Boca Raton biotech firm adds new 19K sf space

Capitol Lighting at 100 Business Parkway in Royal Palm Beach
Capitol Lighting at 100 Business Parkway in Royal Palm Beach

Boca Raton-based biotech firm Biotest Pharmaceuticals has a signed a lease for the full 19,000-square-foot space at a one-story Royal Palm Beach office building, according to a spokesperson for NAI/Merin Hunter Codman, which represented the landlord in the deal.

The company will move into 100 Business Parkway, next door to the Regal Cinemas, in two phases — taking the place of Zoo Health Club and Capitol Lighting. First, it will occupy 12,000 square feet this month and begin a build-out to accommodate its technology needs. The rest of the space will be occupied next month, a spokesperson said.

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West Palm Beach-based commercial real estate firm NAI/Merin Hunter Codman brokers Bruce Corn and Barbara Le Brun negotiated the lease on behalf of Royal Palm Capital Realty. The owner bought the property in 2003. Los Angeles-based DLZ represented Biotest Pharmaceuticals in the deal.

Biotech is currently headquartered at 5800 Park of Commerce Boulevard Northwest. — Mark Maurer