Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) is an international real estate company that has holdings in technology, banking, healthcare, scientific research, manufacturing and law. Late last month, JLL became the exclusive leasing agent for NSU’s Center for Collaborative Research, adding 84,000 square feet of wet and dry laboratory space to JLL’s expansive leasing properties, totaling roughly 1.07 billion square feet, in addition to their 4.6 billion square feet managed properties.
The leasing team from JLL for the Center for Collaborative Research consists of Brady Titcomb, vice president and associate director of brokerage for JLL in Broward County, who works with landlord and tenant representation for office spaces, and Miles Glascock of Healthcare Practice Group.
According to Titcomb, “The Center for Collaborative Research is really a unique project, not just in Broward County but in all of South Florida. We are looking specifically for life science research companies that will not only occupy space in the building, but can also work collaboratively with NSU students and professors, sharing facilities. We are working hand in hand with NSU to identify prospective tenants where we can find synergy between the school.”
JLL has prior knowledge and connections within the life sciences research fields, which they believe will help the university and the Center for Collaborative Research in further success and the progression in the field of life sciences.
According to a press release, Paola Colberg, senior account executive at Schwartz Media Strategies, “As the need for medical research becomes more relevant in the U.S. today, the newly built, state-of-the-art life sciences facility is considered one of the leading life sciences, research and innovation centers in South Florida. Prospective tenants will benefit from direct access to NSU’s network including faculty, researchers and students, as well as clinical research programs and seven world-class, healthcare academic programs and colleges.”
The Center for Collaborative Research’s 84,000 square feet of wet and dry laboratory space includes research groups from the Gateway Institute for Brain Research and the U.S. Geological Survey Administration, along with NSU research institutes involved in breast and solid tumor cancer, cell therapy and neuro-immune medical research.
JLL’s involvement with the Center for Collaborative Research will “help attract new faculty and attention to the facility, and bring in new students that are focused on life sciences within the program. I think that it can help offer greater hands-on experience for any students that are focused on life sciences or STEM research. I think it just helps to build the school, and it aids with credibility and helps enhance the programs at NSU and will probably give them an opportunity to expand on those programs,” according to Titcomb.
