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Senior Living (September 2006)

A $649 million whopper in senior sector VENTAS AGREES TO BUY 67 FACILITES FROM CANADIAN FAMILY FOR $649 MILLION By John Mugford Ventas Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust that concentrates on senior healthcare facilities, recently announced that it has entered into a blockbuster of a deal to acquire 67 healthcare and senior […]

Publisher’s Letter (September 2006)

The alternative to ‘alternative’ INSTITUTIONS CONSIDER MEDICAL REAL ESTATE ‘CORE-PLUS’ Dear Reader: It wasn’t long ago that medical office buildings (MOBs) and other healthcare real estate assets were viewed as a quirky little corner of the commercial real estate market. But, as we have seen since the launch of this newsletter in January 2003, MOBs […]

Publisher’s Letter (September 2006)

Winds of change at HCN REIT PLANS $877M MERGER WITH WINDROSE By John Mugford   Coming into 2006, officers with Windrose Medical Properties Trust had no plans for the company to merge with another firm, or to be acquired. Yet, in recent weeks, Indianapolis-based Windrose was part of a big deal – a very big […]

Transactions (September 2006)

Washington REIT continues MOB spree REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST PICKS UP PORTFOLIO FOR $94 MILLION By John Mugford Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT), a publicly traded real estate investment trust (NYSE: WRE), has acquired a portfolio of offices that includes a medical office building (MOB) in the northern Washington, D.C., suburbs for $94 million. […]

Project Case Study: Madonna ProActive (September 2006)

Madonna ProActive focuses on health NEBRASKA MEDICAL FITNESS CENTER EMPHASIZES PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE, REHAB   By Sonja Pedersen-Green   There are at least a couple of reasons why hospital-affiliated medical fitness centers are a growing trend in secondary market cities. First, hospitals in such locales seem to have the ability and time to provide services beyond […]

Product Focus: Medical Fitness Centers (September 2006)

Hospitals look to get ‘fit’ MEDICAL FITNESS CENTERS ARE A GROWING TREND   By Sonja Pedersen-Green   Not only do medical fitness centers have the ability to keep people healthy, but they have the capacity to make hospitals feel better – financially and image-wise – as well. That’s because medical fitness centers are typically affiliated […]

Outpatient Notes (September 2006)

Phoenix developer plans massive project ALGODON MED OFFICE PARK WOULD CONTAIN 4.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET   By John Mugford   In what would undoubtedly be the largest medical project in the West Valley of the Phoenix metro area, a development firm run by well-known businessman John F. Long and his family plan to break ground […]

Inpatient Projects (September 2006)

Bayou budget crunch complicates plans RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS COULD COMPLICATE LOUISIANA REBUILDING EFFORT   By John Mugford   BATON ROUGE, La. – Recently, Louisiana State University (LSU) officials made good-news announcements about a potential plan to build new hospitals in downtown New Orleans and in Baton Rouge to replace two charity hospitals lost to Hurricane […]

Industry Pulse (September 2006)

BOSTON – Tufts-New England Medical Center and New England Baptist Hospital, both based in downtown Boston, plan to build a suburban hospital with up to 190 beds and a $300 million price tag. Both hospitals are affiliated with the Tufts University School of Medicine. The hospitals have not yet named a specific location. The project […]

Company Profile: Mercatus Group (September 2006)

Mercatus pursues 3-in-1 MOB model DEVELOPER OFFERS ANCILLARY CARE AND OFFICE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, TOO By Dan Emerson As any small business owner knows, independence has its challenges. Over the past two decades, many independent physicians have experienced this truism firsthand. Many report that they’ve struggled with multiple challenges, including steadily declining third-party reimbursements and growing […]