Our Team

Gary Kreitzer

Vice Chairman

Background

Gary A. Kreitzer is a co-founder and has served as our Vice Chairman since our formation. Mr. Kreitzer also serves as Vice Chairman and member of the compensation committee of IQHQ, Inc., a privately-held life science real estate company. Mr. Kreitzer was a Co-Founder of BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (formerly NYSE: BMR), a REIT specializing in acquiring, leasing, developing and managing laboratory and office space for the life science industry, and served as its General Counsel from the BioMed Realty’s formation in 2004 until August 2012, as a director until January 2016 and as an executive Vice President until February 2017. Mr. Kreitzer also served in the same roles with BioMed Realty’s privately-held predecessor, Bernardo Property Advisors, Inc., from December 1998 to August 2004. Mr. Kreitzer was a Co-Founder and served as Senior Vice President and in-house counsel of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT, from its predecessor’s inception in 1994 until December 1998. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Kreitzer was in-house counsel and Vice President for Seawest Energy Corporation, an alternative energy facilities development company. Mr. Kreitzer also served The Christiana Companies, Inc., a publicly traded investment and real estate development company, in a number of roles from 1982 to 1989, including as in-house counsel, Secretary and Vice President. Mr. Kreitzer is a Member of the California Bar, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of San Francisco.