Breakthrough Properties is a global life science real estate developer, owner, and operator of research and development facilities for mission-driven companies. The firm focuses on quality architectural and interior design, operational excellence, and sustainability.

Breakthrough Properties

Breakthrough Properties | 6,770 followers on LinkedIn. A Tishman Speyer &amp; Bellco Capital Joint Venture.  | Breakthrough Properties is a life science real estate investment firm that leverages cross-sector collaboration to deliver environments that foster innovation and scientific breakthroughs.

Our team is a first-of-its-kind collaboration in real estate development, which came together through a shared passion that combines Tishman Speyer’s global real estate platform with Bellco Capital’s industry-making biotechnology entrepreneurship to capitalize on the rapidly expanding — yet substantially under-supplied — life science real estate industry. Our teams develop and operate world-class mission critical facilities for the most innovative companies.

Strategy and Business Development | ex-VC & IB | COO/CFO Biotech Startups (3 Exits) | Women's Health Investor | Life Science Real Estate

Susie Harborth

Jakob Loven, PhD

VP, Asset Services and Facilities

Leizl Jones

Vice President, Facilities and Engineering

Peter Damiano

Our Torrey View development won local and statewide structural engineering awards from the Structural Engineering Association of San Diego. With three scientific workplace facilities, a landscaped plaza, and an amenity building carefully situated across 10 acres, the campus enhances existing views of the Pacific and the surrounding hills and canyons—both from inside the buildings and on the terraces outside. Our design is not only state of the art, but intentional too. The Structural Engineering Association of San Diego award was received for the period of January 2023 to December 2023. This award was received in July 2024.

Just how pivotal is the current moment in the biopharma industry? According to our CEO Dan Belldegrun in a new Q & A with PERE, it’s the most exciting time in the history of the sector, despite the challenging macroeconomic climate of the last couple years. Belldegrun and our CIO Daniel D’Orazi discussed the primary factors driving this transformative period: life-changing scientific breakthroughs, record funding for R & D, and $50 billion of AI-powered research in the last few years alone. Their takeaway is that while some U.S. markets are facing oversupply, the demand is stronger than ever for mission-critical labs like ours. Breakthrough Properties paid a sponsorship fee to participate in this article.

Breakthrough recently hosted the CoreNet Young Leaders for a hard hat tour of the amazing progress at 2300 Market, our best-in-class development in Philadelphia. CoreNet Global is a nonprofit industry association of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) professionals, and its Young Leaders group—for members 35 and under—is a growing community focused on education, mentoring, social networking, and professional development. What better place than a Breakthrough development to learn about the future of CRE?

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We recently celebrated the Groundbreaking of Vitrum by Breakthrough, our first development in Cambridge UK. The attendees enjoyed an engaging panel discussion featuring Dr. Arie Belldegrun, Bellco Capital, Dr. Franz Humer, Former Chairman of Roche, Dr. Annalisa Jenkins, Genomics England, and Steve Rees OBE, AstraZeneca, that left everyone feeling excited for a new standard of quality infrastructure in Cambridge, matching the incredible science that’s been happening there for years. Arriving in early 2026, Vitrum will deliver 165,200 sq ft of premier flexible laboratory, office and amenity space to the Cambridge market and is purpose-built for research and development.

We were thrilled to be joined by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla and representatives from Pfizer and BD Biosciences on September 30 to commemorate the opening of Torrey View, our newly-developed, 10-acre life science campus in Del Mar Heights. The entire 520,000-square-foot campus was successfully pre-leased to an impressive lineup of companies prior to completion including the Oncology division of Pfizer who leased 230,000 square feet spanning two buildings and global medical technology company BD who created a 220,000-square-foot innovation center for its Biosciences division in the campus’ third building. Charles River Laboratories, Actio Biosciences and Architect Therapeutics round out the campus ecosystem.

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