Transactions

The five-story, 120,754 square foot Mission Medical Tower at 26732 Crown Valley Parkway in Mission Viejo, Calif., was the centerpiece of a recent four-asset, 262,429 square foot portfolio acquisition by Healthcare Trust of America. (Photo courtesy of HPA Realty Inc.)

Transactions: HTA lands California MOBs for $150 million

REIT also makes separate MOB portfolio acquisitions in Alabama, Connecticut By John B. Mugford One of the bigger deals of the third quarter (Q3) of 2016 closed in recent weeks, as Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Healthcare Trust of America (NYSE: HTA) pounced on the chance to acquire a four-facility, on-campus portfolio in the affluent Orange County, Calif., […]

Griffin-American REIT IV has entered an agreement to acquire the 52,996 square foot Cullman Regional POB (physician office building) III for $16.7 million, or $314 per square foot, from White Plains, N.Y.-based Seavest Healthcare Properties LLC. (Photo courtesy of Jais Stanfield Architectural Photography)

Transactions: G-A REIT IV continues strong activity

Griffin-American acquires four Alabama MOBs for a total of $47.7 million By John B. Mugford According to the commercial real estate data firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA) Inc., Irvine, Calif.-based Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Inc. (G-A REIT IV) looks to have entered two separate agreements with two different sellers to acquire four medical office buildings […]

Transactions: Anchor Health Properties makes new purchases in Connecticut, Minnesota

STAMFORD, Conn. – One of the relatively new players in the MOB investment sector, Anchor Health Properties, the longtime healthcare real estate (HRE) development firm, recently acquired, in a joint venture (JV) partnership, what it calls a “Class A” MOB in Stamford, near the border with New York. The longtime development firm, which now employs […]

Prospect MOB, 310 Central Ave. in East Orange, N.J. (Photo courtesy of Global Medical REIT)

Transactions: Global Medical REIT keeps acquiring MOBs as it buys 11 facilities

BETHESDA, Md. – Another one of the relatively new investors in the MOB and healthcare real estate (HRE) acquisitions arena, Bethesda-based Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE: GMRE), made a number of purchases in buying 11 buildings in recent weeks. The publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) said it has entered into purchase contracts to […]

Transactions: Montecito Medical acquires on-campus MOB in Iowa, in the Quad Cities

BETTENDORF, Iowa – Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical keeps growing its portfolio. The company recently acquired the Terrace Park Professional Center in Bettendorf, part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area straddling Iowa and Illinois along the Mississippi River. According to Montecito, the three-story MOB at

Transactions: Physicians Realty Trust acquires six-building portfolio in Florida

MAITLAND, Fla. – Fresh off making what is most likely the largest MOB portfolio acquisition from a single healthcare system in the history of the MOB sector, Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC), often referred to as DocREIT, has acquired a six-building portfolio of properties in Maitland, a suburb of Orlando. The REIT paid

NorthStar obtained this Carson City, Nev., MOB as part of its $4 billion acquisition of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II in 2014. (Photo courtesy of LoopNet.com)

Industry Pulse: NorthStar said to be near almost $1 billion MOB deal

Large foreign investor said to be interested in the firm’s massive medical office portfolio Healthcare real estate (HRE) sector sources say that a portfolio with nearly $1 billion worth of medical office buildings (MOBs) is for sale. The MOBs are being offered by New York-based NorthStar Realty Finance (NYSE: NRF), which is in the process […]

26732 Crown Valley Parkway (Medical Office Tower, Building 6). Photo courtesy of CBRE.

News Release: Just Closed – Mission Hospital Medical Office Portfolio

The CBRE U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets Group acted as the exclusive advisor for the sale of the Mission Hospital Medical Office Portfolio in Mission Viejo, California. Sale Date: August 12, 2016 Sale Price: $150,000,000 Price Per SF: $572 Portfolio Size: 262,429 SF Occupancy: 100% The CBRE U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets Group is pleased to announce […]

This 10-story, 52,337 square foot medical office building (MOB) at 147 Milk St. in Boston was acquired by Multi-Employer Property Trust for $33.3 million, making it one of the largest MOB acquisitions during the second quarter. Photo courtesy of Colliers International

Transactions: MOB sales stay strong in Q2

However, dollar volume of $2.13 billion was bolstered by two big deals By John B. Mugford Medical office building (MOB) sales volume was strong during the second quarter (Q2) of 2016, with two large deals dominating the transaction activity. According to commercial real estate research firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA) Inc., Q2 sales totaled a […]

Transactions: Multi-Employer Property Trust acquires MOB in downtown Boston for $625 per foot

BOSTON – Bethesda, Md.-based Multi-Employer Property Trust (MEPT), an investment vehicle for multi-employer and public employee pension plans, recently acquired what is known as the Harvard Vanguard Post Office Square medical office in downtown Boston.

Transactions: Selected largest Q2 2016 MOB sales

Transactions: Selected largest Q2 2016 MOB sales

This is one of the two buildings that comprise the Crozer Brinton Lake Outpatient Health Center in Glen Mills., Pa., which was recently sold to an undisclosed buyer for $52 million, or $414 per square foot. The seller was LaSalle Investment Management. Photo courtesy of JLL

Transactions: Pair of Pennsy MOBs sell for $52M

Side-by-side MOBs in Glen Mills, west of Philly, house Crozer-Keystone services By John B. Mugford Even though Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System was in the midst of being acquired in recent months – a situation that could create uncertainties when properties are put on the market – demand was still “very” strong for a pair […]

Transactions: Newly launched G-A REIT IV adds to its fledgling portfolio of HRE properties

POTTSVILLE, Pa. – Irvine, Calif.-based Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Inc., a newly formed non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) in the early stages of building its portfolio of healthcare real estate (HRE) facilities, recently entered an agreement to purchase a 36,000 square foot, multi-tenant MOB in Pottsville, about 50 miles from the state capital of […]

Transactions: Canadian medical REIT enters U.S. market with a pair of MOB buys in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. – Sunny Florida is where Toronto-based Mohawk Medical Properties REIT recently made its entrée into the U.S. MOB market, where it is called Mohawk America. In July, the private REIT acquired two medical facilities in Greater Orlando, paying a total of $14.6 million for the two buildings.

Tempe, Ariz.-based SANTÉ Realty Investments in recent months closed on the acquisition of a 10-story MOB in downtown Indianapolis. (Photo courtesy of Innovcare Healthcare Real Estate)

News Release: SANTÉ Realty Investments Acquires Medical Office Building

Arizona Realty Company finds Under-valued Office Property in Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS, IN — SANTÉ Realty Investments of Tempe, Ariz., has just closed on The Meridian Office Building in Indianapolis. The 10-story, brick building is a multi-tenant medical office building consisting of 92,000 square feet. With just 70% occupancy, there is excellent opportunity to create value through targeted […]