BioMed Realty Trust Enters Into Agreements to Acquire Life Science Portfolio in Cambridge, Massachusetts

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced that it has signed definitive purchase and sale agreements with affiliates of Lyme Timber Company to acquire Lyme’s remaining portfolio assets throughout the United States for approximately $511 million

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Mayor Menino Joins Lyme Properties in Welcoming Center for Life Science Boston

New facility to provide Longwood Medical Area with access to a world of discovery

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (July 26, 2005) – David Clem, Managing Director and founder of Lyme Properties, one of the country’s oldest and largest life science property developers, today announced the groundbreaking for Lyme’s newest project, the Center for Life Science Boston, to be constructed in the heart of Boston’s Longwood Medical Area. Mr. Clem joined the Honorable Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Carl S. Sloane, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Paul F. Levy, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jeffrey S. Flier, MD and Chief Academic Officer, all of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, along with a group of world-renowned medical researchers, in acclaiming this state-of- the-art life science research facility, which will be Boston’s largest medical research building.

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Lyme Properties To Sell A Portion Of Cambridge Portfolio To BioMed Realty Trust For $524 Million

HANOVER, NEW HAMSPHIRE, April 18, 2005 - David Clem, Managing Director of Lyme Properties, announced an agreement to sell eight life science buildings and one parking garage in Cambridge, MA to BioMed Realty Trust of San Diego, California. The purchase price for the 1,150,000 square foot portfolio is $524 million, making it the largest single transaction in the history of life sciences real estate. “This transaction validates the work of Lyme for the past ten years and demonstrates the investment potential of first-class research space in well established academic centers,” said Clem.

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