Industrial & Flex Real Estate for Life Sciences & Pharma

Interurban Properties is a specialized commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm serving pharmaceutical, life sciences, and healthcare operators whose facilities are critical to how their businesses function.

From industrial and flex site selection to owner-user and investment sales, we help clients secure, optimize, and transact real estate that supports regulated processes, complex infrastructure, and future growth - not just square footage.

Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, we focus on operations-driven industrial and flex properties, including pharmaceutical manufacturing real estate in the Carolinas for regulated, production-critical facilities, as well as life sciences production, medical distribution, and cold-chain facilities across key markets in North and South Carolina.

Most commercial real estate firms try to cover every property type and every user.  We don't.

Our practice is built exclusively around industrial and flex real estate for life sciences, pharmaceutical, and healthcare operators - where facilities are operational assets, not interchangeable boxes.

When power, loading, zoning, temperature control, compliance, and future expansion matter, general brokerage falls short.

That focus allows us to:

• Identify operational and regulatory risk before it surfaces in due diligence  or construction.
• Align real estate decisions with how facilities actually function
• Execute with speed and certainty in complex transactions
• Protect capital in high-stakes, mission-critical assets
• Coordinate with internal legal, compliance, and quality teams to integrate with enterprise governance

Large firms often overlook this segment.  We've built our business around it.

We advise operators, owner-users, and investors across life sciences and healthcare-driven industries, including:

• Pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors
• Life sciences and medical device manufacturers
• Medical and pharmaceutical supply distributors
• Cold-chain and temperature-controlled operators needing specialized cold-chain real estate advisory across key Carolinas markets. 
• Diagnostic and specialty laboratories (non-wet lab)
• Home health, DME, and specialty care organizations
• Healthcare-related light manufacturing and assembly users

Most clients occupy or invest in industrial and flex facilities ranging from 5,000 square feet and up, including complex, operations-driven properties.

Life sciences and pharmaceutical operators face materially different real estate requirements than traditional tenants.

We understand:

• Zoning and permitted-use constraints
• Power, loading, and infrastructure demands
• Clean manufacturing and regulatory considerations
• Cold-chain and temperature-controlled requirements
• Build-out feasibility and future expansion planning
• Long-term operational risk - not just lease economics
• Coordination with enterprise internal teams (legal, QA, compliance, operations)

Where large brokerages treat these as edge cases, we treat them as the baseline.

Tenant Representation

We represent pharmaceutical, life sciences, and healthcare operators in:

• Industrial and flex site selection
• Lease negotiations and structuring
• Expansion, consolidation, and relocation strategies
• Multi-market searches across the Carolinas

Owner-User Sales & Advisory

We advise owner-occupants on:

• Acquisition of industrial and flex buildings
• SBA and owner-user financing strategies
• Long-term facility and growth planning

Investment Sales & Advisory

We work with owners and investors of:

• Healthcare- and Pharma-occupied industrial and flex assets
• Life sciences manufacturing and distribution facilities
• Cold-chain and specialized logistics properties

Our services integrate with enterprise governance frameworks to ensure decisions align with operational, regulatory, and strategic objectives.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, we advise clients throughout key life sciences, pharmaceutical, and industrial corridors across North and South Carolina, including:

• Charlotte Metro
• Piedmont Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point)
• Research Triangle (industrial-adjacent markets)
• Greenville-Spartanburg
• Select logistics and distribution markets across the Carolinas

We expand by use case and corridor - not by chasing geography.

1. Get our framework for pharmaceutical manufacturing site selection in the Carolinas in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Site Selection in the Carolinas.
2. See how life sciences growth is reshaping industrial demand in the Southeast in Life Sciences Growth Reshapes Industrial Demand in the Southeast.
3. Learn how secondary industrial markets across the Carolinas are redefining industrial growth and logistics strategy in Unlocking the Carolinas: Insights on Emerging Industrial Hubs.

In a market defined by:

• Slower growth
• Higher interest rates
• Tighter capital
• Operational efficiency over expansion

Pharmaceutical, life sciences, and healthcare operators continue to transact - but only with advisors who understand how their businesses actually operate and integrate with enterprise governance.

That's why we add value.

• Specialized industrial and flex focus
• Pharmaceutical, healthcare & life sciences expertise
• Regional Carolinas coverage
• Senior-level, hands-on attention
• Clear communication and disciplined execution
• Integration with internal legal, compliance, and quality teams
• One one-size-fits-all approach

We don't chase volume.  We focus on getting the right deals done - the right way.

If your operation depends on your facility actually working, we should talk.

Whether you're:

• Leasing or buying industrial space
• Expanding or consolidating operations
• Planning a specialized build-out
• Quietly evaluating a sale

We bring clarity and execution to complex, high-stakes real estate decisions.

Contact us today to start the conversation.