A REIT Grows an Urban Farm

NEW YORK CITY-Life science REIT Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. has created a 15,000-square-foot farm on a former stalled construction site at East 29th Street along the waterfront in Kips Bay.

By Jacqueline Hlavenka | August 03, 2011 at 03:51 PM

NEW YORK CITY-Growing tomatoes, peppers, herbs and other fresh produce isn’t a typical task for your average REIT, but Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. is planting the seeds for the latest trend in the commercial real estate industry: urban farming. In partnership with Riverpark restaurant under chef and co-founder Sisha Ort

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