PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) announced today the tax treatment of its Year 2010 dividend distributions as described in the chart below. Shareholders are encouraged to consult with their own tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. distributions.


                                                             25%
                                        Taxable    15%    Sec.1250
                        Distributions  Ordinary  Capital   Capital  Return of
    Security  CUSIP #     per Share    Dividend   Gain      Gain     Capital
    --------  -------     ---------    --------   ----      ----     -------

    Common
      Stock   015271109      $1.40       77.2%     0.0%      0.0%     22.8%

    Series C
    Preferred
      Stock   015271406   $2.09375      100.0%     0.0%      0.0%      0.0%

    Series D
    Preferred
      Stock   015271505      $1.75      100.0%     0.0%      0.0%      0.0%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Landlord of Choice to the Life Science Industry®, is the largest owner and preeminent first-in-class REIT focused principally on cluster development through the ownership, operation, management, selective acquisition, redevelopment, and development of properties containing life science laboratory space. Alexandria is the leading provider of high-quality, environmentally sustainable real estate, technical infrastructure, and services to the broad and diverse life science industry. Client tenants include institutional (universities and independent not-for-profit institutions), pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, product, service, and government agencies. Alexandria's primary business objective is to maximize stockholder value by providing its stockholders with the greatest possible total return based on a multi-faceted platform of internal and external growth. Alexandria's operating platform is based on the principle of "clustering" with assets and operations located adjacent to life science entities driving growth and technological advances within each cluster.

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