2005

Industry Pulse

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Boca Raton Community Hospital have signed a letter of agreement that gives them a year to explore a land swap that could lead to the development of a 550-bed replacement hospital costing more than $500 million on the FAU campus near the southeast Florida coast. According […]

Guest Column: Challenge your assumptions of MOBs

Attitudes Are Changing Regarding Medical Office Building Ownership By James M. Moloney Stop a successful hospital executive on the street and ask him or her to name the most important strategies for success. Invariably, mastering physician/hospital relationships will be on the executive’s short list. Strategies that both increase physician loyalty to a specific hospital and address […]

Robert F. (Robb) Sharrow

Company Profile: Albert Kahn strives to keep innovating

Reputation was Built on Factories, But Healthcare is its Primary Focus By John Mugford As anyone in business knows, a company’s history typically makes for good stories and conversation – and realistically – not much else. What really matters, as always, is: “What have you done lately?”

For The Record

Companies and People The Adult Civil and Adolescent Behavioral Health Facility at the Arizona State Hospital has received a Design-Build Merit Award from the Design-Build Institute of America. The project was overseen by the Southwest division of McCarthy Building Cos. Inc.; Gould Evans Associates, Phoenix; and Cannon Design, Los Angeles…

Product Focus: Private interest grows

More Small Investors are Turning to MOBs By Jessica Griffith Real estate buyers are responding to the lure of medical office buildings (MOBs), and institutional investors are not the only ones taking notice.

News & Analysis: Swedish sells to HCP

REIT Closes Deal for $111 Million Portfolio By Murray W. Wolf Times have changed, but it often used to be said that “nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.” The implication was that your boss could never fault you for choosing International Business Machines Corp. as your company’s computer hardware supplier. The market leader was considered the obvious, least risky choice.

Industry Pulse

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky’s UK Healthcare unveiled a strategic plan Dec. 14 that calls for up to $680 million in capital investment through 2010 on the campus of its UK Chandler Medical Center. Phase 1A of the plan, to be completed by 2009, calls for a $330 million to $375 million, 200,000 square foot, 240-bed replacement hospital, including a replacement parking garage with about […]