Item 2. Properties
Item 2. Properties.
We currently lease office space in New Jersey, with total space of 9,727 square feet. The lease expires in February 2027. Our current rent is $25,939 per month. Starting in August 2025, our annual rent will increase by $0.50 per square foot leased. We additionally pay for the cost of utilities, as well as our share of building real estate taxes and building operating expenses. Payments under the lease are expensed on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
As of December 31, 2024, we occupied office space in Dalian, China, under a rent-free arrangement with the local government. This space, measuring 860.12 square meters, remained in use throughout 2024 while our formal application for rent exemption was under review. The local government office has since approved the rent-free subsidy for the 2024 lease, and as of March 1, 2025, the subsidy is pending disbursement by the government’s finance department. Upon the lease’s expiration on December 31, 2024, we transitioned to a new office space in Dalian, China, under a lease agreement with a different landlord. The new office, effective January 1, 2025, measures 210.65 square meters, with a monthly rent of $1,404. The lease expires on December 31, 2027. Payments under the lease are expensed on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
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SEED has completed the build-out of a wet lab in Pennsylvania to support research and development efforts for the Ubiquitin Platform Technology. SEED currently leases permanent office space and lab space in Pennsylvania, with a total space of approximately 10,086 square feet. Its current rent is $40,125 per month. Starting in June 2025, SEED’s annual rent will increase by 3%. SEED additionally pays for the cost of its utilities, as well as its proportionate share of building real estate taxes, and building operating expenses, and has paid approximately $0.9 million for improvements to the leased property on behalf of the lessor. Payments under the lease are expensed on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. Additionally, SEED has also purchased lab equipment of approximately $1.9 million as of December 31, 2024.
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