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Inpatient Projects: $2B hospital plans gain OK in S.F.

Scaled-down, 274-bed Cathedral Hill facility planned; St. Luke’s to be rebuilt By Dan Emerson After five months of negotiations that led to a long-awaited compromise, California Pacific Medical Center recently gained city approval to go ahead with its planned $2 billion Cathedral Hill hospital and a related rebuild of St. Luke’s Hospital. Opposition by some […]

Duke Realty is developing the two-story, 37,000 square foot Scott & White Cancer Center-Hillcrest adjacent to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, Texas.
Rendering courtesy of Duke Realty

Outpatient Projects: Duke Realty adding two Texas MOBs

Firm developing medical office buildings on Scott & White Healthcare campuses By John B. Mugford Two outpatient projects are underway on the campuses of two major hospitals in the Texas cities of Waco and Temple. Both of the facilities are being developed by Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE), which has an office in Dallas, […]

Companies & People: Griffin-American crosses the ocean for a big senior housing purchase

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on healthcare properties, recently entered an agreement to acquire 44 senior housing and care facilities in England, Scotland and the island of Jersey.

Post-Acute & Senior Living: CNL Lifestyle Properties Inc. buys CCRC in Indianapolis suburb for $22 million

ORLANDO, Fla. – CNL Lifestyle Properties Inc. announced July 2 that has acquired The Stratford, a 221-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Carmel, Ind., for $22 million.

Not sure what to do with that old hospital campus? How about a CCRC?
Photo courtesy of Silvercrest

Industry Pulse: Ex-Hospital Reborn as Senior Housing

As more hospitals close in the wake of healthcare reform, increasingly the question is becoming: What do we do with the old campus? At least one ex-hospital, a former tuberculosis facility that was later used as a mental health center and school for disabled children, has found new life as a senior living community. A […]

Capital Markets: What does the future hold for ACOs?

Capital Markets: What does the future hold for ACOs?

Return on investment looks to be shaky, but the model’s concept remains strong By now, everyone knows about the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, which was part in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Conceptually, ACOs should result in cost-savings for providers that assume certain […]

Post-Acute & Senior Living: Recovery in jeopardy? Senior living fundamentals softened during first quarter

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) reports that upward momentum in senior housing occupancy stalled during the second quarter (Q2) of 2013, while the pace of annual rent growth slowed and overall construction activity rose.

Companies & People: Veteran HRE Developer Todd Varney joins NexCore Group in Denver

DENVER – After being in the business of developing healthcare projects for essentially the same company for the last 20 years, Todd H. Varney felt there was no time like the present to make a change of scenery for himself and his family and find a new place to hang his hat.

REIT Report: Physicians Realty Trust holds IPO

REIT Report: Physicians Realty Trust holds IPO

Healthcare REIT goes public with nearly $120 million and a 19-asset portfolio By Murray W. Wolf Add another name to the growing list of healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs): Physicians Realty Trust. The Milwaukee-based REIT begn trading on the New York Stock Exchange July 19 under the stock symbol DOC. Five days later, Physicians […]

Rendina Cos.' three-story, 60,000 square foot Harker Heights Medical Pavilion opened last year. It was developed in conjunction with, and is located on, the new campus of the Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, about 80 miles north of Austin, Texas. Photo courtesy of Rendina Cos.

Q&A: Rendina Cos.’s remarkable rebound

It’s been a rocky road, but the pioneering development firm is once again on a roll By Murray W. Wolf Editor’s note: An edited version of this article appeared in the July 2013 edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™. What follows includes a complete transcript of the interview with Richard Rendina. This doesn’t seem like it […]

Companies and People: Harrison Street’s 4th fund closes

Investors contribute $750 million to fund that includes MOBs and other HRE By John B. Mugford Judging by the speed with which Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC completed the final closing of its fourth opportunistic fund, the firm has evidently found what real estate investors are looking for. And a big part of what […]

Outpatient Projects: Large physician group to lease MOB under construction in K.Y.

PURCHASE, N.Y. ­– An under-construction MOB will propel an already fast-growing, independent medical practice headquartered in the suburbs of New York City to grow even larger. WESTMED Medical Group, which has more than 225 physicians in a variety of locations, has signed a long-term lease to occupy all of the space in a medical building […]

Inpatient Projects: 30-year-old Aspen, Colo., hospital gets city approval for final phases of expansion

ASPEN, Colo. – After several public meetings, Aspen Valley Hospital recently gained City Council approval for the final two phases of its expansion, which includes a two-story addition, an expanded basement, a new service road, a new entryway and an emergency room. These third and fourth phases of the hospital’s expansion would add 83,000 square […]

Outpatient Projects: ProHealth Care plans $70M cancer center in western Milwaukee suburb

PEWAUKEE, Wis. ­– Waukesha, Wis.-based ProHealth Care has plans to build a new cancer center in Greater Milwaukee that would become the hub of the system’s cancer care program.

Residence at Watertown Square, Watertown, MA (Rendering courtesy of LCB Senior Living)

Post-Acute and Senior Living: LCB gets funding for initial projects

Cushman arranges $38.3 million finance new operator’s first developments By Murray W. Wolf LCB Senior Living LLC is moving ahead with the development of its first two senior living communities in the northeastern United States thanks to $38.3 million in debt and equity financing arranged by Cushman and Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets Group.   […]