Outlook Murky For Life Sciences Leasing As Need For Recovery Grows

Barchart·12/15/2025 04:24:16

After more than a year of lethargic leasing, life sciences property owners likely can’t expect any great wave of relief in the coming year, even as other segments of commercial real estate find room to breathe. Despite a few positive signs, steep funding cuts and increased international competition weigh on life sciences companies and their landlords. That dynamic has left tenants operating with an abundance of caution around leasing decisions that chafes against major landlords’ need to find long-term tenants to fill their megacampuses. Those same landlords are still saddled with a historic supply glut and a dwindling pool of possible buyers for...