
Outpatient Projects: Large physician group starts 100,000 square foot MOB outside of Charleston, S.C.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. – Ground was broken recently in the planned community of Nexton in Summerville, about 25 miles from Charleston, S.C., for a four-story, 100,000 square foot MOB that will house Charleston-based Palmetto Primary Care Physicians.

Inpatient Projects: Dayton Children’s Hospital increases scope of eight-story inpatient tower
DAYTON, Ohio – Dayton Children’s Hospital announced it plans to build out the seventh and eighth floors of its newly developed, eight-story, 260,000 square foot inpatient tower in Dayton, which will increase the cost to $168 million, up from $153 million estimated last year, according to an article in the local Dayton Business Journal.

Inpatient Projects: Augusta University buys land for the first hospital in Columbia County, Ga.
GROVETOWN, Ga. – Officials and leaders with Augusta University Health recently gathered on an 82-acre parcel next to U.S. Interstate 20 in Grovetown, about 25 minutes outside of Augusta, Ga.

Inpatient Projects: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta plans new pediatric hospital, expansion projects
BROOKHAVEN, Ga. – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is moving forward with plans for a $1 billion pediatric hospital at its campus on North Druid Hills Road near U.S. Interstate 85 in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven to meet growing demand for its services.

Inpatient Projects: United Hospitals adding 239,000 SF surgical wing to campus in Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. – Kenosha, Wis.-based United Hospital System was set to begin work this spring on construction of a 239,000 square foot, four-story advanced outpatient surgical wing on its St. Catherine’s Medical Center campus in Pleasant Prairie, along Lake Michigan near the Illinois border.

Inpatient Projects: Tomah, Wis., Memorial Hospital replacement gets scaled back to $66 million
TOMAH, Wis. – The Memorial Hospital replacement campus planned for Tomah has been scaled back to $66 million, and construction is set to begin in August or September 2017.

Inpatient Projects: Cincy Children’s plans more growth
Expansion project will increase the hospital’s total bed count to more than 700 By Connie McCaffrey Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the largest hospital in Greater Cincinnati, has plans to get even bigger. The local Cincinnati Business Courier newspaper reports that the hospital recently provided details for its planned 650,000 square foot patient tower that […]

Inpatient Projects: Texas Health Resources to develop 20-acre campus with 74-bed hospital in Frisco, Texas
FRISCO, Texas – As part of a number of new strategic initiatives, Arlington, Texas-based Texas Health Resources (THR), which owns, operates or is affiliated with 29 hospitals, is moving forward with plans for a new 20-acre campus on the corner of Dallas North Tollway and Cobb Hill Drive in Frisco, outside of Dallas.
Inpatient Projects: Maricopa County, Ariz., moving ahead with $1 billion plan for hospital, clinics
PHOENIX – Plans are moving forward for a nearly $1 billion capital project to rebuild the Maricopa Medical Center, built in the 1960s, and remake or relocate a number of Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) outpatient facilities throughout the Phoenix area.
Inpatient Projects: Utica, N.Y., replacement downsizes
New proposal by Mohawk Valley Health shaves $93 million, 80,000 square feet By John B. Mugford After acknowledging they “oversized” the initial plans for a proposed future hospital in Utica, N.Y., about 45 miles east of Syracuse, officials with the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) recently unveiled a new scaled-down version of the project.

Industry Pulse: Duke Realty Corp. Won’t Comment on Sale Rumors
At a recent conference, executives focused on healthcare real estate sector’s strength Since we learned March 2 about rumors that Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE) might be exploring the sale of some or all of its 86-asset medical office building (MOB) portfolio, we at Healthcare Real Estate Insights have been trying to determine the veracity […]

Post-Acute & Senior Living: Villaggio Communities and LCS plan ‘upscale’ CCRC in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Local firm Villaggio Communities LLC is teaming with Des Moines, Iowa-based LCS on the development of a future “luxury” continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in San Luis Obispo, a city lacking such facilities.

Industry Pulse: On the Record – Louis Rogers
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Industry Pulse: Trouble Brewing for FED Firm Adeptus Health
Operator of the First Choice ER brand lost more than half a billion dollars in 2016 In 2015, Adeptus Health Inc. (NYSE: ADPT) was trading at more than $120 per share. As of mid-March, the Lewisville, Texas-based for-profit healthcare firm was available for $2.31 per share. What happened?

Post-Acute & Senior Living: Caddis starts its second Heartis senior community in Georgia, outside of Atlanta
SUWANEE, Ga. – Dallas-based Caddis continues to expand its presence in the Southeast, as it recently announced plans to break ground this spring in Suwanee, just outside of Atlanta, for its second Heartis senior living community in Georgia.