Industry Pulse: Fewer hospitals? Not necessarily
Seven CON applications in the works in Orlando, Fla., area Nearly everyone involved in healthcare real estate (HRE) has heard that the country’s hospitals are living on borrowed time. It will only be a matter of time, we’re told, until hospitals will be caring for only the very sick while most ailments, illnesses and surgeries […]
Companies & People: 5 Questions for Mindy Berman
Managing director with JLL’s healthcare group talks about the firm, the market By John B. Mugford When a new investment banking group with a big name behind it entered the medial office building (MOB) sales sector in 2010, it was basically a one-person shop with an analyst for support. Fast forward six years later, and […]
Industry Pulse: Projects combining MOBs, senior housing
Plans for one medical-senior site also include a Chick-fil-A Anyone who follows or participates in the senior housing sector, the medical office building (MOB) sector – or both – has long known that older people are big users of the services offered in MOBs. Yet, for years upon years, the two classifications of healthcare real […]
Companies & People: Colorado ski town gets a new MOB
NexCore Group was persistent in its quest to find a site, complete building By John B. Mugford The city of Avon, Colo., has about 7,000 residents and is in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, about 15 miles from Vail. These days, town officials and the mayor are praising the efforts of a national healthcare […]
Companies & People: New buyer finding MOBs
Everest made three purchases in its first few months By John B. Mugford The list of investors entering the medical office building (MOB) space keeps growing. One of the new players is New York-based Everest Medical Core Properties, which says it is focusing on acquiring MOBs, wellness centers and outpatient clinics. So far, the company […]
Longfellow Cambridge case study
A strong example of a life science biotech acquisitions and loan transaction By Erik Tellefson In my previous article, I shared the ins and outs of financing life science and biotechnology properties – an important and growing component of the healthcare real estate asset class. These buildings are in some ways similar to medical office […]
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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: 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.