Transactions: Details emerge on Scottsdale MOBs
HEALTH SYSTEM-OFFERED PORTFOLIO INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. By John Mugford Acquiring medical office building (MOB) portfolios directly from health systems can have unique perks for buyers, as the assets often include hospital tenants and their solid credit ratings. Plus, the portfolios often are composed of a large share of on-campus facilities, which many investors favor over […]
Company Profile: Small firm, big presence
GOOD REPUTATION KEEPS HEALTHAMERICA HUMMING By John Mugford When Thomas W. “Tommy” Tift III was in Los Angeles for a healthcare real estate conference and some meetings earlier this year, he took an afternoon away from business to enjoy the nice weather and squeeze in a round of golf. But the getaway quickly turned into […]
Outpatient Projects: MOBs planned for heart of Woodlands
PISULA DEVELOPMENT CO. IS BUILDING 20,000 AND 50,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITIES By John Mugford In an area that is emerging as a focal point of The Woodlands, Texas, two new medical office buildings (MOBs) are will soon be part of the commercial real estate lineup. One of the buildings, a 20,000 square foot facility, is […]
Transactions: Rising demand for one-off MOB deals?
TWO CALIFORNIA DEALS INDICATE THAT PRIVATE BUYERS ARE LOOKING TO MEDICAL By John Mugford Out in California, two recent medical office building (MOB) transactions probably won’t make headlines in many business or real estate publications, be they local or national. Even so, the deals are garnering coverage here in Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ because they […]
Transactions: Major portfolio to be sold
FIRST BIG HOSPITAL-DRIVEN MONETIZATION SINCE 2009 By John Mugford True hospital monetizations of medical office building (MOB) portfolios have been rare in recent years. At press time, however, Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ learned from at least a couple of industry sources who did not want to be named that Scottsdale Healthcare in Arizona was about […]
Special Report: Ventas looks to grow MOB platform
CEO DEBRA CAFARO TALKS ABOUT RECENT ACQUISITIONS, REIT’S FUTURE PLANS By John Mugford In early 2011, Chicago-based Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) made quite a news splash when it entered an agreement to acquire another large, publicly traded healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), Newport Beach, Calif.-based Nationwide Health Properties Inc. (NYSE: NHP). By summer, the […]
Inpatient Projects: Mercy reveals $950M Joplin makeover
PLAN WOULD REPLACE, EXPAND MED CENTER DESTROYED BY EXTREME TORNADO By John Mugford The ABC TV reality show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is scheduled to rebuild “multiple homes” in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., next month. An EF5 tornado – the fiercest category – which ripped through the southwestern Missouri community May 22, killed scores of people […]
News & Analysis: $100M for Hundred Oaks?
PIONEERING MEDICAL-RETAIL HYBRID UP FOR SALE By John Mugford For sale: the roughly 880,000 square foot One Hundreds Oaks Mall in Nashville, Tenn. Estimated asking price: $100 million-plus. Why is this news important to healthcare real estate professionals and investors? About half of the facility is occupied by Vanderbilt Health. Back in 2007, just as […]
Special Report: Recent deals suggest sellers’ market
BOMA PANELISTS EXPLORE IMBALANCE OF REAL ESTATE SUPPLY AND DEMAND By Murray W. Wolf Anyone who has been involved in commercial real estate for more than five minutes knows there is probably no such thing as a “typical” deal. There are too many variables – geographic market, specific location within that market, age of the […]
Transactions: MOB sales jumped 29.3 percent in Q2
Q3 COULD SEE BIGGER RISE AS ONE MAJOR DEAL CLOSES, MORE ARE ON THE WAY By John Mugford For the second quarter in a row, medical office building (MOB) sales continued at a somewhat slower pace. However, at least one large portfolio sale is reportedly under contract and expected to close in the third quarter […]
Transactions: HTA back in buying mode with deal
REIT ACQUIRES DESERT RIDGE MEDICAL CAMPUS IN PHOENIX FOR $32.75 MILLION By John Mugford After a hiatus of about three months without making an acquisition, Scottsdale-Ariz.-based Healthcare Trust of America Inc. (HTA) was back in buying mode in recent weeks. The non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT), which has been a prolific buyer of healthcare […]
News & Analysis: ARC reveals $257M deal
ACQUISITION TO INCLUDE ASCs, MOBs AND MORE By John Mugford The healthcare real estate market has been buzzing and speculating in recent weeks, ever since Boston-based American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT), announced that it was acquiring a dozen medical properties for a price of $257.5 million. With […]
Transactions: Heitman/NexCore buy MOB for $23M
COMPETITION WAS STRONG FOR ON-CAMPUS FACILITY IN LANHAM, MD., NEAR D.C.By John Mugford Opportunities to acquire high-quality medical office buildings (MOBs) in the Washington, D.C., area have been somewhat rare in recent years. As a result, when such properties are indeed put on the market, the competition heats up quite nicely – especially if you’re […]
Transactions: The Sanders Trust adds to its portfolio
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-BASED FIRM BUYS INPATIENT REHAB HOSPITAL IN LAS VEGAS By John Mugford The Sanders Trust (TST), a medical real estate investment firm based in Birmingham, Ala., has a goal of adding $100 million to its portfolio in 2011 through acquisitions and development. The company made significant progress toward that goal in May by paying […]
News & Analysis: G&E finds off-market deal
REIT PAYS $30M FOR PART OF A SEAVEST PORTFOLIO By John Mugford As several of the country’s publicly traded healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) grow larger through mergers and acquisitions (M&As), they are less likely to be interested in smaller deals of,perhaps, under $50 million. As a result, this super-sizing of the healthcare REITs […]