This story first ran on BizWest.com, a BusinessDen news partner.
The Flatiron Park business campus portfolio sale in early April represents the single largest single-asset transaction in Colorado’s history.
“Boulder has always been a market to watch, driven by highly educated talent, robust capital flow, an existing base of life science and tech pioneers and great quality of life,” BioMed vice president of leasing Mike Ruhl said in a prepared statement when the deal closed. “As demand for office and lab space in the region continues to grow, we believe BioMed’s integrated platform and expertise is uniquely suited to support companies as they continue to scale in this key market.”
BioMed, a Blackstone portfolio company that owns about 13.7 million square feet of commercial space throughout the country, said it will pump $200 million in renovations and upgrades into Flatiron Park with the goal of increasing the presence of biotechnology companies within the campus.
About 15 percent of Flatiron Park is home to life sciences tenants, according to BioMed president of West Coast markets Jon Bergschneider, and part of BioMed’s investment will be upgrading buildings to bring that percentage closer to 50 percent.
“With this significant investment in Boulder, we’re delighted to become a part of this innovation-based community,” Bergschneider said in a statement. “Boulder is a thriving community that couples innovation with a profound respect for natural resources and sustainable practices.”
At $625 per square foot, the Flatiron Park deal could usher in a new era of pricing for office and flex spaces that cater to technology companies.
The 485,000-square-foot Pearl East Business Park, for example, sold in July 2021 for $190 million, or $391 per square foot. That was $40 million more than the selling owners paid for the property just two years prior and 123 percent higher than the $85 million that longtime owner W.W. Reynolds Cos. sold the complex for in 2015.
And Boston-based Tritower Financial Group in June 2021 acquired the 60,030-square-foot former Trimble building at 2300 55th St. in Flatiron Park for $21 million, or $349.82 per square foot.
But other recent deals involving global tech users have seen much higher sale prices per square foot.
Google in September 2021 paid $97.8 million — or $782.40 per square foot — for a 125,000-square-foot office building in The Réve development across from its main campus at Pearl and 30th streets. But that was for a brand-new building directly across the street from its main campus.
Atlanta-based Invesco Ltd. last January purchased the Pfizer campus in Boulder for $99 million, or $653.96 per square foot.
This story first ran on BizWest.com, a BusinessDen news partner.
The Flatiron Park business campus portfolio sale in early April represents the single largest single-asset transaction in Colorado’s history.
“Boulder has always been a market to watch, driven by highly educated talent, robust capital flow, an existing base of life science and tech pioneers and great quality of life,” BioMed vice president of leasing Mike Ruhl said in a prepared statement when the deal closed. “As demand for office and lab space in the region continues to grow, we believe BioMed’s integrated platform and expertise is uniquely suited to support companies as they continue to scale in this key market.”
BioMed, a Blackstone portfolio company that owns about 13.7 million square feet of commercial space throughout the country, said it will pump $200 million in renovations and upgrades into Flatiron Park with the goal of increasing the presence of biotechnology companies within the campus.
About 15 percent of Flatiron Park is home to life sciences tenants, according to BioMed president of West Coast markets Jon Bergschneider, and part of BioMed’s investment will be upgrading buildings to bring that percentage closer to 50 percent.
“With this significant investment in Boulder, we’re delighted to become a part of this innovation-based community,” Bergschneider said in a statement. “Boulder is a thriving community that couples innovation with a profound respect for natural resources and sustainable practices.”
At $625 per square foot, the Flatiron Park deal could usher in a new era of pricing for office and flex spaces that cater to technology companies.
The 485,000-square-foot Pearl East Business Park, for example, sold in July 2021 for $190 million, or $391 per square foot. That was $40 million more than the selling owners paid for the property just two years prior and 123 percent higher than the $85 million that longtime owner W.W. Reynolds Cos. sold the complex for in 2015.
And Boston-based Tritower Financial Group in June 2021 acquired the 60,030-square-foot former Trimble building at 2300 55th St. in Flatiron Park for $21 million, or $349.82 per square foot.
But other recent deals involving global tech users have seen much higher sale prices per square foot.
Google in September 2021 paid $97.8 million — or $782.40 per square foot — for a 125,000-square-foot office building in The Réve development across from its main campus at Pearl and 30th streets. But that was for a brand-new building directly across the street from its main campus.
Atlanta-based Invesco Ltd. last January purchased the Pfizer campus in Boulder for $99 million, or $653.96 per square foot.
