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Life science hubs set for a period of outperformance

The pandemic has accelerated growth in scientific research and development, prompting a boost to demand in key R&D clusters. While we don’t expect the current rates of growth to be sustained, we think the outperformance of this sector could persist for the next few years. This bodes well for a handful of markets, with Boston, San Francisco, San Diego and Raleigh-Durham the major beneficiaries.

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