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Inpatient Projects: Critical Access Hospital in Newport, Ore., to be replaced with $57 million facility
NEWPORT, Ore. — Work is expected to start this spring on a long-anticipated replacement hospital in Newport, a city of about 10,000 residents along the Pacific Ocean.
Inpatient Projects: Duke University Hospital gains approval to add 13-story, 505,423 s.f. tower in Durham, N.C.
DURHAM, N.C. – The Durham City Council recently approved a permit that would allow Duke University Hospital to add a 13-story, 504,423 square foot tower adjacent to its 938-bed main hospital.
Inpatient Projects: Topping out ceremony held for new $306 million tower at Banner hospital in Tucson, Ariz.
TUCSON, Ariz. – A topping out ceremony was recently held for a future tower under construction at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson.
Inpatient Projects: Jackson starts work on new campus
Provider breaks ground for inpatient facilities in Doral, Fla.; hospital to be added By John B. Mugford In its quest to build a new hospital in what is often referred to as a “medical desert” in Doral, Fla., Miami-based Jackson Health System is still trying to overcome a number of obstacles and challenges to culminate […]
Inpatient Projects: Ground is broken for new Baylor Scott & White hospital in fast-growing Pflugerville, Texas
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White recently broke for the first hospital in the city of Pflugerville, which is just outside of Austin and is one of the fastest growing communities in the country.
Inpatient Projects: New Orleans Children’s starts three-phase, $225 million expansion and renovation
NEW ORLEANS – Work has started on the first phase of a $225 million expansion and renovation at New Orleans Children’s Hospital, a 247-bed pediatric medical center at 200 Henry Clay Ave., near Audubon Park, according to New Orleans City Business magazine.
Industry Pulse: On the Record – Todd Meredith
How is the current political uncertainty affecting medical development?
REIT Report: Second biggest buyer in 2016: HTA
REIT’s acquisitions topped $700 million, its biggest year since going public By John B. Mugford Most long-term holders of medical office buildings (MOBs) have been cautious when making recent acquisitions, as high demand from new investors has driven prices to all-time highs.
Industry Pulse: What are the Top 4 Healthcare Trends?
Report from Navigant zeros in on a quartet of key issues “The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is an even bigger elephant in the room now that a Republican has been elected to the Oval Office. But instead of waiting or wavering, hospital and health system leaders need to continue to focus their […]
Capital Markets: Multi-asset class portfolio finance
It’s a part of the HRE market that presents a unique financing challenge By Erik Tellefson Healthcare portfolio acquisitions were a large part of the medical office building (MOB) landscape in 2016 and this trend is projected to continue in 2017. In particular, multi-asset class healthcare portfolios will be part of the healthcare real estate […]
Post-Acute & Senior Living: Ventas Inc. said to be in talks to acquire part or all of struggling Brookdale Senior Living
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Struggling Brentwood-based Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is said to be in talks to be acquired by, in part or as a whole, Chicago-based Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR), according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources with knowledge of the negotiations.
Post-Acute & Senior Living: Ground Broken on $95 million resort-style senior community on 32 acres in Fort Myers, Fla.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – London-based Quadrum Global, which has offices in New York and Miami, recently broke ground on its first senior housing community, a $95 million resort-style project in Fort Myers.
Post-Acute & Senior Living: Wardman Group acquires, renames and is renovating senior community in Columbia, S.C.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – An affiliate of Washington, D.C.-based The Wardman Group has acquired Summers Landing Polo Road, a 92-unit senior housing property in Columbia, S.C. Wardman hired Carlsbad, Calif.-based Integral Senior Living (ISL) to manage the property.
Industry Pulse: More Micro Hospitals, Improved EDs and More
Architecture firm releases five predictions for 2017 healthcare facility design trends In a recent article in Becker’s Hospital Review, the healthcare architecture firm E4H released its five predictions for healthcare facility design trends in 2017.
Post-Acute & Senior Living: Renovations at Baltimore SNF refocus facility on short-term, sub-acute services
BALTIMORE – Perhaps a future development in providing services along the continuum of care calls for refocusing some of the country’s long-term skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) into short-term, sub-acute care centers providing rehabilitation services.
