The 2009 Spirit of Life Dinner will honor Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE) and will pay tribute to Alexandria’s principal founder, Mr. Jerry Sudarsky. Mr. Sudarsky, who passed away recently, had a longstanding commitment to the community and was an ardent philanthropist, supporting causes across the globe.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Landlord of Choice to the Life Science Industry®, is the largest owner and preeminent real estate investment trust focused principally on cluster formation through the ownership, operation, management, selective redevelopment, development and acquisition of properties containing office/laboratory space. Alexandria provides high-quality environmentally sustainable real estate, technical infrastructure and services to the broad and diverse life science industry. The company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joel Marcus, will be accepting City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award on behalf of the company.