Consolidated and unconsolidated real estate joint ventures (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Consolidated and unconsolidated real estate joint ventures

From time to time, we enter into joint venture agreements through which we own a partial interest in real estate entities that

own, develop, and operate real estate properties. As of December 31, 2024, our real estate joint ventures held the following properties:


	Property	Market	Submarket	Our Ownership Interest(1)
Consolidated real estate joint ventures(2):
	50 and 60 Binney Street	Greater Boston	Cambridge/Inner Suburbs		34.0%
	75/125 Binney Street	Greater Boston	Cambridge/Inner Suburbs		40.0%
	100 and 225 Binney Street and 300 Third Street	Greater Boston	Cambridge/Inner Suburbs		30.0%
	99 Coolidge Avenue	Greater Boston	Cambridge/Inner Suburbs		75.0%
	15 Necco Street	Greater Boston	Seaport Innovation District		56.7%
	285, 299, 307, and 345 Dorchester Avenue	Greater Boston	Seaport Innovation District		60.0%
	Alexandria Center® for Science and Technology – Mission Bay(3)	San Francisco Bay Area	Mission Bay		25.0%
	1450 Owens Street	San Francisco Bay Area	Mission Bay		25.1%	(4)
	601, 611, 651, 681, 685, and 701 Gateway Boulevard	San Francisco Bay Area	South San Francisco		50.0%
	751 Gateway Boulevard	San Francisco Bay Area	South San Francisco		51.0%
	211 and 213 East Grand Avenue	San Francisco Bay Area	South San Francisco		30.0%
	500 Forbes Boulevard	San Francisco Bay Area	South San Francisco		10.0%
	Alexandria Center® for Life Science – Millbrae	San Francisco Bay Area	South San Francisco		48.2%
	3215 Merryfield Row	San Diego	Torrey Pines		30.0%
	Campus Point by Alexandria(5)	San Diego	University Town Center		55.0%
	5200 Illumina Way	San Diego	University Town Center		51.0%
	9625 Towne Centre Drive	San Diego	University Town Center		30.0%
	SD Tech by Alexandria(6)	San Diego	Sorrento Mesa		50.0%
	Pacific Technology Park	San Diego	Sorrento Mesa		50.0%
	Summers Ridge Science Park(7)	San Diego	Sorrento Mesa		30.0%
	1201 and 1208 Eastlake Avenue East	Seattle	Lake Union		30.0%
	199 East Blaine Street	Seattle	Lake Union		30.0%
	400 Dexter Avenue North	Seattle	Lake Union		30.0%
	800 Mercer Street	Seattle	Lake Union		60.0%

Unconsolidated real estate joint ventures(2):
	1655 and 1725 Third Street	San Francisco Bay Area	Mission Bay		10.0%
	1450 Research Boulevard	Maryland	Rockville		73.2%	(8)
	101 West Dickman Street	Maryland	Beltsville		58.4%	(8)

(1)Refer to the table on the next page that shows the categorization of our joint ventures under the consolidation framework.

(2)In addition to the real estate joint ventures listed, various partners hold insignificant noncontrolling interests in three other consolidated real estate joint ventures in North

America and we hold an interest in one insignificant unconsolidated real estate joint venture in North America.

(3)Includes 409 and 499 Illinois Street, 1500 and 1700 Owens Street, and 455 Mission Bay Boulevard South.

(4)During the year ended December 31, 2024, our equity ownership decreased from 40.6% to 25.1% based on continued funding of construction costs by our joint venture

partner and a reallocation of equity to our joint venture partner of $30.2 million from us. The noncontrolling interest share of our joint venture partner is anticipated to

increase to 75% and ours to decrease to 25% as our partner contributes additional equity to fund the construction of the project.

(5)Includes 10210, 10260, 10290, and 10300 Campus Point Drive and 4110, 4135, 4155, 4161, 4165, 4224, and 4242 Campus Point Court.

(6)Includes 9605, 9645, 9675, 9725, 9735, 9805, 9808, 9855, and 9868 Scranton Road and 10055, 10065, and 10075 Barnes Canyon Road.

(7)Includes 9965, 9975, 9985, and 9995 Summers Ridge Road.

(8)Represents a joint venture with a local real estate operator in which our joint venture partner manages the day-to-day activities that significantly affect the economic

performance of the joint venture.

