Feature Story: Systems are relying more on real estate
Ambulatory strategies can help in a shifting market , Revista panel says By John B. Mugford Experienced healthcare real estate (HRE) professionals know that their success hinges on having a firm grasp of the challenges, opportunities and objectives of their health system clients, who are the driving force behind the HRE market. Those client concerns […]
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Feature Story: The architect of Remedy’s rise
HRE Executive of the Year Peter Westmeyer led the largest MOB acquisition ever By John B. Mugford It was the deal heard ‘round the healthcare real estate (HRE) world – and beyond, for that matter, as the transaction also made headlines in mainstream commercial real estate media nationwide. We’re talking, of course, about the blockbuster […]
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Feature Story: ‘Bigger was better’ for debt in 2025
Amid a resurgence in portfolio deals, lenders stepped up, Revista panelists say By John B. Mugford As those involved in the medical outpatient building (MOB) sales business are well aware, portfolio deals made a big comeback in 2025, especially in the second half of the year. The return of the portfolio, as it turns out, […]
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Feature Story: HRE activity is showing an encouraging uptick
New RevistaMed data reveals a rise in both sales and development By John B. Mugford This might be the news we’ve been waiting for. One year ago, at the Revista Medical Real Estate Investment Forum (MREIF) in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., the Revista team reported that healthcare real estate (HRE) activity had remained “muted” during […]
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Feature Story: PJ Camp: There from the beginning
He closed $17 billion in transactions and helped to create the HRE sector By John B. Mugford In a way, perhaps Philip J. “PJ” Camp did stumble into a business sector that, while it would eventually take off and grow, wasn’t even considered a business sector back in the mid-1990s. But then again, he does […]
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News Release: 2025 HREI Insights Awards Winners announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ presents awards to the 2025 winners of the only comprehensive national program recognizing excellence in healthcare real estate RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif., Feb. 3, 2026 – Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ has announced the Winners of the 2025 HREI Insights Awards™, the only national awards dedicated to recognizing excellence […]
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Feature Story: 85% of MOB investors plan to invest more in 2026
Optimism abounds in CBRE’s annual survey and ‘State of the Market’ webcast By John B. Mugford NATIONAL – Although there are still some potential hurdles to overcome for the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector, optimism among those involved is about as high as it can get heading into the rest of 2026. In fact, according […]
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Feature Story: U.S. healthcare industry outlook? Not great.
During Cushman webinar, Advisory Board speaker explores the many challenges By John B. Mugford As for the current status of the U.S. healthcare system, things are not looking all that good on a number of fronts. For example, the country is on the verge of losing many of the safety nets available to the most […]
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Cover Story: Q&A with Newmark’s HRE group
After $4.3 billion in 2025 volume, the team discusses its 2026 outlook By John B. Mugford It was only five years or so ago, in 2020, when the U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets team at New York-based Newmark Group Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) was built “from the ground up,” as one of the professionals on the team […]
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Feature Story: MOB sales increased in 2025
GlobeSt. panel says a more receptive lending environment buoyed investment Session also offered an inside look at the historic Welltower portfolio transaction By John B. Mugford As far as the owners of healthcare real estate (HRE) facilities are concerned, there are several reasons to be optimistic that the transaction market is seeing an uptick from […]
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Feature Story: Top 10 healthcare real estate stories of 2025
Growing optimism, lower interest rates and the biggest MOB deal ever NATIONAL – If there was a major change in the healthcare real estate (HRE) and medical outpatient building (MOB) sector that took place in 2025, it was that optimism, at least from a growing number of professionals involved in space, was on the rise […]
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Transactions: IRA acquires 24 MOBs from HR
Newmark brokered the 1.52 million s.f. sale, valued at an estimated $350 million By John B. Mugford It looks as if the strong run of medical outpatient building (MOB) portfolio sales in the second half of 2025 is going to continue right to the end of the year. HREI™ has learned that a big portfolio […]
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Feature Story: Healthcare: The ‘Steady Eddie’ of CRE
But expiring Obamacare subsidies, other issues concern GlobeSt. panel By John B. Mugford During what can only be described as a strong, profitable era for the owners of medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) and other types of healthcare real estate (HRE) facilities, uncertainty is perhaps the only potential dark cloud on the horizon. This uncertainty includes […]
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Feature Story: HRE demand drivers remain strong
John Chang explores the economy and this sector at the GlobeSt. conference By John B. Mugford When economist John Chang addressed the audience upon first arriving on the stage at last week’s GlobeSt. Healthcare Real Estate Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., he shared that he’d had quite a hectic drive and was perhaps uncertain about whether […]
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Feature Story: REITs are selling MOBs, not buying. Why?
