The opportunity for Chicago to develop a thriving life sciences ecosystem is there, and it could pay dividends for the city’s economy if Chicago can become a top-tier biotech town. […]
Can Chicago be the next breakout city for life sciences?

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The opportunity for Chicago to develop a thriving life sciences ecosystem is there, and it could pay dividends for the city’s economy if Chicago can become a top-tier biotech town. […]
CHICAGO — March 23, 2021 — Trammell Crow Company (TCC), one of the largest commercial real estate developers in the United States, today announced it has topped out the construction on its Fulton Labs at 400 N. Aberdeen development. The facility is a 423,454 square-foot best-in-class laboratory building that the company is developing to help […]
Judging from the numbers reported by the nation’s top U.S. clusters, 2020 saw record-high amounts of lab space and NIH funding, as well as record-high numbers of jobs and patents. Those highs are reflected in high regional numbers seen in GEN’s annual ranking of the nation’s top 10 biopharma clusters. The pandemic reshuffled the bottom […]
Talis Biomedical, which has filed for a $150 million IPO, is taking 26,000 square feet. […]
Chicago is becoming a world leader in a new frontier of precision medicine. And with continued momentum from Chicago-based academic research, venture funded startups and established enterprises—we can expect this sector to continue to expand in the years to come. […]
CHICAGO — January 26, 2021 — Trammell Crow Company (TCC), one of the largest commercial real estate developers in the United States, today announced that it has signed Talis Biomedical Corporation as a tenant at its Fulton Labs at 1375 W. Fulton development. Talis will join other leading life sciences companies, including Xeris Pharmaceuticals and […]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced $9 million in grants to help developers build out facilities that will house early-stage life sciences companies. […]
Portal Innovations, which will provide hard-to-find lab space to early-stage companies, plans to open early next year in a building Trammell Crow converted and expand to a larger space in another building in 2022. […]
A diverse economy is a strong economy, which is why many in the Chicago area would like to see more development in the lab sciences. After all, it’s one sector that is projected to explode in demand over the coming years. A recent JLL report found that Boston, the Bay Area and San Diego retained […]
It’s a pretty bad time to be a landlord in Chicago, but not if you’re hunting for life sciences tenants. As the COVID-19 crisis continues to crush owners of most types of commercial property, four growing biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies have announced deals for new lab spaces in the city over the past six months, […]