveiled a €40 million euro (£33 million) investment at its Lyon Gerland biomanufacturing site in France. The cash infusion will help cement the site’s immunology pedigree by bolstering local production of the company’s polyclonal antibody Thymoglobulin for kidney transplant rejection as well as provide expected future capacity needs for Type 1 diabetes drug Tzield.
GERMANY LEIPZIG
CLL CityLab celebrated its topping-out ceremony in October 2024. The modern research complex, under construction at the former exhibition grounds, comprises two five-storey buildings with 11,600 sq m (124,900 sq ft) of gross floor area. Set to open in summer 2025, the facility will provide extensive laboratory and office space. The Health Innovators Group Leipzig will be a primary tenant, bringing together Wig2 GmbH, 4K Analytics GmbH, Inno3 GmbH, and Greenbac Research GmbH.