InterFace panelists reflect on those market dynamics and the year ahead By John B. Mugford The topic du jour during a “state of the sector” panel session at the 14th annual InterFace Healthcare Real Estate Southeast conference in mid-November in Nashville, Tenn., was the biggest arm’s length medical outpatient building (MOB) transaction of all time. […]
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Transactions: AW Property Company buys six MOBs from Healthcare Realty for $171 million
CBRE brokered sale of a Bon Secours portfolio in Greater Richmond, Va. By John B. Mugford In remaining true to its strategy of being “patient and disciplined” when it comes to making acquisitions, North Palm Beach, Fla.-based AW Property Company, a longtime healthcare real estate (HRE) firm focused on medical outpatient buildings (MOBs), closed on […]
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People & Companies: John Sweet, founder of Physicians Realty Trust, passes away
The self-proclaimed ‘late bloomer’ was given HREI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022 MEQUON, Wis. – One of the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector’s best-known and most-respected professionals has passed away. John Wheaton Sweet Jr., who was born in Springfield, Mass., and spent much of his adult life in Greater Milwaukee, died this past Sunday, Nov. […]
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Transactions: Davis secures $171M refinancing
Loan from Capital One funds 820,000 s.f. portfolio, plus a $250M line of credit, By John B. Mugford Minneapolis-based Davis, one of the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector’s longest-standing firms, has secured a $171 million refinancing for a 19-property portfolio with more than 820,000 square feet of space in eight states. In addition to the […]
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Companies & People: Navigating California’s Inland Empire
Focusing on one region has made Lon Mapes the area’s go-to resource for HRE By John B. Mugford As HREI™ has noted in several articles over the years, there are certain professionals around the country who are considered to be the go-to healthcare real estate (HRE) resources in their respective markets. When it comes to […]
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Transactions: 18-MOB, 750,000 s.f. portfolio closes for $323 million
Fengate Asset Management was the buyer; Newmark represents the seller, Montecito By John B. Mugford Shortly before this week’s e-newsletter deadline, HREI learned of the closing of a $323 million portfolio sale-recapitalization of a portfolio of 18 medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) totaling about 750,000 square feet across 11 states. Brokering […]
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Feature Story: Q1-Q3 MOB sales were the lowest in a decade
Volume remains slow, Revista says, but the Remedy-Kayne deal will boost Q4 by billions By John B. Mugford Although medical outpatient building (MOB) sales volume remained mired in a slump through the first three quarters of 2025, everyone involved in the sector understands that the volume will rise dramatically in the fourth quarter (Q4). That’s […]
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Transactions: Biggest MOB deal ever: $7.2 billion
Remedy-Kayne acquiring 296-asset, 18 million s.f. Welltower portfolio By John B. Mugford In recent weeks, speculation swirled in healthcare real estate (HRE) circles that a large transaction involving millions of square feet of medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) was in the works – a deal so large that at least one sector insider described it as […]
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Project Case Study: What happens when your anchor tenant goes bankrupt?
For Anchor Health Properties, a solid investment thesis saved the day By John B. Mugford For the owner of any real estate portfolio, the bankruptcy of the anchor tenant can be potentially devastating, even in the ordinarily resilient realm of medical outpatient buildings (MOBs). “There just aren’t too many good stories in our sector over […]
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Feature Story: Demographics, deals and dukes
MedProperties Realty Advisors managing principals share their firm’s story By John B. Mugford It was mid-2007. At the time, healthcare real estate (HRE) was a widely ignored sector within the commercial real estate industry – certainly not considered to be one of the “main food groups.” Also, although no one knew it, the Great Financial […]
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Feature Story: HRE sales are picking up. Here’s why.
InterFace panel cites more capital, lower rates and higher occupancies By John B. Mugford Amid a growing sense that healthcare real estate (HRE) investment activity is picking up, a group of HRE professionals who were part of a recent panel discussion said that they feel quite positive about the sector’s near-term prospects, and they explained […]
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Feature Story: Foreign capital is returning to HRE
At Colliers event, presenters also discuss the return of the portfolio premium By John B. Mugford As medical outpatient building (MOB) sales start to pick up in the second half of 2025 and into 2026 – which many healthcare real estate (HRE) professionals are predicting – a certain type of buyer looks to be getting […]
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Feature Story: A steady sector with mixed signals
InterFace panelists take a ‘30,000 foot’ look at the state of the HRE industry By John B. Mugford Although the healthcare real estate (HRE) industry remains a fruitful, steady place for owners and operators of facilities, there are currently a few mixed signals coming from a wide variety of data points and players in the […]
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News Release: Nominations are now open for 2025 HREI Insights Awards™
Nominations are due Nov. 21, 2025. The 13th annual awards will be presented at the Revista Medical Real Estate Investment Forum (MREIF) Feb. 3, 2026. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 19, 2025 – Nominations are now open for the 2025 HREI Insights Awards™, the first and only comprehensive national awards program totally dedicated to recognizing excellence in the areas of […]
