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Selected largest Q2 2013 MOB sales (click to enlarge)

Selected largest Q2 2013 MOB sales

Healthcare Trust of America Inc. acquired Lincoln Medical Center in Parker, Colo., for $42 million, or about $344 per square foot, according to data from RCA Inc. (Photo courtesy of HTA)

Transactions: HTA closes three MOBs acquisitions

  Separate deals in Colorado, Texas and Pennsylvania total about $85 million By John B. Mugford Growing Parker, Colo., is in the far southern suburbs of the Denver metropolitan area and was picked this year by  Money magazine as the 12th best place to live in the country. According to the magazine, the city of […]

Included among the three hospital facilities recently acquired by Medical Properties Trust from IASIS Healthcare is the 178-bed Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., as well as hospitals in Luisiana and Texas. (Photo courtesy of Medical Properties Trust)

Transactions: MPT to acquire three IASIS hospitals

REIT’s purchase is expected to generate more than $280 million for the system By John B. Mugford Medical Properties Trust Inc. (NYSE: MPW), a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on net-leased healthcare facilities, namely hospitals, recently announced that it will acquire the real estate assets of three major acute-care facilities operated […]

The Evendale Healthcare Center has four stories, was completed in 1988. (Photo courtesy of MedProperties Holdings)

Transactions: MedProperties Holdings, Equity Inc. team up to buy MOB in Cincy suburb

EVENDALE, Ohio ­– A recently formed and expanding partnership of Dallas-based MedProperties Holdings LLC and Columbus, Ohio-based Equity Inc. has acquired a 65,670 square foot MOB in Evendale, a suburb of Cincinnati. The Evendale Healthcare Center has four stories, was completed in 1988 and is on 4.6 acres at 10475 Reading Rd., between U.S. interstates […]

Transactions: Chicago-area MOB portfolio acquired by Griffin-American REIT

HINSDALE, Ill. ­– Newport Beach, Calif.-based Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II recently acquired a two-building, 88 percent leased MOB portfolio in Hinsdale, Ill., that is anchored by two large Chicago-area providers. Griffin-American paid $35.5 million for the facilities at 908 N. Elm St., or about $210 PSF, according to RCA. The 169,078 square foot, two building […]

Senior housing now occupies part of the site in Baltimore where Johnny Unitas and gridiron greats used to tread.

Industry Pulse: Are you ready for some senior housing?

Senior housing is replacing the NFL at the former site of Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium Baltimore’s venerable Memorial Stadium, once home to the Baltimore Colts, Ravens and Orioles, among other pro sports teams, packed plenty of memories. But when the Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1984, support grew for the idea of replacing the antiquated stadium […]

Todd Varney is not only a healthcare real estate developer but a triathlete as well.

Industry Pulse: This HRE developer was ‘Kona Inspired’

To meet Todd Varney is to meet a highly conditioned athlete. However, this was not always the case for the healthcare developer with NexCore Group.Fact is, Mr. Varney was diagnosed as obese in 2008. Though the news shocked him, it also inspired Mr. Varney to start exercising and competing in perhaps the most grueling of […]

Scott brinker

Industry Pulse: On The Record

Is the universe of HRE investors expanding? “Yes, it’s all the same people plus it’s non-traded REITs for sure – five or six of them that are aggressively looking at senior housing, skilled nursing and medical office. There are pension funds, private equity and certainly, the public REITs, and even some operators. So it’s a […]

Publisher's Letter: And the winner is...

Publisher’s Letter: And the winner is…

…maybe you! Enter the new HREI INSIGHTS AWARDS Dear Reader: It’s about time. That pretty much sums up how I feel about the new HREI Insights Awards™. If you haven’t heard by now, Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ recently announced the creation of the HREI Insights Awards™, the only comprehensive national awards totally dedicated to recognizing […]

Cover Story Sidebar: A quick look at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

The healthcare district has made quite a turnaround and revitalized a portion of the city These days, the bustling 120-acre Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) just outside of downtown Buffalo, N.Y., is a fine example of how healthcare can revitalize a community and, for that matter, a city. According to some local reports, the area […]