All of the money flowing into the life sciences sector is driving strong growth. With growth comes competition for top talent.

To attract new workers, firms are offering higher wages and several perks, including highly amenitized offices, according to Roger Humphrey, divisional president, Life Sciences, JLL in a recent post. While the bulk of life sciences work is done in the lab, companies have become more flexible about letting them do administrative and individual work remotely,

When workers do come in, the level of services they're receiving has skyrocketed. Life sciences firms are offering convenience stores, dry cleaning, childcare and medical care on the corporate campus. Humphrey says companies are making it easier for employees to run errands that they otherwise might have had to do over weekends. In some special cases, firms are offering mobile dental services and hairstylists, massage therapists, their own bus lines and ferries to bring people to work.

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.