Our Cluster Model
Creating, Nurturing, Managing, and Growing Life Science Ecosystems to
Catalyze Innovation
Alexandria pioneered the life science real estate niche based on the principle of “clustering” that is rooted in the DNA of the life science industry. The talent-led life science industry thrives in proximity to academic and medical research institutions, biotech and pharma companies, and risk capital.
Utilizing Harvard Business Professor Michael E. Porter’s cluster theory as the basis for our cluster model, Alexandria was the first company to identify and bring together the four critical components to create a successful life science cluster: location, innovation, talent, and capital. We have an over three-decade track record of creating and cultivating life science ecosystems and clusters that catalyze innovative new medicines.
Visionary Creation and Growth of Life Science Ecosystems and Clusters
Alexandria’s proven cluster model informed our strategic evolution from single assets to amenity-rich cluster campuses (2004–2006), and then to today’s Megacampus™ ecosystems, each of which consists of approximately 1 million RSF or more.
For over 30 years, we have been making a distinctive impact as the leader in providing essential infrastructure and unmatched operations while fostering the holistic ecosystems needed to enable the development of new medicines to meet massive unmet medical need.