Inpatient Projects: U. of Mich. plans neuroscience facility
$163 MILLION PROJECT TO REMODEL FORMER CHILDREN’S, WOMEN’S FACILITIES By John Mugford As outpatient facilities become more complex and capable of providing procedures once reserved for hospitals, many hospitals are also becoming more technologically advanced. A case in point is in Ann Arbor, Mich., where the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) has announced plans […]

Outpatient Projects: Delivering outpatient care in a big way
ROCHESTER, N.Y., HOSPITAL BUYS AND PLANS TO UPGRADE AMBULATORY CAMPUS By John Mugford In a prime example of how health systems are shifting their focus toward delivering medical services in facilities away from the hospital setting, Rochester General Health System (RGHS) in Rochester, N.Y., recently announced plans for the creation of a large, multi-building outpatient […]

Transactions:AW, MedProperties acquire portfolio
OWNER/OPERATOR, PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM BUY SIX MOBS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA By John Mugford Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based AW Property Co. has a goal of substantially adding to its medical office building (MOB) portfolio – up to $250 million worth – in its home state of Florida in a three-year period. At the same time, Dallas-based […]

Transactions: HTA makes big entry into Boston area
REIT ACQUIRES 13-BUILDING PORTFOLIO FROM STEWARD HEALTH CARE FOR $100M By John Mugford Greater Boston’s medical office building (MOB) market is considered a very difficult one to crack into, especially when it comes to the third-party ownership of on-campus facilities. A lack of developable land on which to build and a reluctance by many of […]
Capital Markets Snapshot: Markets quiet; job data scrutinized
TAX-EXEMPT MARKET REMAINS ROBUST AS AA-RATED SYSTEMS ISSUE BONDS By Cain Brothers The markets have been relatively quiet recently as economic releases continue to befuddle investors. Initial jobless claims came in a bit soft for the second week in a row, and, to nobody’s surprise the prior week’s figures were revised upward (meaning more claims). […]

Q & A: Strong year anticipated
JOHN SMELTER SAYS ‘STARS ARE ALIGNED’ FOR MOBS By John Mugford These days, John R. Smelter is well known as one of the most active and knowledgeable sales professionals in the medical office building (MOB) transaction market. As a broker who works out of the San Diego office of Marcus & Millichap, Mr. Smelter is […]

Special Report: Adaptive reuse on a roll
PROVIDERS HAVE REPURPOSED MILLIONS OF SQ. FT. By Murray W. Wolf There has been a lot of talk in recent years about repurposing other types of real estate for medical use. With millions of square feet of office and retail space sitting vacant across the nation, much of it in high-traffic locations, the idea of […]
Industry Pulse: April 2012
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Several sources in the healthcare real estate industry have told Healthcare Real Estate Insights™that a portfolio of nine medical office buildings (MOBs) offered for sale by Scottsdale Healthcare is under contract and likely to close soon, perhaps in coming weeks. A spokesperson for New York-based Savills LLC, which had listed and was […]
News Release: Just Closed Northside East Cobb Medical Campus
The CBRE Healthcare Capital Markets Group acted as the exclusive advisor for the monetization of the Northside East Cobb Medical Campus. Sale Date: Sale Price: Sale PPSF: Building Size: Occupancy: YOC: March 21, 2012 $19,200,000 $277 69,341 SF 96.85% 1985, 1990, 1991 (renovated 2009) The CBRE Healthcare Capital Markets Group is pleased to announce the sale of the Northside East Cobb […]

Editor’s Letter: That’s news to me
TELL US KNOW ABOUT YOUR LATEST PROJECTS By John B. Mugford Dear Reader: I know I’ve done this before, but here I am again asking for your help in getting as much news as possible into our publication. The news we’re looking for and will publish in Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ has to do with […]

Project Case Study: Indy MOB altered to reflect strategy
JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT CHANGED COURSE OF $30 MILLION FACILITY TO ADD ASC By John Mugford The Indianapolis office of Birmingham, Ala.-based Johnson Development recently completed a surgery center that is part of a previously completed $30 million, 120,000 square foot medical office building (MOB) on the campus of Indiana University Health Saxony Hospital in Fishers, in […]
Special Report: Texas town makes a pitch for MOBs
SAN MARCOS WILLING TO OFFER INCENTIVES TO DEVELOPERS FOR CLASS A SPACE By John Mugford A news release went out on March 2 and within 30 minutes or so the Greater San Marcus Partnership started receiving inquiries from prospective developers about the possibility of building medical office buildings (MOBs) in the Texas city, which is […]
People: Dennis Norvet joins Skanska USA
VETERANS HEALTHCARE REAL ESTATE EXEC TO FOCUS ON BUSINESS GROWTH Staff Report Parsippany, N.J.-based Skanska USA’s building business unit recently announced that Dennis Norvet has joined the firm’s Nashville office as senior VP of business development. Mr. Norvet is working with Skanska’s operations and business development teams in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan to help […]

Companies: JLL-led 410-bed hospital project done
NEW PARKVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAS OPENED IN FORT WAYNE, IND. By John Mugford There were weather challenges and a labor strike to overcome, but the new Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Ind., was completed a month early and was basically $11 million under budget. The 410-bed hospital project was led by a […]
Inpatient Projects: Oakland hospital plans $425M project
CHILDREN’S NEW REBUILD AND RETROFIT PLAN IS STILL IN CONCEPTUAL STAGE By Brittany Ritchie Since 2008, Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland has proposed two distinctly different construction plans to meet the state’s seismic safety guidelines for healthcare facilities. The first was quite extensive and called for a $700 million rebuilding of the hospital […]