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News Release: CBRE Advises on Sale of Medical Campus Anchored by Fresenius Medical Care in Chicago MSA
CBRE is pleased to announce that it facilitated the sale of the Elk Grove Village Medical Campus, a 52,126-square-foot campus with four medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) located at 901 Biesterfield Road, Elk Grove Village, Illinois to Casa Avore, a private capital group. Chris Bodnar, Brannan Knott, Zack Holderman, Anthony Sardo, Cole Reethof, Jesse Greshin and […]
News Release: Sutter Health’s Arden Care Center Opens a New Chapter in Care
Taylor Design Partners with Sutter Health in Optimizing Design Standards for New Comprehensive Community Healthcare Center in Sacramento Sacramento, CA – Taylor Design announced the completion of the new Sutter Arden Care Center, a state-of-the-art facility that sets a benchmark for the healthcare system’s design standards in Northern California. Conveniently located near a major freeway, […]
News Release: Sanders Capital Partners Acquires Fertility Clinic in Madison, Mississippi for $4.25 Million
Birmingham, Ala. – Sanders Capital Partners, LLC (SCP), a premiere real estate acquisition and development firm, has announced the acquisition of Positive Steps Fertility Clinic, a medical outpatient building located at 149 Fountains Blvd in Madison, Mississippi, for $4.25 million. The 10,135-square-foot facility, built in 2017, serves as the flagship location for Positive Steps Fertility, […]
News Release: WSH Acquisition Greenfield MOB Phoenix AZ
Woodside Health Expands Phoenix Presence with Acquisition of Greenfield Medical Office Building Cleveland, Ohio and Phoenix, Arizona (March 2, 2026) – Woodside Health announced the acquisition of Greenfield Medical Office Building, a 29,828 square foot healthcare property located at 2450 East Guadalupe Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The single story, fully occupied, multi-tenanted medical outpatient and […]
News Release: Farpoint Development and The Landes Group Acquire 175,000 Square Foot On-Campus Medical Office Building in One of Chicago’s Fastest-Growing Suburbs
News Provided By Arrow Strategy Group March 03, 2026, 15:15 GMT CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, March 3, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Chicago-based Farpoint Development and Dallas-based The Landes Group today announced they have closed on the purchase of a premier, on-campus medical office building in Chicago’s southwest suburbs. The acquisition reflects the growing reach of Farpoint and […]
News Release: Expanding Care Close to Home: How Aspirus Houghton Clinic Is Transforming Access in the Keweenaw
In a region where long winters, rural geography, and growing health care needs shape daily life, access to timely, high-quality care isn’t a luxury — it’s essential. That’s why the $5 million renovation and expansion at the Aspirus Houghton Clinic marks more than a construction project. It represents a strategic investment in the long-term health […]
News Release: United Properties Breaks Ground on Amira Lowry, a New Active Adult Community in Denver’s Lowry Neighborhood
DENVER (March 2, 2026) — United Properties announced today the groundbreaking of Amira Lowry, a 154-unit active adult (55-plus) rental community located at 8892 E. Lowry Blvd. in Denver’s highly sought-after Lowry neighborhood. The project marks United Properties’ continued expansion of its successful Amira brand and introduces a thoughtfully designed community tailored to active adults […]
News Release: Florida State University’s Dunlap Football Center Gives Seminoles Football a New Home for Training and Recovery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tallahassee, Fla. — Amid the 2025-26 football season, Florida State University celebrated another milestone in a multi-year athletics-focused transformation: the opening of the Dunlap Football Center, a performance facility that’s designed to deliver a superior training and recovery experience to FSU’s football team. Equipped with state-of-the-art amenities including one of the largest […]
News Release: Berkadia Secures $114.37M in Financing for Nine-Property Assisted Living Portfolio in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Austin, Texas – February 24, 2026 – Berkadia, a distinguished leader in the commercial real estate sector, announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Managing Directors Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, and Austin Sacco, along with AVP Alec Rosenfeld of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, arranged the $114.37 million financing […]
News Release: Scottsdale medical outpatient buildings trade hands
Pima I and II, comprising over 180,000 SF, sold in two separate transactions PHOENIX, Feb. 26, 2026 – JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has completed the sale of Pima I and II, a Class A multi-tenant medical outpatient building and an adjacent sister building with potential to lease to medical and professional tenants in […]
News Release: Major Construction Milestone Achieved for Aspirus Chippewa Falls Hospital and Clinic
(Chippewa Falls, Wis.)– Aspirus Health reached a major construction milestone this week as large, prefabricated sections of its new Aspirus Chippewa Falls Hospital and Clinic were lifted into place by crane and set within the building footprint. Work crews installed Emergency Department modules and roof cassettes during the first half of the week, followed by […]
News Release: Anchor Health Properties Welcomes Chris Jackson as Senior Vice President, Business Development
(Charlottesville, VA) Anchor Health Properties (Anchor), a national full-service healthcare real estate development, management, and investment company focused exclusively on medical outpatient buildings and specialty healthcare facilities, is pleased to announce that Chris S. Jackson has joined the firm as Senior Vice President, Business Development, further strengthening the company’s growing national platform. Chris brings more […]
News Release: Marsha McVicker joins JLL to lead healthcare sales
McVicker brings nearly 25 years of entrepreneurial and healthcare experience to her new leadership role CHICAGO, Feb. 25, 2026 – JLL announced today that it has hired Marsha McVicker as the Solutions Development Principal of its Healthcare Division. In this role, she will be responsible for developing growth strategies that continue to have a meaningful […]
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