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"When they [King Street] saw Long Island City, they found that it had the 'ingredients' needed for a thriving life-sciences industry.​"

King Street, NYCEDC, LIC Partnership and others celebrate groundbreaking of new life-sciences space in Long Island City​
QNS December 10, 2019

Recent News:

October 2023

In LIC Perkins&Will Changes the Narrative of Traditional STEM Buildings With the Renovation of a 1930s Warehouse (The Architect’s Newspaper)

September 2023

Beyond Class A: Life Sciences, A Winning Investment Strategy In New York City’s Office Market (Forbes)

June 2023

New York City Emerges as a Global Life Sciences Hub (Area Development)

March 2023

NYC Life Sciences Notched Second Record Year in 2022 (The Real Deal)

November 2022

Lab Space Demand Remains Strong as NYC Life Sciences Sector Grows (connectcre)

For New York to truly fulfill its life sciences potential, it needs a lot more laboratory space (Craine's New York Business)

October 2022

‘Smells Like Science and Progress’: Construction Begins on Hatch Life Sciences in Long Island City (New York Business Journal)

September 2022

Suffolk Begins Construction on 218,000 s/f Lab (New York Real Estate Journal)

August 2022

Work Begins on Life Science Conversion in NYC (Commercial Property Executive)

New York City arrives as a home for the life sciences (c&en)

May 2022

Long Island City Partnership holds life science open house at Riis Settlement (QNS)

LIC Partnership Hosts Career Fair Showcasing Jobs in Life Sciences Sector (Astoria Post)

April 2022

Here come the robots: life sciences firm nearly doubles LIC footprint (The Real Deal)

March 2022

Long Island City Is The Land Of Opportunity For NYC's Upstart Life Sciences Industry (Bisnow)

January 2022

Life Science Redevelopment Project Announced for 43-10 23rd Street in Long Island City, Queens (YIMBY)

Mispro to Open New Preclinical Research Facility in Long Island City

Longfellow inks first NYC purchase with stake in LIC life sciences property (The Real Deal)

September 2021

What Fuels the Northeast’s Life Sciences Industry (Commercial Observer)

Lab platform Opentrons closes $200M series C to build out robotics, diagnostics, cell engineering services (Fierce Biotech)

Innolabs life science building welcomes first tenants (Real Estate Weekly)

Life Sciences Firm Opentrons Takes 48K SF in Long Island City (Commercial Observer)

Life sciences sector breaks leasing records (Crain's New York Business)

August 2021

The Life Sciences Power 50  (City & State)

July 2021

Biotech firm takes space at Alexandria Center's Long Island City campus  (Crain's New York Business)

Biotech company RenBio will move to Alexandria Center for Life Science in Long Island City (New York Business Journal)

City gets creative to find space for red-hot life science sector (Crain's New York Business)

A Recovery for All Of Us: New York City Invests $1 Billion in Life Sciences (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

DeBlasio Promises $500M for Life Sciences (Crain's New York Business)

Life science sector will be key to city's economic recovery, Partnership Fund says

March 2021

Why Life Science Developments Are About to Boom (Crain's New York Business)

February 2021

Life Sciences Offer Ray of Hope in Grim Business Landscape (Crain's New York Business)