Hybrick in OCTOBER

Dear HYBRICK Community,

In October, we attended key industry events: Health Startups Networking, EXPO REAL, and CPHI Frankfurt. A recurring theme: specialized infrastructure as the key to innovation.

In our current newsletter, you’ll find:

• HEALTH STARTUPS NETWORKING RECAP: Perspectives on Berlin’s Life Science Ecosystem

• EXPO REAL 2025: Our Key Takeaways between AI, New Asset Classes, and Aperitifs

• DEEP TECH NEEDS SPACE: Why Germany must invest in Infrastructure now

• CPHI FRANKFURT: Manufacturing 5.0 and the Role of Real Estate

Visit us on our website for further insights or get in touch with us directly. We look forward to an equally productive September with continued project progress.

Best regards
Your HYBRICK Team

RECAP “HEALTH STARTUPS” NETWORKING
Perspectives for Berlin’s Life Science Ecosystem

In October, our team attended the networking event at Bayer Campus focused on Berlin’s health and biotech startup landscape. The event was hosted by Bettina von Streit (Bayer) and moderated by Dr. Kai Uwe Bindseil (Berlin Partner).

The highlights:

• Alexander Nuyken (JLL): Market analysis on lab space demand in Berlin

• Bettina von Streit: Strategic development of Bayer Campus

• Dr. Marion Hitchcock: Presentation of the Bayer Cell & Gene Therapy Center – a crucial addition to Berlin’s life science infrastructure

• Moritz Kränkl (Managing Director HYBRICK): Current market dynamics, alongside other key project developers

Our key takeaway: Berlin’s life science sector is growing steadily, evidenced by the number of lab employees, which has increased significantly over the past five years.

But growth only creates impact when the right infrastructure is in place: flexible, scalable, and innovation-ready.

Thanks to Bayer and Berlin Partner for bringing the community together!

Find more impressions here.

Intense but inspiring days are behind us. We attended EXPO REAL (Messe München) as part of Investa Real Estate and had many positive conversations about the future of the industry.

The key insights:

• Market momentum: Construction activity and project orders are picking up again. A wait-and-see approach is no longer an option. The sentiment was cautious but positive, especially regarding the federal government’s infrastructure plans.

• Openness to innovation: Banks and investors are showing strong interest in credible alternative asset classes such as life science or innovative tech infrastructure.

• AI discussion: The panel debate “AI and the Real Estate Industry” delivered a clear message: AI agents will transform the industry and replace junior-level tasks. But human collaboration will become even more important.

Our takeaway: Change is the new foundation for competitiveness. The industry is slowly moving from caution to action.

Our wine and music reception at the Investa booth was once again a highlight – a reminder that in a digitalized world, real connections still drive real business.

Find more impressions from EXPO REAL here.

DEEP TECH NEEDS SPACE
Why Germany needs to invest in Infrastructure now

“Deep tech is not just another technology – it is the foundation of our future competitiveness.” With this statement, BDI President Peter Leibinger summarizes a groundbreaking study by BDI and Boston Consulting Group: By 2030, the global deep tech potential reaches up to €8 trillion.

Germany has the prerequisites: World-class research, industrial depth, and engineering culture. The study’s central finding: This decade will determine whether Germany takes a leading role or falls behind.

Infrastructure as a critical bottleneck: Beyond financing and regulation, what’s missing above all is specialized infrastructure: prototyping facilities, validation platforms, GMP-compliant biotech spaces, production facilities, and sufficient energy capacity.

Berlin as a deep tech hub: Berlin joined the nationwide Digital Hub Initiative in 2024. At Marienpark Berlin, we’re creating the necessary infrastructure: from workshops for prototyping to scalable lab and production spaces in HYBRICK Berlin and HYBRICK X Berlin – supporting the journey from lab to market readiness.

Ready to grow with us?

CPHI FRANKFURT
Manufacturing 5.0 and the Role of Real Estate

Wolfgang attended this year’s CPHI in Frankfurt and experienced an industry with clear momentum across all segments.

The surprise: Instead of the expected AI hype, a different topic took center stage: Manufacturing 5.0 and the question of how smarter, more connected production ecosystems will shape the future of biopharma.

The key insight: Conversations weren’t just about technology, but also about physical infrastructure. Because smart manufacturing needs more than software – it needs spaces that enable flexibility, scalability, and collaboration.

This is exactly where HYBRICK comes in. As an “outlier” at events like these, we bring a different perspective: What do spaces need to look like for life science innovation to actually happen?

The conversations with familiar faces and new contacts made it clear: The industry is facing major transformations – and the right spaces are part of the solution.

Discover more impressions from CPHI Frankfurt.

WHAT’S NEXT?
We’ll keep you updated.

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