The story
Founded by Joel S. Marcus on Jan 1, 1994.1
In 1993, one of the partners of Jacobs Engineering Group, Jerry M. Sudarsky, was presented with a Business Plan written by Kendell R. Lang titled BioProperties Management Group, Inc., which was a plan to form a REIT dedicated to funding biotech properties. The initial business plan included founders Kendell Lang, Alan Gold, Gary Kreitzer, and Steven Stone as part of the initial management team. Jacobs approached Joel S. Marcus, a lawyer and CPA, with the idea of representing their interests in this company to oversee the management team who intended to provide laboratories and office space to biotech firms. Jacobs invested in the company with $5 million.
Its first purchase was of 4 buildings in San Diego which had been negotiated and structured by Kendell R. Lang.
In 1997, it became a public company via an initial public offering, raising $155 million.
From Wikipedia’s article on Alexandria Real Estate Equities, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6