Editor’s Letter: We have news aplenty
TRICK IS TO GET IT ALL INTO THE NEWSLETTER John B. Mugford Dear Reader: I’m sitting here at my desk in the beautiful Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka, Minn., occasionally looking out the window upon a beautiful summer day of sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. We just wrapped up this edition of Healthcare Real […]
Special Report: ULI healthcare group flies under radar
URBAN LAND INSTITUTE HAS BEEN QUIETLY DEVELOPING A HEALTHCARE COUNCIL By Murray W. Wolf Most of the growing number of professional associations and media companies that sponsor healthcare real estate conferences seem to think bigger is better. More registrations, more sponsors, more publicity – it’s all good. But the Healthcare and Life Sciences Council of […]
Provider Perspective: Healthcare following familiar pattern
CHW’S JEFF LAND TELLS ULI THAT HE SEES PARALLELS WITH OTHER CHANGES By Murray W. Wolf The world of healthcare facilities architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) went through a period of dramatic change back in 2004-07, according to Jeffrey W. “Jeff” Land. The VP of corporate real estate for San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) […]
Special Report: Recent deals suggest sellers’ market
BOMA PANELISTS EXPLORE IMBALANCE OF REAL ESTATE SUPPLY AND DEMAND By Murray W. Wolf Anyone who has been involved in commercial real estate for more than five minutes knows there is probably no such thing as a “typical” deal. There are too many variables – geographic market, specific location within that market, age of the […]
Inpatient Projects: New replacement opens doors in N.Y.
$350M ORANGE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER REPLACES TWO AGING CAMPUSES By John Mugford New freestanding replacement hospitals don’t come along very often in the state of New York. In fact, it’s been more than two decades since the last new one was completed anywhere in the Empire State. Until now, that is. The 383-bed, $350 million […]
HR Trust to pay $173.5 million for eight Virginia MOBs
RICHMOND, Va. – Nashville, Tenn.-based Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE: HR), a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), entered an agreement in June to acquire eight MOBs affiliated with Richmond-based Bon Secours Health System. According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing by Healthcare Realty, the agreed upon sale price is $173.5 million. The […]
Transactions: MOB sales jumped 29.3 percent in Q2
Q3 COULD SEE BIGGER RISE AS ONE MAJOR DEAL CLOSES, MORE ARE ON THE WAY By John Mugford For the second quarter in a row, medical office building (MOB) sales continued at a somewhat slower pace. However, at least one large portfolio sale is reportedly under contract and expected to close in the third quarter […]
Capital Markets Snapshot: Investors face new opportunities, risks
CUTS ARE LIKELY FOR HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE DEFICIT By Cain Brothers This month, we’ve entered new territory for the healthcare real estate capital markets, as well as for capital markets globally. As we all know, Standard & Poor’s downgraded U.S. Treasury debt to AA+. Despite the downgrade, the 10-year Treasury yields […]
Special Report: Survey: sector is strong
CONSULTANT PROBES PLANS OF PROVIDERS, OWNERS By John Mugford What’s on the minds of hospital and health system executives as they navigate their changing industry? A lot, it’s safe to say. However, when it comes to real estate, one goal of a majority of hospitals that responded to a recent survey is to eventually enter […]
News & Analysis: ProMed buys in Boston
COMPANY PAYS $112M FOR MOB, RESEARCH BUILDING By John Mugford The goal of ProMed Properties is to become the “dominant owner and operator” of medical office buildings (MOB) in high barrier-to-entry markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the country In recent days, the North Miami, Fla.-based healthcare real estate investor took another step […]
Industry Pulse: August 2011
NEW JERSEY – There is plenty of talk in the healthcare real estate sector these days about a lack of available, high-quality medical office buildings (MOBs) for sale, especially facilities with hospital affiliations. Whenever those properties are indeed placed on the market, the competition among a variety of investor types heats up quite strongly. Amid […]