Alexandria Real Estate Equities

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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in office buildings and laboratories leased to tenants in the life science and technology industries.The company also has a venture capital arm, Alexandria Venture Investments, which invests in life sciences firms.The company is named after Alexandria, Egypt because of that city's connection to science.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 4.19% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (4.09%).