Our consolidation policy is described under “Consolidation” in Note 2 – “Summary of significant accounting policies” to our

consolidated financial statements. Consolidation accounting is highly technical, but its framework is primarily based on the controlling

financial interests and benefits of the joint ventures. We generally consolidate a joint venture that is a legal entity that we control (i.e.,

we have the power to direct the activities of the joint venture that most significantly affect its economic performance) through contractual

rights, regardless of our ownership interest, and where we determine that we have benefits through the allocation of earnings or losses

and fees paid to us that could be significant to the joint venture (the “VIE model”).

We also generally consolidate joint ventures when we have a controlling financial interest through voting rights and where our

voting interest is greater than 50% (the “voting model”). Voting interest differs from ownership interest for some joint ventures. We

account for joint ventures that do not meet the consolidation criteria under the equity method of accounting by recognizing our share of

income and losses.

The table below shows the categorization of our real estate joint ventures under the consolidation framework:


Property(1)	Consolidation Model	Voting Interest	Consolidation Analysis		Conclusion

50 and 60 Binney Street	VIE model	Not applicable under VIE model			Consolidated
75/125 Binney Street			We have:
100 and 225 Binney Street and 300 Third Street
99 Coolidge Avenue			(i)	The power to direct the activities of the joint venture that most significantly affect its economic performance; and
15 Necco Street
285, 299, 307, and 345 Dorchester Avenue
Alexandria Center® for Science and Technology – Mission Bay
1450 Owens Street
601, 611, 651, 681, 685, and 701 Gateway Boulevard
751 Gateway Boulevard
211 and 213 East Grand Avenue			(ii)	Benefits that can be significant to the joint venture.
500 Forbes Boulevard
Alexandria Center® for Life Science – Millbrae
3215 Merryfield Row
Campus Point by Alexandria
5200 Illumina Way			Therefore, we are the primary beneficiary of each VIE.
9625 Towne Centre Drive
SD Tech by Alexandria
Pacific Technology Park
Summers Ridge Science Park
1201 and 1208 Eastlake Avenue East
199 East Blaine Street
400 Dexter Avenue North
800 Mercer Street
1450 Research Boulevard			We do not control the joint venture and are therefore not the primary beneficiary.		Equity method of accounting
101 West Dickman Street
1655 and 1725 Third Street	Voting model	Does not exceed 50%	Our voting interest is 50% or less.
1655 and 1725 Third Street	Voting model	Does not exceed 50%	Our voting interest is 50% or less.

(1)In addition to the real estate joint ventures listed, various partners hold insignificant noncontrolling interests in three other consolidated real estate joint ventures in North

America and we hold an interest in one insignificant unconsolidated real estate joint venture in North America.

Formation of consolidated real estate joint ventures

We evaluated each of our real estate joint ventures described below under the consolidation framework outlined above and

further detailed in “Consolidation” in Note 2 – “Summary of significant accounting policies” to our consolidated financial statements.

For a summary of our completed dispositions of real estate assets during the year ended December 31, 2024, refer to “Sales

of real estate assets and impairment charges” in Note 3 – “Investments in real estate” to our consolidated financial statements.

285, 299, 307, and 345 Dorchester Avenue

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we formed real estate joint ventures to develop a Megacampus. We

contributed $155.3 million to these real estate joint ventures, and our partner’s share of contributed real estate assets aggregated

$103.5 million. As of March 31, 2024, these joint ventures owned four land parcels at 285, 299, 307, and 345 Dorchester Avenue in our

Seaport Innovation District submarket, with future development opportunities aggregating 1.0 million SF. We determined that we have

control over these real estate joint ventures, and we therefore consolidate the joint ventures. As of December 31, 2024, we have a 60%

ownership interest in the real estate joint ventures.

1201 and 1208 Eastlake Avenue East

In September 2024, our prior joint venture partner sold its ownership interest in each of 1201 and 1208 Eastlake Avenue East

real estate joint ventures to our new joint venture partner, who is also our longstanding tenant at the 1201 and 1208 Eastlake Avenue

East properties, occupying 115,839 RSF out of the total 206,134 RSF. Alexandria’s ownership interest in each of 1201 and 1208

Eastlake Avenue East remained unchanged at 30.0%. Upon completion of the sale, we reassessed our consolidation analysis for this

joint venture and determined that we retain control, and we therefore continue to consolidate the real estate joint venture.

