Assignment Includes Newly Developed Pacific Center Campus in San Diego's Innovation Corridor
November 04, 2026
HOUSTON – Transwestern announces it has been retained by Harrison Street Asset Management (“Harrison Street”), a leading alternative global investment management firm, to provide Asset Services for a 2.1 million-square-foot portfolio spanning San Diego, California and Boulder County, Colorado. The assignment includes the newly developed 500,000 -square-foot Pacific Center life sciences campus, nine additional life sciences buildings in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket, and the 300,000-square-foot Lafayette Corporate Center in Colorado.
“We are proud of the trust Harrison Street has placed in our team,” said Chip Clarke, Chief Revenue Officer at Transwestern. “This assignment reflects the breadth and depth of our national platform and the specialized expertise required to manage institutional-quality life sciences assets.”
Completed in 2025, Pacific Center includes two lab buildings, an amenity center, and a parking garage. The campus offers approximately 500,000 square feet of laboratory space, complemented by conference facilities, outdoor terraces and tenant lounges.
“Purpose-built life sciences properties often demand a specialized level of service,” said Mark Butcher, Managing Senior Vice President of Asset Services at Transwestern. “Our team brings an integrated approach to building operations, tenant experience and hospitality to deliver operational excellence.”
Pacific Center’s amenity center features an outdoor lounge and meeting space, a state-of-the-art fitness center, an on-site restaurant and food hall, a theater room with pre-function space, and a training, conference, and event room. The project is LEED Gold and Fitwel certified. Transwestern General Manager Catherine Christensen will lead building operations and tenant engagement for the purpose-built Class A complex.
At the center of Sorrento Mesa, one of San Diego’s fastest-growing life sciences clusters, Pacific Center is within a 15-minute drive of more than 2,000 life sciences companies, over 10 research institutes, four hospitals and one university. Phase II, Pacific Center South, is designed for an additional 300,000 square feet and is available as a build-to-suit.
Lafayette Corporate Center is a Class A, five-building campus serving life sciences, defense and advanced manufacturing tenants. The property features flexible floor plates, modern infrastructure and is situated adjacent to the Medtronic biotechnology campus, with convenient access to U.S. 36 and a skilled labor pool.
“We remain focused on delivering high-quality, well-operated facilities that meet the needs of innovative companies and users in the markets we have invested” said Dave Liu, Co-Head of Asset Management – North America, at Harrison Street. “Transwestern brings deep expertise across development and property management, and we look forward to partnering with them to enhance the tenant experience and drive long term value across our property portfolio in San Diego and Colorado.”
Transwestern’s Asset Services platform is built on operational discipline, extraordinary client service, and practical innovation. Focused on long-term value, the firm’s services encompass financial reporting, capital planning, building operations, sustainability, hospitality, and technology integration, delivered consistently across individual assets and entire portfolios. Transwestern manages one of the industry's largest property management portfolios, spanning more than 240 million square feet of commercial properties across markets nationwide.
About Harrison Street Asset Management
Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with $110 billion in assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies. Headquartered in Chicago, Toronto, and London with over 600 employees in offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the firm offers innovative solutions across a variety of closed-end, open-end and specialized vehicles on behalf of over 1,100 institutional investors and over 300 Registered Investment Advisors.1
1HSAM data and descriptions of HSAM’s business are generally comprised of the aggregated data and business activities of investment advisors that are owned in whole or in part by HSAM. Assets under management (“AUM”) reflects the AUM for the investment advisory and asset management clients of such investment advisors and is inclusive of the regulatory AUM of such investment advisors as would be reported in their respective Form ADVs.
About Transwestern
Transwestern is a vertically integrated commercial real estate firm dedicated to serving investors, partners and clients through expertise in investment, development, brokerage and property management. We own, lease and operate $71 billion1 in assets. Our experience spans diverse property types, including logistics, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, office, data centers, hotels, sports & entertainment and life sciences. Across 35 offices nationwide, our team is united by a culture that cultivates agility, mutual trust and high performance. Learn more at transwestern.com.
1Includes all Transwestern enterprise assets and its RAUM as of November 1, 2026
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