FPD Portfolios
iBio, Inc is an AI-driven biotech company and a leader in epitope-steered antibody discovery. The company is tackling complex and challenging therapeutic targets, with the goal of developing safer and more effective immunotherapies. They envision a world where drug discovery is not left to chance but guided by artificial intelligence to make drug development smarter,… Read more »
Scripps Research advances scientific understanding, educates the scientists of tomorrow and impacts human health across the globe. Its researchers lead breakthrough studies that address the world’s most pressing health concerns. FPBA provided schematic design through construction administration for a gnotobiotic suite including a BSL-2 room and clean protocol for entry. The existing space was originally… Read more »
FPBA partnered with Create Capital Partners, a San Diego-based real estate investor, to reposition an office building in Sorrento Mesa for life science. The 20,000-square-foot speculative suite with a 50/50 lab-to-office ratio includes a main lab and support rooms, open and private office space, conference rooms and a break room. The space maximizes glass for… Read more »
Juno Diagnostics is a biotechnology company that develops accessible and affordable prenatal screening tests. The company leased space at Longfellow Real Estate’s SOVA Science District campus to expand their testing capabilities. FPBA had previously designed speculative lab-office improvements for Longfellow. When Juno leased the suite, FPBA worked with them to customize the design to their… Read more »
Debut Biotech is dedicated to unlocking natural ingredients through sustainable, cell-free biomanufacturing. After raising more than $22 million in financing, the company set out to scale up and commercialize the ingredients it develops by expanding its footprint in San Diego. FPBA worked with developer Longfellow Real Estate and Debut to design a lab-office suite that… Read more »
Prometheus Biosciences is focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics and companion diagnostic products for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). After going public and doubling in staff, Prometheus relocated from Sorrento Mesa to the Muse at Torrey Pines campus to allow for continued growth. FPBA worked with Prometheus to… Read more »
Watkins Wellness is the world’s leading manufacturer of hot tubs and aquatic fitness products. FPBA has worked with the company to refresh its existing facility in Vista through several phases of tenant improvements. After renovating lab, office and showroom areas in a first phase of work, the team brought the new design standard to three… Read more »
FPBA embarked on a refresh of its own office to create an environment that would reflect the design capabilities of the firm, promote activity-based working, and house many types of meetings and events. The design team explored several options to reconfigure the existing space, which previously housed staff workstations on the second and third floors… Read more »
Capsida Biotherapeutics Inc. is a fully integrated biotechnology company creating a new class of targeted adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies for patients with debilitating and life-threatening genetic disorders. The company engaged FPBA to design a new cGMP manufacturing facility for production of AAV gene therapies. The facility includes two ballroom production suites, a fill suite,… Read more »
Exact Sciences is a molecular diagnostics company focused on advancing earlier cancer detection and liquid biopsies. The company determined a need for more space after acquiring Biomatrica, a company that develops sample collection tubes. FPBA provided design services to convert an existing office space in Torrey Pines into an R+D center for Exact Sciences. FPBA… Read more »