ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities is a life-science-focused REIT whose tenant demand tracks biotech/pharma R&D funding and NIH budgets, giving it indirect exposure to healthcare and research policy.
Govt Dependence
20/100
Regulatory Density
35/100
Lobbying Intensity
8/100
Political Signal
LOW
BusinessWhat ARE does
ARE develops, owns, and leases specialized laboratory and office real estate clustered around major life-science hubs (Boston, San Francisco, San Diego). Revenue is overwhelmingly rental income from biotech, pharma, and academic/research tenants under long-term leases.
12 months past · 3 months futureARE activity timeline
Congress
buy
sell
Insider · Form 4
open-market buy
Hedge fund · 13F
opened
+ added
− trimmed
closed
holds
Bills
past action (this ticker)
upcoming markup (sector)
★ carveout (this ticker)
250 trading days ·
17 congressional trades shown
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2 insider buys
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8 13F filings
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0 past bill actions
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3 upcoming markups
Executive Branch ConflictsARE held by Trump-administration officials
1 cabinet/senior official reported ARE positions in OGE Form 278 disclosures across 2 filings.
Lifetime Government AwardsARE federal contracts
ARE doesn't hold direct federal contracts.
Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.
Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding ARE
$2.89B
Total ARE held by tracked 13F funds
4
Funds with ARE positions
Two Sigma Investments
$2.83B
+964%
3 overlap
2026-03-31
Citadel Advisors
$28M
+104%
9 overlap
2025-12-31
D.E. Shaw & Co.
$21M
+112%
9 overlap
2025-12-31
Millennium Management
$19M
holds
9 overlap
2025-12-31
Politicians Trading AREMembers of Congress with recent ARE positions
5 politicians traded ARE across 39 disclosed transactions totaling $1.4M (last 730 days).
Greed score = composite of trade frequency, volume & recency across the politician's entire history (not just ARE). 0-30 LOW · 30-60 MID · 60+ HIGH.
Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading ARE
2026-04-14
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2026-03-23
Michael T. McCaul
Purchase
$100,001 - $250,000
2026-01-29
Ro Khanna
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-12-19
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-11-18
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-10-10
Michael T. McCaul
purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-10-22
Michael T. McCaul
purchase
$100,001 - $250,000
2025-10-27
Michael T. McCaul
Sale
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-10-27
Michael T. McCaul
sale
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-10-22
Michael T. McCaul
Purchase
$100,001 - $250,000
2025-10-10
Michael T. McCaul
Purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-09-18
Michael T. McCaul
purchase
$50,001 - $100,000
30+ trades on file · most recent 2026-05-08
Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock
Open-market buys
C
Insider signal score 40/100 · 1 distinct insiders · 3 open-market buys totaling $2.3M in the last 180 days.
2026-02-12
MARCUS JOEL S
Executive Chairman
BUY
17,300 sh
$930K
Stock awards & option exercises
16
stock awards · $8.7M market value
2026-04-15
Woronoff Michael A
Director
AWARD
407 sh
$19K
2026-04-15
Hash Steve
Director
AWARD
343 sh
$16K
2026-04-15
Cain James P
Director
AWARD
145 sh
$7K
2026-04-15
McGrath Sheila K.
Director
AWARD
129 sh
$6K
2026-04-15
KLEIN RICHARD HUNTER
Director
AWARD
112 sh
$5K
2026-03-31
Gavinet Andres
Chief Accounting Officer
AWARD
32,314 sh
$1.5M
2026-03-31
Foger Jenna R.
EVP - Co-Lead - Life Science
AWARD
21,543 sh
$1.0M
2026-03-31
Boss Michael E.
Co-Regional Market Director
AWARD
21,543 sh
$1.0M
For ARE, executives receive stock primarily as compensation rather than via open-market purchases — typical for established large-cap firms.
Bills Affecting ARELive legislation impacting this stock
S.673 · 118th
Small Business Child Care Investment Act
S.1045 · 118th
Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act
SRES.89 · 118th
A resolution recognizing the duty of the Senate to abandon Modern Monetary Theory and recognizing that the acceptance of Modern Mo
S.601 · 118th
Flood Insurance Affordability Act
HR.1313 · 118th
Transparency in CFPB Cost-Benefit Analysis Act
HR.1309 · 118th
To require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Floo
HR.1307 · 118th
To repeal the mandatory flood insurance coverage requirement for commercial properties located in flood hazard areas, and for othe
S.639 · 118th
Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2023
S.657 · 118th
Neighborhood Homes Investment Act
HR.1384 · 118th
Middle Class Mortgage Insurance Premium Act of 2021
Political ProfileWhere ARE sits in Washington
nonpartisan
As a REIT, ARE moves mainly on interest rates and biotech leasing demand; policy news (NIH funding, drug pricing) affects it indirectly and rarely drives sharp single-day moves.
Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities
Regulatory threats
- NIH/federal research funding cuts
- Drug-pricing reforms reducing biotech capital
- Rising rates / capital markets stress on REITs
- Reduced biotech venture funding
Regulatory opportunities
- Increased NIH/science funding
- Favorable R&D tax incentives
- Life-science onshoring/biomanufacturing incentives
LobbyingWho's hired to advocate for ARE
NareitBIO (Biotechnology Innovation Organization)
Member intelligence layer
Live signals + predictions for ARE — for Founders
The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:
- Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades ARE
- Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
- Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
- SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
- Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
- Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord
Frequently AskedAbout ARE & political exposure
Does Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE) hold federal contracts?
No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.
Which Trump cabinet officials own ARE stock?
1 Trump cabinet members or senior White House staff have disclosed holdings in ARE on their OGE 278 financial disclosures, including Donald J. Trump. See the Cabinet Conflicts panel for details.
Has Congress traded ARE stock?
131 congressional trades by 11 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2026-04-14. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.
What is ARE political risk profile?
Government dependence: 20/100. Lobbying intensity: 8/100. Political signal: low. Donor party split: nonpartisan.
How does GovGreed track ARE political activity?
GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. ARE data is updated daily from these official federal sources.