Companies & People: Big finish to 2012 for Griffin-American
Unlisted healthcare REIT acquired 14 properties in December, including nine MOBs By John B. Mugford Even though there is a supposed lack of healthcare real estate facilities on the market, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc. has certainly found plenty of properties to meet its needs recently. One of the most prolific buyers of healthcare […]
Publisher’s Letter: Say ‘goodbye’ to HREI™
AND SAY ‘HELLO’ TO A ‘NEW AND IMPROVED’ HREI™ By Murray W. Wolf Dear Reader: OK. I’ll admit it. The headline above was intended to raise an eyebrow. Relax. HREI™ is not saying goodbye. God willing, we will continue for many years to put all the latest and most important healthcare real estate news and […]
Q & A: Seavest Healthcare as active as ever
PRESIDENT DOUG RAY DISCUSSES RECENT $332 MILLION SALE, FIRM’S STRATEGY By John Mugford Throughout the era in which the medical office building (MOB) sector has grown up and gained prominence as a significant asset class, White Plains, N.Y.-based Seavest Healthcare Properties has been involved as an investor in both the development and acquisition of such […]
Companies: Developer finishes third cancer center
OPTIMAL OUTCOMES OPENS 36,000 FACILITY IN TAMPA, FLA., FOR GROWING GROUP By John Mugford For St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Optimal Outcomes LLC, developing comprehensive cancers centers has become a strong niche among the services it offers. In fact, the healthcare development firm recently completed a new 36,000 square foot, $9.5 million cancer center in Tampa, Fla., […]
Company Profile: Archway making its way in MOB space
BEVERLY HILLS-BASED FIRM FINDING SUCCESS WITH VALUE-ADD OPPORTUNITIES By John Mugford Value-add. For many large and active investors looking to acquire medical office buildings these days, the description is often a red flag, a reason to look elsewhere as they scour the market for high-quality, on-campus facilities with stabilized tenant rosters. However, one company making […]
Inpatient Projects: After 4 years, Texas hospital on track
MEDISTAR CORP. PLANS TOP OPEN 174-BED FACILITY IN LATE 2013 NEAR HOUSTON By John Mugford All systems certainly seemed to be “go” back in 2007 when Medistar Corp. landed an operating partner for a new privately owned hospital it had planned for Webster, Texas, southeast of Houston. Everything remained on track after construction started and […]
Transactions: ProMed takes MOB space over hospital
INVESTOR PAYS $21.75M FOR LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN FOUR FLOORS IN BALTIMORE By John Mugford ProMed Properties, which has been an active buyer of medical office buildings (MOBs) in the eastern part of the country in recent years, has landed an acquisition in the Baltimore market. There, the North Miami Beach, Fla.-based wholly owned subsidiary of […]
Capital Markets Snapshot: Benchmark set for interest rate action
FED PLANS TO INCREASE RATES WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 6.5 PERCENT By Cain Brothers The big news in the capital markets earlier this month was the announcement of further quantitative easing (QE) by the Fed. As Operation Twist, the selling of short-term Treasuries to buy longer-term bonds, has come to the end of its run, […]
Special Report: Cautious but committed
MOBs STILL IN HIGH DEMAND BY INVESTORS, LENDERS By Murray W. Wolf Medical office building (MOB) sales volume for this year seems destined for its highest level since at least 2008, as capital has continued to stampede toward what is one of the best-performing real estate asset classes. Yet, at the same time, equity investors […]
News & Analysis: MOB’s PSF breaks record
IN SUBURBAN PHILLY, THAT IS; $388 PER SQUARE FOOT By John Mugford In many markets across the country, healthcare real estate remained a bright spot as commercial real estate slumped during the throes of the recession. Now, in Greater Philadelphia, a recent medical office building (MOB) sale has set the bar rather high when it […]
Industry Pulse: December 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – It looks as if the massive Mall of America, sometimes referred to as the “megamall,” will not be getting the “mega” healthcare tenant that it was counting on to be the anchor of a new building in its long-planned Phase II expansion. Officials with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic said in recent weeks […]
$252M cancer center set for Virginia
INOVA PLANS 300,000 S.F. COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND CARE FACILITY By John Mugford With health systems facing an acute need to generate more revenues in the age of healthcare reform,
Editor’s Letter: Some certainty at last?
ELECTION CLEARS THINGS UP, AT LEAST UNTIL ‘14 By John B. Mugford Dear Reader: Here are at Healthcare Real Estate Insights™, we thoroughly enjoy talking with people involved in the healthcare real estate sector about, well, healthcare real estate. And during these talks and interviews, we get the sense that a majority of those involved […]
People: Mark Johnson joins Cushman Wakefield as director of PM
NEW YORK – New York-based Cushman & Wakefield recently hired Mark Johnson as director of property management, healthcare facilities. Mr. Johnson is based in Rosemont, Ill., overseeing the company’s service delivery platform while, according to the company, he helps drive “the continued growth of the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group.” “Mark’s healthcare sector knowledge and experience […]
Inpatient Projects: North Phoenix to get a new hospital
JOHN C. LINCOLN HEALTH NETWORK BUYS LAND, PLANS CAMPUS WITH 120 BEDS By Dan Emerson Sure, the recession may have hit Greater Phoenix fairly hard, slowing residential growth and limiting new commercial real estate development, including medical projects. However, there are signs that the economy is improving, and now a new ground-up hospital for the […]
