2025 New York Life Sciences & Biotech Summit

Thu Dec 11, 2025

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2025 New York Life Sciences & Biotech Summit

Exploring the Intersections of Capital Investment, Infrastructure Upgrades & Tenant Demand Driving Its Next Wave Of Growth

Thursday December 11 2025 @ 8:00 AM EST

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New York’s Life Sciences Landscape: Investment, Infrastructure Development & Design

How Capital, Public Investment & Real Estate Strategy Are Shaping the Foundations In This Sector

Leslie Himmel

Leslie Wohlman Himmel is founder and co-managing partner of Himmel + Meringoff Properties, a leading owner/operator of New York-based commercial real estate and one of the only privately owned, first generation portfolios of Manhattan office buildings. Founded in 1985 with partner Stephen Meringoff, Himmel + Meringoff currently manages two million square feet of commercial real estate valued in excess of $2 billion. Ms. Himmel began her career as an acquisitions associate at Integrated Resources in 1979 and is today recognized as one of the foremost women leaders of the commercial real estate industry. Focused on creating value through long-term ownership, she is a creative and insightful hands-on owner responsible for the acquisition of property, strategic repositioning of assets and portfolio financing. In 2017, Ms. Himmel was named as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York by Crain’s. She was honored as Harvard Business School Club of New York’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ for 2016 and, in 2011, received REBNY’s Mendik Lifetime Leadership in Real Estate Award for exceptional accomplishment and dedication to leadership in New York real estate. Ms. Himmel is a Board member of the M&T Bank Directors Advisory Council, New York City Mortgage Committee and the Harvard Business School Club of New York. In 1992, she founded and continues to co-chair REBNY’s Economic Development Committee which works with New York City officials to support economic development initiatives in the city. A member of REBNY’s Board of Governors since 2001, Ms. Himmel also serves on the Board of the Executive Committee. Ms. Himmel is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, the UDMUC Red Council of the Urban Land Institute, Young Men’s/Women’s Real Estate Association of New York and YPO/WPO. Dedicated to women entrepreneurs, Ms. Himmel established “The Women’s Student Association Fellowship Fund” in 2008, which awards scholarships to Harvard Business School students. Ms. Himmel is also an early stage investor and Board advisor to Hello Alfred, a successful online concierge service, developed by two women who are recent HBS graduates. Ms. Himmel earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa and received her MBA with high honors from Harvard Business School.

Himmel+Meringoff

Managing Partner

Leslie Himmel

Managing Partner, Himmel+Meringoff

Maria Gotsch

Maria G. Gotsch is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership Fund for New York City (www.pfnyc.org), which is the investment arm of the Partnership for New York City. The Fund, which has invested over $170 million, has built a network of top experts from the investment and corporate communities who help identify and support New York City’s most promising entrepreneurs in both the for-profit and non-for profit sectors. In addition to leading the Fund’s operations, Maria has spearheaded the creation and operation of a number of the Fund’s strategic initiatives, including: FinTech Innovation Lab; New York Digital Health Accelerator; Transit Tech Lab; NY Fashion Tech Lab; NYCSeed (seed financing for IT/digital media companies); BioAccelerate Prize NYC (proof-of-concept funding for university-based biomedical research); Arts Entrepreneurial Loan Fund (low cost loans for mid-size arts groups); and ReStart Central and Financial Recovery Fund (assistance and funding for small businesses impacted by 9/11/01). Prior to joining the Fund in 1999, Maria was a Managing Director at BT Wolfensohn (now part of Deutsche Bank), providing strategic and financial advice related to mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and the development of business strategies. Before starting with Wolfensohn, Maria worked at LaSalle Partners in the New York area and for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in New York and London. Maria has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Wellesley College. She was also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to study international relations at the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland. Maria also is a member of the boards of Sonepar USA Holdings and the New York Venture Capital Association; serves on the audit committee of Sonepar S.A.; and, serves on the advisory boards of ProPublica (investigative journalism non-profit), Schools That Can, Columbia University’s Lang Fund and Hospital for Special Surgery Innovation Advisory Council.

Partnership Fund for New York City

President & CEO

Maria Gotsch

President & CEO, Partnership Fund for New York City

Viq Pervaaz

SVP, NYCEDC

Jonathan Scheinberg

Partner, Outshine Properties

Sally Lee

Education and Science Principal, HDR

Planning, Designing & Building New York’s Next Generation of Life Sciences Campuses

Aligning Design Innovation & Tenant Needs to Create the Next Wave of High-Performance Real Estate

Scott Metzner

Principal, Janus Property Company

Ed Jaram

Senior Director, Head of New York, King Street Properties

Patrick Burke III

VP, Facilities Management, Columbia University

Georgina Lalli

Senior Associate Principal, KPF

Moderator

Yasmeen Ahmed Pattie

Principal, East Egg Project Management

Why You Should Attend This 2025 NYC Life Sciences Event

What You'll Learn:

Which macro policy shifts from NIH indirect caps to ESG financing mandates could reshape New York’s ecosystem in the years ahead?
With NYC’s lab vacancy rate being on of the highest in country the highest in the country (~42% in 2025), how developers are adapting to a strong tenant market?
Which life sciences developments are best in class in New York and what is driving tenants to these buildings?
Which infrastructure policies are driving development activity, project approval and fostering growth for the region's tenants?
How venture capital flows, public incentives, and NIH policy changes are influencing life sciences funding heading into 2026?
Why are plug and play spaces are outperforming spec in today's environment?
How Long Island’s push into cell and gene therapy manufacturing reshapes the regional map?
Which markets can serve as a blueprints or reference points for the future of the city's life science developments?

How you'll do more business: Enhance your business by understanding how the New York life sciences community is growing to compete with other top biotech hubs across the country. Gain a better understanding for what tenants are looking for as they grow and expand. Additionally, what design and development strategies are top executives implementing in these top clusters.

Who attends: Investors, owners, developers, lenders, biotech tenants, brokers, public sector companies, architects, contractors, engineers and property managers.

Why should you attend: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network, and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.

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Venue

Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway
New York, NY

Ballroom: Astor Ballroom
Floor: 7

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM 9:45 AM	New York’s Life Sciences Landscape: Investment, Infrastructure Development & Design 1.) Understand How city/state incentives are reshaping deal opportunities. 2.) Examine the current state of infrastructure and how the market is positioned for future growth.
9:45 AM 10:00 AM	Networking Break
10:00 AM 10:45 AM	Planning, Designing & Building New York’s Next Generation of Life Sciences Campuses 1.) Long-term strategies to ensure competitiveness vs. national peers. 2.) Gain insights into current tenant needs for lab and research space.
10:45 AM 11:00 AM	Post Event Networking

CURRENT NEWS, EVENTS & ARTICLES

New York City's Life Science Scene Grows In Stature

Real Estate Vacancies Persist As Venture Capital Investment Drops

NYCEDC Celebrated Approval of Kips Bay & Innovation East

New York Biotech Firms Face New Hurdle As Federal Funding Program Lapses

Columbia University Begins Construction on NYC's First All Electric Biomedical Research Building

Two Life Science Firms Ramp Up Footprints in Industry City

City Holds Search For Kips Bay Life Science Developer & Anchor Tenant

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