Provider Perspective: Changes and challenges
HEALTH EXECS DISCUSS REAL ESTATE RESPONSES By John Mugford Ever since the first hospital was built in what would become the United States back in the 1750s, physicians and healthcare administrators have had to adapt and change with the times. Healthcare has always been, and always will be, an industry on the move. However, the […]
News & Analysis: Centura MOB sale closes
SEAVEST, DENVER FIRM MAKE $41.25 MILLION BUY By John Mugford For a number of years, healthcare real estate professionals often used the term “classic monetization” to describe a transaction in which a hospital or health system sold a portfolio of medical office buildings (MOBs) in order to reinvest the proceeds back into its mission of […]
Industry Pulse: January 2012
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Don’t expect much to change – besides the name – now that the transition to a new co-sponsorship is complete at Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II. That’s because the executive leadership at the unlisted healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) says that Griffin-American […]
Feature Story: 2015 HREI Insights Awards Finalists: Best Post-Acute/Senior Living
The Piper, Kansas City Developer: Assisted Living Associates With the development of The Piper, Assisted Living Associates, a partnership of PAR Development, Clarkson Construction Co. and Action Pact, is unveiling its household model. In The Piper’s family-size households, residents mingle or retreat into the privacy of their own apartment. The three-story, 100,000 square foot facility […]
Editor’s Letter: Hungry for good news?
HOLIDAY TREATS PORTEND A SUCCESSFUL 2012 By John B. Mugford Dear Reader: Like almost everyone reading this publication, we tend to keep both eyes focused on healthcare real estate and our peripheral vision glancing on the leading U.S. economic indicators. After all, even though healthcare real estate is often dubbed “recession-resistant,” the economy certainly has […]
Project Case Study: Foreclosed project getting new life
MERIDIAN HAS HIGH HOPES FOR SELLING MED BUILDINGS IN PALMDALE, CALIF. By John Mugford As a victim of the gung-ho medical office building (MOB) development spree that took place prior to the Great Recession, a 34,300 square foot speculative project marketed heavily to doctors has sat virtually vacant in Palmdale, Calif., since it was completed […]
Special Report: Investors adding senior living to mix
ACUITY LEVELS ARE RISING – AND SO IS THE LEVEL OF INSTITUTIONAL INTEREST By Murray W. Wolf Seasoned senior living real estate investors acknowledge that the sector is “complicated,” “misunderstood” and fraught with the added risks associated with volatile government reimbursement policies. In addition, there are questions about the ability of some operators to deliver […]
Companies: New firm H2C up and running, growing
THE BOUTIQUE ADVISORY IS ADDING PEOPLE, OFFICES AND NEW SERVICE AREAS By John Mugford Two months ago, Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ reported that several former healthcare investment banking executives had left Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. to form a new advisory firm. Since then, that new company, New York-based Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC, also known […]
Companies: Plenty going on at Grubb & Ellis REIT
AMID CHANGING SPONSORS, FIRM ALSO REBUFFED A RECENT ACQUISITION OFFER By John Mugford It was an offer that surprised and was not taken seriously by officials with Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, soon to be known as Griffin-American Healthcare Trust Inc., a non-listed healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT). In early December, the board […]
Companies: MedProperties closes $50 million fund
REAL ESTATE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM EXPECTS TO ADD THREE MORE ASSETS SOON By John Mugford Dallas-based MedProperties Holdings LLC recently closed its first healthcare real estate fund, an investment vehicle of about $50 million that currently includes six healthcare real estate assets. According to officials with Med Properties, the equity firm expects to add three […]
Inpatient Projects: WellStar gets CON replacement in Ga.
$125 MILLION HOSPITAL SLATED FOR PAULDING COUNTY, NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA By John Mugford With its 53-year-old hospital in Dallas, Ga., deemed unable to handle the rapid growth taking place in Paulding County, Wellstar Health System recently received the answer it was looking for from the Georgia Department of Community Health. The state approved the Marietta, […]
Outpatient Projects: MOB going up at new Einstein campus
ALTER+CARE IS DEVELOPING 75,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IN EAST NORRITON, PA. By John Mugford As an example of how consolidations and new alliances among health systems can provide opportunities for medical development firms, Chicago-based Alter+Care is in the midst of developing a 75,000 square foot medical office building (MOB) on a future hospital campus in […]
Transactions: Grubb REIT to buy eight more MOBs
SOON-TO-BE-RENAMED REIT AGREES TO PAY $112M FOR ABOUT 451,000 S.F. By John Mugford The fourth quarter (Q4) was supposed to bring plenty of good cheer and the closing of a number of large medical office building (MOB) transactions. Even though things remained relatively quiet on the Q4 sales front through the end of November, several […]
Capital Markets Snapshot:Top 10 issues facing markets in 2012
COMING YEAR COULD BRING SOME RISKS, BUT OPPORTUNITIES ALSO ABOUND By Cain Brothers As we approach the waning days of 2011 and the start of a new year, the capital markets are full of intrigue, which promises for another eventful year in 2012. This is likely to be true for the healthcare real estate markets, […]
Special Report: 2012 prediction: déjà vu
HREI™ BOARD EXPECTS COMING YEAR TO BE SIMILAR By John Mugford Anyone hoping to get a preview of what the healthcare real estate sector will look like in 2012 can, for the most part, take a look back at 2011. That’s because some of the industry’s most experienced professionals believe that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, […]