ASR Real Estate has acquired the SL Plaza office and laboratory building at Leiden Bio Science Park from Caransa Groep for its ASR Dutch Science Park Fund.
It is the second building the fund has purchased at Leiden Bio Science Park, following its acquisition in December 2024 of the Avery Dennison European HQ office and laboratories.
Behind the building is a secured parking lot with 83 parking spaces. Tenants include Hogeschool Leiden and biopharmaceutical companies Eurofins, Charles River and Pharming.
Martin Kraaij, fund director of ASR Dutch Science Park Fund, said: “Part of our strategy is to make a positive impact on the ecosystems of science parks with our investments. Science parks are unique places where leaders in the knowledge economy work on new solutions and innovations for our society. Our goal is to have a suitable real estate solution for every business profile. We also facilitate business growth because we know that start-ups and scale-ups will continue to grow.”
ASR said there was an opportunity to make a positive impact on the ecosystem of the Leiden Bio Science Park, with tenants supporting sustainable development goals, such as good health and wellbeing and quality education.
Leiden Bio Science Park is said to be the most developed life sciences and healthcare knowledge cluster in the Netherlands.
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