Consolidated VIEs’ balance sheet information

We, together with joint venture partners, hold interests in real estate joint ventures that we consolidate in our financial

statements. These existing joint ventures provide significant equity capital to fund a portion of our future construction spend, and our

joint venture partners may also contribute equity into these entities for financing-related activities.

The table below aggregates the balance sheet information of our consolidated VIEs as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 (in

thousands):


	December 31,
	2024	2023
Investments in real estate	$8,917,718	$8,032,315
Cash and cash equivalents	335,223	306,475
Other assets	777,033	728,390
Total assets	$10,029,974	$9,067,180

Secured notes payable	$149,321	$119,042
Other liabilities	626,460	608,665
Mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interest	—	35,250
Total liabilities	775,781	762,957
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	10,360	6,868
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.’s share of equity	4,754,386	4,162,017
Noncontrolling interests’ share of equity	4,489,447	4,135,338
Total liabilities and equity	$10,029,974	$9,067,180

In determining whether to aggregate the balance sheet information of consolidated VIEs, we considered the similarity of each

VIE, including the primary purpose of these entities to own, manage, operate, and lease real estate properties owned by the VIEs, and

the similar nature of our involvement in each VIE as a managing member. Due to the similarity of the characteristics, we present the

balance sheet information of these entities on an aggregated basis. None of our consolidated VIEs’ assets have restrictions that limit

their use to settle specific obligations of the VIE. There are no creditors or other partners of our consolidated VIEs that have recourse to

our general credit, and our maximum exposure to our consolidated VIEs is limited to our variable interests in each VIE, except for our

99 Coolidge Avenue real estate joint venture in which the VIE’s secured construction loan is guaranteed by us. Refer to Note 10 –

“Secured and unsecured senior debt” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Unconsolidated real estate joint ventures

Our maximum exposure to our unconsolidated VIEs is limited to our investment in each VIE, except for our 1450 Research

Boulevard and 101 West Dickman Street unconsolidated real estate joint ventures in which we guarantee up to $6.7 million of the

outstanding balance related to each VIE’s secured loan. Our investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, accounted for

under the equity method and classified in investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures in our consolidated balance sheets,

consisted of the following as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):


	December 31,
Property	2024	2023
1655 and 1725 Third Street	$10,574	$11,718
1450 Research Boulevard	9,193	6,041
101 West Dickman Street	9,749	9,290
Other	10,357	10,731
	$39,873	$37,780

1401/1413 Research Boulevard

We held a 65.0% ownership interest in an unconsolidated real estate joint venture at 1401/1413 Research Boulevard located

in our Rockville submarket of Maryland. In October 2024, this unconsolidated real estate joint venture completed the sale of its sole real

estate asset, a retail shopping center aggregating 84,837 RSF, and repaid its debt during the three months ended December 31, 2024.

We received cash proceeds, net of our $18.6 million share of the debt balance, approximating our $3.3 million share of the gain on sale

classified in equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate joint ventures in our consolidated statement of operations. The

unconsolidated joint venture is in the process of dissolution, pending completion of regulatory and legal requirements.

The following table presents key terms related to our unconsolidated real estate joint ventures’ secured loans as of

December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):


							At 100%		Our Share
Unconsolidated Joint Venture	Maturity Date		Stated Rate		Interest Rate(1)		Aggregate Commitment	Debt Balance(2)	Our Share
1655 and 1725 Third Street(3)		3/10/25	4.50%			4.57%	$600,000	$599,930	10.0%
101 West Dickman Street		11/10/26	SOFR + 1.95%	(4)		6.36%	26,750	18,884	58.4%
1450 Research Boulevard		12/10/26	SOFR + 1.95%	(4)		6.42%	13,000	8,637	73.2%
							$639,750	$627,451

(1)Includes interest expense and amortization of loan fees.

(2)Represents outstanding principal, net of unamortized deferred financing costs, as of December 31, 2024.

(3)The unconsolidated real estate joint venture is in the process of refinancing approximately $500 million of this debt with a new secured note payable, which is expected

to close in the first quarter of 2025. The remaining debt balance of approximately $100 million will be repaid through contributions from the joint venture partners. We

expect to contribute our share of approximately $10 million in the first quarter of 2025. As of December 31, 2024, our investment in this unconsolidated real estate joint

venture was $10.6 million.

(4)This loan is subject to a fixed SOFR floor of 0.75%.