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Special Focus: Retail (August 2006)

Rubbing shoulders with retail? MORE MEDICAL SPACE IS POPPING WHERE PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING   By Sonja Pedersen-Green Retail locations might just be a new hotspot for medical properties. Although small clinics in big box retail stores have been around for a few years, the new trend might be integrated medical office/retail development, or the placement […]

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Q&A: Joe Kurzydym of Lillibridge (August 2006)

By Murray W. Wolf Joe Kurzydym is an executive vice president (EVP) and the chief financial officer with Lillibridge, a Chicago-based healthcare real estate firm that owns or manages 10 million square feet of medical properties for more than 250 hospitals and health systems in more than 40 states. Headed by namesake president and CEO […]

News & Analysis: (August 2006)

M&O nabs Novant portfolio MEADOWS & OHLY ACQUIRES EIGHT MOBs FOR $121.7 MILLION By John Mugford   As expected, interest was extremely keen for a portfolio of five Class A medical office buildings (MOBs) offered for sale in recent months by Novant Health Inc., a growing, eight-hospital system based in Winston-Salem, N.C. After receiving offers […]

Market Focus: Los Angeles (August 2006)

  Med real estate developers still love L.A. UPGRADES, EXPANSIONS, SEISMIC STANDARDS KEEP LOS ANGELES’ MARKET STRONG   By John Mugford Here comes the big one! No, not that one – hopefully. However, in most cities throughout California the main topic on the minds of folks involved in healthcare and healthcare real estate is Senate […]

Industry Pulse (August 2006)

  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Now that the long-anticipated $121.7 million Novant Health medical office building (MOB) portfolio sale has finally closed (please see “M&O nabs Novant portfolio” article to the right), does that bring the era of $100 million-plus MOB portfolio sales to an end? Not quite, according to industry sources. Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ […]

Special Report: BOMA Conference: MOB Strategies (August 2006)

Why develop non-acute care real estate? BOMA MOB CONFERENCE DELVES INTO THE STATEGIES BEHIND OUTPATIENT FACILITIES   By Murray W. Wolf   At first glance, the impetus for developing new outpatient facilities can seem as simple as a need for more space. But upon closer examination, there are usually myriad other reasons – many of […]

Senior Living Notes (July 2006)

Nordberg to head new joint venture FORMER MEDICAL OFFICE PROPERTIES CEO SETS SITES ON SENIOR HOUSING   By Murray W. Wolf   Former Medical Office Properties Inc. chief executive Edward P. Nordberg Jr. will head a new joint venture aimed at acquiring, financing and investing in senior housing and healthcare-related properties. NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. […]

Publisher’s letter (July 2006)

More exciting than soybeans BOMA MOB SEMINAR DRAWS A HEALTHY CROP OF ATTENDEES Dear Reader: A few years ago, before I was fortunate enough to hire John Mugford as our editor, I was interviewing candidates for that vital editorial position. I had a great interview with one well-qualified candidate and offered her the job. The […]

Outpatient Projects (July 2006)

Norton’s new MOB is just the beginning HEALTH SYSTEM HAS BIG PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN AND EAST LOUISVILLE CAMPUSES   By Sonja Pedersen-Green Even though Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare earlier this month opened the $20 million first phase of a new campus in the fast-growing eastern part of town, it has no plans to neglect its […]

Inpatient Projects (July 2006)

State denies Orlando children’s hospital NEMOURS’ OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE STILL COMMITTED TO NEW FLORIDA FACILITY By John Mugford The Nemours Foundation of Jacksonville, Fla., has suffered a major setback in its goal to build a new children’s hospital in Orlando, Fla. In mid-June, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) denied Nemours’ application […]

Transactions (July 2006)

A hospital redevelopment success story 642,000 S.F. ELIZABETH PLACE IS ON THE BLOCK IN DAYTON, OHIO   By John Mugford   Here at Healthcare Real Estate Insights™, we’re not in the practice of writing promotional pieces about medical properties on the sale block. But in Dayton, Ohio, the Washington, D.C.-based office of Marcus & Millichap […]

Q&A: John Cobb of GE HFS (July 2006)

Reorganization is paying off for GE HFS JOHN COBB SEES BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HIS GROUP AND THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE   By Murray W. Wolf   John Cobb is senior managing director of the real estate financing team for GE Healthcare Financial Services (GE HFS). A few weeks before GE HFS announced a whopping […]

HREI Project Case Study (July 2006

A study in gaining neighborhood support HOW UCSF TURNED PUBLIC OPINION FOR ITS MISSION BAY HOSPITAL PLAN   Note: Much of the information contained in this article came from an informational session during the 2006 International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design and Construction (PDC). PDC, which was held in late February in […]

Product Focus: LTACs (July 2006)

LTACS face payment freeze EVEN SO, SOME INDUSTRY REAL ESTATE SOURCES REMAIN OPTIMISTIC By Sonja Pedersen-Green On the surface, recent proposals to change the federal payment system for long-term acute care hospitals (LTACS) might seem quite damaging to the operators and owners of such facilities. That’s because the final rule proposals, announced in recent months […]

Market Focus: Washington, D.C. (July 2006)

Washington providers are capitalizing AGING (AND GROWING) POPULATION, OUTDATED FACILITIES KEEP D.C. AREA HUMMING By John Mugford   While healthcare development might not be booming in the Greater Washington area like it has in recent years – one industry insider pegged the activity level at “medium” – the number of current and planned projects remains […]