Industry Pulse: October 2010
PHOENIX – There has been growing speculation during the past several months that the healthcare industry will consolidate because healthcare reform, the recession, reduced reimbursement rates and other challenges have made it increasingly difficult for smaller providers to compete. Recently, a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity seems to be giving credence to those […]
Editor’s Letter: Not sure there’s space…
BUT WE HAVE ADDED ANOTHER NEWS SECTION By John B. Mugford Dear Reader: As noted in the headline above, I’m not sure that we have room for any more material – let alone a whole new section of news – in Healthcare Real Estate Insights™. But damn the torpedoes, we’re adding a new section anyway. […]
Industry Pulse: September 2010
WOODBURY, Minn. – The design and scope of medical office buildings (MOBs) have been evolving ever since their inception. Now, in the Twin Cities suburb of Woodbury, perhaps a new hybrid has emerged that combines an MOB with an urgent care and an emergency room. It is to be called the Urgency Room and is […]
Industry Pulse: August 2010
SAN FRANCISCO – It looks like an opportunity to build medical office buildings (MOBs) and hospital-related buildings has emerged in an area of San Francisco that is rife with some of the world’s best known life science companies. Several parcels designated for medical office or hospital-related buildings are part of the massive, 303-acre Mission Bay […]
Industry Pulse: July 2011
CHICAGO – Sorting through the details of the massive and newsworthy acquisition of Lillibridge Healthcare Services by Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) was supposed to take several months. Officers with both companies said that the $300 million to $400 million deal, which was announced June 23, would most likely close during the third quarter (Q3). (For […]
Industry Pulse: June 2010
PRINCETON, N.J. – When hospitals and health systems build shiny new replacement facilities, there’s always a question of what to do with the old, left-behind buildings. Princeton HealthCare System, the parent of University Medical Center of Princeton, is currently going through this process – for a second time. As work continues on its future $442 […]
Editor’s Letter: Window on the market
BEEFY TRANSACTIONS SECTION IS A GOOD SIGN By John B. Mugford Dear Reader: I hope you get a chance to check out our “Transactions” section in this edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™. I really feel that the items listed in that section provide a small window into what’s taking place in the medical office […]
Industry Pulse: May 2010
HOUSTON – As the population ages, it only makes sense for healthcare providers to cater services to the aging demographic. Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston is doing just that, as it recently opened the first emergency department in Texas geared for seniors. The Senior Emergency Center, which has its own waiting room, is located […]
Industry Pulse: April 2010
CINCINNATI, Ohio – For quite some time, people involved in healthcare and healthcare real estate have been hearing that retail medical clinics will someday have a huge impact on the industry. One of the up-and-coming retail medical clinic companies of recent years has been Brentwood, Tenn.-based Little Clinic, which has expanded rapidly since being formed […]
Industry Pulse: March 2008
DETROIT – How bad are things in Detroit? Shortly before this edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ went to press, Detroit’s mayor, former NBA star Dave Bing, was reportedly planning to propose that blighted parts of the city simply be abandoned and cleared – reverting to rural areas. But it also now looks as if […]
Industry Pulse: February 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Another firm has joined the ranks of real estate companies that are increasing their offerings in the healthcare arena. Charlotte, N.C.-based Keith Corp., which was founded in 1989, recently announced that it is expanding its services to include the development, marketing, leasing and management of healthcare facilities. A new division within the […]
Industry Pulse: January 2010
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. – Here in Minnesota, where Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ is headquartered, there hasn’t been a new hospital built with new beds since a moratorium was enacted by the state legislature back in 1984. Well, Minnesota’s first new hospital with new beds opened in recent weeks. The $138.9 million, 225,000 square foot Maple […]
Industry Pulse: December 2009
HOUSTON – Timeshares are often thought of as places for once-a-year getaways to sunny Mazatlan or the ski slopes of Vail. But Houston-based Memorial Hermann Hospital System has come up with a new wrinkle for the timeshare concept, and it’s designed to lure more primary care doctors to its campus in the vast Texas Medical […]
Industry Pulse: November 2009
WASHINGTON – The annual election of the chairperson of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) is typically big news for people associated with the nation’s real estate investment trusts (REITs), of which there are more than 150 in various types of commercial real estate and mortgages. But for 2010, the naming of […]
Industry Pulse: October 2009
ATLANTA – As the medical office building (MOB) sector has grown up in recent years – some healthcare real estate veterans say the sector was a non-sector until the early 2000s – one aspect of it continues to be elusive: comprehensive data. While there are definitely people and companies in certain cities and geographic markets […]
