Investment Strategy

Longfellow Real Estate Partners acquires and develops laboratories to satisfy the needs of emerging life science companies, universities, medical centers and research institutes. 

Tenant Focus

Longfellow Real Estate Partners understands that just as each tenant's science is unique, so too are their laboratory requirements.  The Longfellow Real Estate Partners team is skilled at delivering laboratory space that meets the demands of each individual user.

  • Experienced Team: With over 120 years of combined life science and real estate experience, the Longfellow Real Estate Partners team combines institutional quality development, construction and operating capability with an entrepreneurial and personal approach.
  • Industry Expertise:  Tenant laboratory requirements vary depending on the people and the science inside each space.  Laboratories require careful design and construction on the front-end to facilitate each users scientific research and innovation.  Longfellow Real Estate Partners designs, develops and manages laboratories from the inside-out; based on the unique requirements of individual tenants.
  • University and Institutional Partnerships:  Longfellow Real Estate Partners recognizes that major universities and research institutes operate with a long-term approach.  By taking a flexible approach and focusing on long-term needs, Longfellow Real Estate Partners builds collaborative partnerships with leading universities and research institutes.
  • Tenant Loyalty:  With its dedicated and nimble approach, Longfellow Real Estate Partners can focus on the needs of the people, companies and institutions that require the infrastructure today to enable the scientific innovations of tomorrow.  The Company's goal is to provide each tenant with a best-in-class experience and to be the preferred landlord when tenants expand.


Geographic Focus

Longfellow Real Estate Partners invests in opportunities proximate to major universities, medical centers and research institutes where scientific research and innovation are prevalent. 

Market Characteristics:  Longfellow Real Estate Partners' investment strategy emphasizes life science real estate opportunities in markets that demonstrate the following attributes:

  • Internationally recognized universities, medical centers or research institutes
  • Considerable investment dollars to fund scientific research and commercial activity
  • High levels of scientific innovation and new company formation rates
  • Significant historical sector growth and momentum
  • Favorable supply / demand characteristics

Primary Life Science Market Focus:  Longfellow Real Estate Partners is focused on life science real estate opportunities in the following locations: 

  • Boston, Massachusetts      
  • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
  • Select University or Institutional Partnerships outside of Geographic Focus

In select instances, the Company will consider investments outside of these markets that meet its investment criteria.