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Industry Pulse (August 2006)

  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Now that the long-anticipated $121.7 million Novant Health medical office building (MOB) portfolio sale has finally closed (please see “M&O nabs Novant portfolio” article to the right), does that bring the era of $100 million-plus MOB portfolio sales to an end? Not quite, according to industry sources. Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ […]

Industry Pulse (June 2006)

Industry Pulse CLEVELAND — Cleveland Clinic recently launched an ambitious five-year, $1.25 billion fundraising campaign to generate major financial support for the provider in four major areas.  The clinic is seeking $440 million to support a capital improvements campus master plan, $300 million to support clinical and basic research, $275 million for medical and patient […]

Industry Pulse (May 2006)

CHICAGO – Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago recently announced plans for a $750 million, 275-bed replacement hospital at a new location. Plans call for construction of the new hospital in downtown Chicago at a site near Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The provider’s current campus on the city’s north side is slated for sale to developers. Construction […]

Industry Pulse (April 2006)

  INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Providers have big plans for an area along Interstate 75 in northern Oakland County, about halfway between Detroit and Flint. Flint-based McLaren Health Care Corp. has proposed a $600 million medical care village on 80 to 90 acres. The first phase would include a medical office building (MOB) of up […]

Industry Pulse (March 2006)

NEW YORK – Another major institutional player with large sums of capital intends to start investing in medical office buildings (MOBs). The latest entry is JPMorgan Investment Management Inc., which could invest up to $125 million in MOBs. The news was heard during a conference last month in New York, where Granite Partners LLC hosted, […]

Industry Pulse (Febuary 2006)

CLEVELAND – The board of directors of University Hospitals Health System (UHHS) in mid-January unanimously approved core elements a vast new strategic plan, called Vision 2010. The plan calls for investments of more than $1 billion, including significant upgrades to the University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) campus, new facilities and considerable expansions at several of […]

Industry Pulse (January 2006)

ATLANTA – A replacement hospital plays a significant part in a $3 billion capital improvements master plan at Emory University in Atlanta. As part of the plan, a 700-bed replacement hospital for the Emory Hospital and Clinic would be built across the road from its current location, and would be clustered with medical research and […]

Industry Pulse: December 2005

LEXINGTON, Ky. – UK Medical Center at the University of Kentucky recently received approval from the university’s board of trustees for a $450 million expansion project that includes a 473-bed replacement hospital and a new parking garage. The new garage is the first phase of the project and is targeted for completion in March 2007. […]

Industry Pulse: November 2005

INDIANAPOLIS – As this edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ was about to go to press, we learned that Windrose Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: WRS) has agreed to acquire 22 properties for a total of about $241 million. The sellers are various limited partnerships associated with medical real estate developer Bruce A. Rendina and Rendina […]

Industry Pulse: October 2005

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Community Mercy Healthcare Partners has reached an agreement with local officials on a 45-acre site for a $280 million healthcare campus that the provider plans to build in this west-central Ohio city. The new hospital would be the result of a merger between two long-time Springfield providers: Springfield Community Hospital and Mercy […]

Industry Pulse: September 2005

SAN FRANCISCO – California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) officials have finally outlined plans for a $1 billion medical center in San Francisco’s Cathedral Hill neighborhood. The long-awaited plan includes up to 600 new seismic safety law-compliant hospital beds, plus a $210 million medical office building (MOB). Officials of the Sutter Health affiliate say they plan […]

Publisher’s Letter: Thanks for the feedback

READER SURVEY COMMENTS WILL HELP US IMPROVE By Murray W Wolf Dear Reader: At the risk of blowing our own horn, I am delighted to report that nearly 94 percent of the respondents to our recent reader survey gave Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ an overall rating of “excellent” (67 percent) or “good” (28 percent). Many […]

Industry Pulse: August 2005

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – New details have emerged in Columbia St. Mary’s plan to consolidate two Milwaukee medical campuses. Plans call for a new $417 million, 513-bed replacement hospital to be called Columbia St. Mary’s Lake Drive Hospital. It will be built at the site of the current Columbia St. Mary’s Milwaukee Campus. The existing 237-bed […]

Industry Pulse: July 2005

HOUSTON – Methodist Hospital System of Houston recently sketched plans for more than $1 billion in expansion projects over a 10-year period. The work would be done at four hospitals owned by the system. Planned projects include: a $250 million, 500,000 square foot outpatient center at Methodist Hospital in Houston; a $150 million, 220-bed expansion […]

Industry Pulse: June 2005

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Baptist Health System (BHS) has engaged a New York investment bank to assist in the sale of seven medical office buildings (MOBs) totaling 480,690 rentable square feet. Three of the MOBs are on the not-for-profit system’s flagship Princeton campus, two are on its Montclair campus and two are off-campus, according to Philip […]