Item 2. Properties
Item 2. Properties.
As of December 31, 2022, we lease approximately 54,000 square feet of combined laboratory and office space in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that we use for our research, development and manufacturing efforts. The lease for approximately 7,000 square feet of office space expires in September 2023, and the lease covering the remaining combined laboratory and office space expires in October 2031.
As of December 31, 2022, we also lease additional U.S. office space in Boston, Massachusetts and European office space in Zug, Switzerland, and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
In December 2019, we entered into a lease agreement for our second commercial gene therapy facility ("ASTRA") in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, which contained an option to purchase the building. In January 2021, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (“PSA”) with Northfield I, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company to acquire ASTRA, and the related purchase closed in March 2021. In June 2021, we entered into a Standard Form of Contract for Construction and the corresponding General Conditions of the Contract for Construction with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company (“Whiting-Turner”), pursuant to which Whiting-Turner is constructing and managing the construction of ASTRA. The facility is under construction and expected to be completed and validated in 2023. Refer to Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II of Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding this transaction.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The information set forth in Note 6 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
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