Our Services
As your advocate and partner, we’ll leverage our integrated service platform and best-in-class technology, tailoring workforce, workplace, and laboratory planning strategies to the unique needs of your business – ensuring your space fits your critical financial, clinical, and hiring objectives.
We’ll help you benchmark peers as well as analyze workplace utilization, local markets, demographics, and economic incentives to develop occupancy plans and secure flexible spaces that adapt as your team grows. And we’ll ensure your lab facility delivers for your technology needs – both today and as your business evolves.
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Lab & Facility Planning
Provide end-to-end lab and facility planning solutions tailored to the unique needs of life sciences companies. With deep expertise in R&D, laboratory operations, and technical, and complex lab environments, we help organizations optimize space, reduce costs, and create flexible, adaptable facilities for all stages of life science organizations.
Key Capabilities:
Strategic Lab Planning – Aligning space with evolving research & operational needs
Define Site Selection Criteria – Identifying optimal facilities for talent & infrastructure
Workplace & Lab Design Consulting – Enhancing efficiency through modular & flexible spaces, evaluating space utilization and occupancy
Facility Right-Sizing – Helping companies identify opportunities to consolidate, expand, or sublease lab space
Biomanufacturing & GMP Facility Advisory – Navigating complex regulatory & operational requirements
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Site Selection & Incentives
Specialize in data-driven site selection and incentives advisory to help life sciences companies identify the optimal locations for R&D, biomanufacturing, and corporate operations. By leveraging real estate analytics, workforce data, and government incentives, we ensure companies maximize value while minimizing costs.
Key Capabilities:
Market & Workforce Analytics – Identifying locations with top-tier talent, infrastructure & supply chain access
Economic Incentives Advisory – Securing grants, tax credits, and subsidies to reduce operational costs
Site Strategy – Identify opportunities and structure portfolio to achieve cost savings, hiring advantages, and other operational goals
Cost Modeling & Scenario Planning – Comparing financial impacts across multiple geographies
Stakeholder & Government Negotiations – Maximizing incentives while ensuring long-term strategic alignment
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Lease & Purchase Transactions
Delivers strategic brokerage solutions tailored to the unique needs of life sciences companies, biotech startups, and pharmaceutical organizations. With a tenant-focused approach, we help organizations secure the right lab, office, and biomanufacturing spaces while optimizing costs and flexibility.
Key Capabilities:
Tenant Representation – Advocating for clients in lease negotiations to achieve the best terms
Lab & Office Leasing – Identifying and securing R&D, wet lab, dry lab, and GMP space
Subleasing & Disposition – Helping companies right-size and monetize excess space
Market Intelligence & Benchmarking – Providing data-driven insights for informed decisions
Portfolio Optimization – Aligning real estate strategy with growth, funding cycles, and operational needs
Savills Life Sciences Ecosystem Advisory provides strategic guidance to help create successful life sciences ecosystems through a structured approach focused on research, planning, and execution.
Ecosystem Development Strategy
Ecosystem Mission & Development Plan – Defines the ecosystem’s purpose, structure, and goals.
Ecosystem Research by Modality – Analyzes different life sciences clusters to determine key success factors.
Labor & Market Analytics – Uses talent and demographic data to assess market potential and workforce availability.
Internal Interviews – Ensures alignment among stakeholders on acceleration, innovation, asset allocation, labor, and lifestyle
Discovery & Immersion
Engages with business leaders and scientists to understand the client's vision and goals.
Identifies core, emerging, and experimental therapies relevant to the ecosystem.
Reviews financial parameters and initial pro-formas for development.
Strategic Considerations & Project Drivers
Positions ecosystems for long-term success by integrating future healthcare trends like AI, machine learning, and proton therapy.
Aligns with sustainability and clean energy goals.
Addresses funding, land constraints, and talent pipelines to ensure a competitive advantage.
Go-to-Market Strategy & Execution
Develops marketing strategies to attract tenants and investors.
Leverages global outreach and branding to create an attractive proposition for life sciences companies.
Uses targeted advertising, property branding, broker engagement, and PR to establish a strong presence.
Placemaking & Asset Transformation
Repositions existing assets to attract life sciences tenants (e.g., converting office buildings into lab spaces).
Partners with developers and stakeholders to maximize return on investment while fostering innovation.
Targeted Verticals & Synergistic Partnerships
Identifies core life sciences sectors such as biotech, pharma, cell & gene therapy, and AI-driven healthcare solutions.
Creates partnerships with research institutions, accelerators, and specialized service providers to enhance the ecosystem.
Savills provides a full-spectrum advisory service, helping clients from initial research and planning to execution and ongoing strategic growth, ensuring the long-term success of life sciences ecosystems.
Our Proprietary Real Estate Analytics App
Your Data + Our Data = Your Advantage
Our platform brings data together. Less time consolidating information means more time to make educated decisions.
Knowledge Cubed is powered by the world’s most cohesive team of tenant advisors, connecting you with dedicated portfolio strategists, data scientists, and local market experts to deliver objective insights paired with zero-sum negotiations.
Whether you need help connecting datasets or desire new perspectives, our team pairs digital tools with expert consultants to deliver transparency to your portfolio and identify opportunities to unlock value.