Founded in 1994, Alexandria Real Estate Equities is an American urban office real estate investment trust. Focused on technology and life science campuses, the company has an asset base that consists of 28.4 million square feet. This includes 20.6 million rentable square feet (RSF) of operating properties and 7.8 million square feet of future development projects. The company's main properties are located in San Francisco, Greater Boston, New York City, Seattle, San Diego, Research Triangle Park and Maryland. Included to the S&P 500 index, the Alexandria Real Estate Equites REIT share price (ARE) is set and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).