Advance Realty Group LLC
05/29/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/29/2026 13:11
Continuum Brings the Future of R&D to Bridgewater
The next generation of research and development real estate is no longer defined by isolated lab buildings or traditional office campuses. Today's most innovative companies need environments that support the full lifecycle of discovery, from research and prototyping to production, distribution and workplace collaboration.
Located along Route 202/206 in Somerset County, Continuum has been designed to bring those functions together within one connected campus. The project is planned for up to 1.1 million square feet of purpose-built facilities across 60 acres in the heart of New Jersey's storied "Life Sciences Alley".
A Campus Built Around the Full Innovation Lifecycle
For life science and advanced technology companies, real estate has become a strategic operating platform. The distance between research, manufacturing, logistics and talent can have a direct impact on efficiency, cost, speed to market and long-term growth.
Continuum is designed around this shift, with a campus plan that integrates specialized life science space, advanced manufacturing, logistics and shared amenities within one cohesive environment.
The campus is planned to include:
830,000 square feet of dedicated life science facilities
250,000 square feet for advanced manufacturing and logistics
20,000 square feet of retail and amenity space, including a central pavilion for collaboration
That mix is important. Modern R&D and life science real estate is not simply about square footage. Companies are looking for highly adaptable environments that can support specialized infrastructure, evolving technical requirements, workforce needs and future expansion. By combining R&D, production, logistics and amenities within one coordinated setting, Continuum reflects where the market is heading.
The Power of Place in Life Science Real Estate
The choice of Bridgewater is strategic. Somerset County sits at the center of New Jersey's life science economy, with the highest concentration of specialized degree-holders in biopharma and medical devices in the state. New Jersey also ranks first nationally for its concentration of scientists and engineers and is home to seven of the world's top 10 pharmaceutical companies, reinforcing the state's role as one of the country's most important life science markets.
For companies evaluating where to grow, that talent ecosystem matters. Continuum's Bridgewater location gives tenants access to a highly educated workforce and a direct talent pipeline from nearby institutions including Princeton University, Rutgers University, Lehigh University and Raritan Valley Community College.
Continuum also benefits from immediate access to Routes 202 and 206, with convenient connections to I-287 and I-78. That regional connectivity links the campus to Newark Liberty International Airport, the Port of New York and New Jersey, New York City, Princeton, Pennsylvania and other major Northeast business centers.
"Continuum reflects a fundamental shift in how R&D environments are conceived. Rather than isolated facilities, today's users require connected ecosystems… to enhance efficiency, accelerate timelines, and support collaboration at scale."
Peter Cocoziello, President and CEO, Advance Realty Investors
Built on Advance's R&D and Build-to-Suit Experience
Continuum is a natural extension of Advance Realty Investors' development expertise and long history of complex development, build-to-suit execution and corporate real estate solutions. For more than four decades, Advance has developed, acquired and repositioned assets across office, industrial, mixed-use, retail, multifamily and life science sectors.
That experience is especially relevant in the life science and R&D space, where the requirements are often more complex than conventional commercial development. Advance's prior work includes build-to-suit and corporate projects for companies such as Panasonic, Eisai, Bayer, Freshpet, Phillips Van Heusen, Allied Beverage, Atochem, and Chubb.
The Bridgewater campus also builds on Advance's work at the Advance Innovation Center at NJCoE, the former Sanofi U.S. Research and Development Campus. There, Advance executed a business plan that included re-tenanting significant lab, office and GMP space for a wide range of R&D and life science users.
Redefining the Modern Innovation Campus
The strongest innovation campuses are no longer defined by a single building type. They are defined by how well they support the flow of ideas, people, materials and operations. Research needs access to production. Production needs access to logistics. Employees need amenities, flexibility and a workplace environment that supports collaboration.
Continuum is designed around that complete ecosystem. It brings together the physical infrastructure of R&D and advanced manufacturing with the campus planning, amenities and regional connectivity that modern companies require. For Bridgewater, it reinforces the township's position as a key node in New Jersey's life science economy. For Advance, it represents another major investment in real estate designed for long-term performance.
As the life science and advanced manufacturing sectors continue to evolve, the most competitive real estate will be the kind that allows companies to move faster, operate smarter and scale with confidence. Continuum is being developed for exactly that purpose.
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