Industry Pulse: May 2012
ATLANTA – Electronic medical record (EMR) systems were supposed to be the wave of the future. Now, it looks as if a lot of money might have been spent, and is still being spent, on a technology that could move in another direction. The topic came up in recent weeks during a panel session at […]
Editor’s Letter: Another good survey
CBRE’S NEW REPORT PROVIDES USEFUL DATA By John B. Mugford Dear Reader: Plenty of very informative and educational materials concerning our sector, healthcare real estate, come across our desks here at Healthcare Real Estate Insights™. Included are a growing number of surveys that track how professionals and organizations in the business are feeling about the […]
Industry Pulse: April 2012
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Several sources in the healthcare real estate industry have told Healthcare Real Estate Insights™that a portfolio of nine medical office buildings (MOBs) offered for sale by Scottsdale Healthcare is under contract and likely to close soon, perhaps in coming weeks. A spokesperson for New York-based Savills LLC, which had listed and was […]
Editor’s Letter: That’s news to me
TELL US KNOW ABOUT YOUR LATEST PROJECTS By John B. Mugford Dear Reader: I know I’ve done this before, but here I am again asking for your help in getting as much news as possible into our publication. The news we’re looking for and will publish in Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ has to do with […]
Industry Pulse: March 2012
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In quite a few states throughout the country, Certificate of Need (CON) laws continue to fuel debate. In one of those, Illinois, a state senator recently introduced a bill calling for the elimination of the nine-member Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, which would effectively discontinue the CON law as well. […]
Editor’s Letter: Is extravagance gone?
NEW HOSPITAL STILL PROUD TO BE ‘HOTEL-LIKE’ By John B. Mugford. Dear Reader: A handful of years ago, during the heyday of healthcare real estate development and before the Great Recession, there was an arms race of sorts among health systems looking to get a leg up on the competition. There was plenty of talk, […]
Industry Pulse: February 2012
MALVERN, Pa. – With concern and awareness for concussions on the rise, more of the injuries are being diagnosed than ever before. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in October issued a report indicating that the number of concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) among athletes under the age of 19 increased by […]
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 […]
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 […]
Industry Pulse: December 2011
KATY, Texas – In late December, Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE) closed on the acquisition of three medical office buildings (MOBs) on the campus of the Christus St. Catherine campus in Katy, a suburb west of Houston. The acquisition closed as this edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ was going to press. As a […]
Publisher’s Letter: Serious about seniors
By Murray W. Wolf. Dear Reader: We have all recognized for many years that there is a big potential opportunity in the senior living sector. The market has had its ups and downs. But we all ultimately expect demand to grow for independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care facilities, as well […]
Industry Pulse: November 2011
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – There’s a new name among the companies actively involved in acquiring healthcare real estate, a sector that has seen quite a number of mergers and acquisitions among its leading companies in recent years. In this case, the independent members of the board of Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, an active […]
Industry Pulse: September 2011
BOSTON – In July, Boston-based American Realty Capital (ARC) Healthcare Trust Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) sponsored by American Realty Capital V LLC, announced that it had entered a contract to acquire a dozen medical properties for a total of $257.5 million. On Sept. 19, the REIT closed on the acquisition of […]
Editor’s Letter: We have news aplenty
TRICK IS TO GET IT ALL INTO THE NEWSLETTER John B. Mugford Dear Reader: I’m sitting here at my desk in the beautiful Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka, Minn., occasionally looking out the window upon a beautiful summer day of sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. We just wrapped up this edition of Healthcare Real […]
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 […]
