Industry Pulse On the Record: Thomas D’Arcy
“Will health systems begin monetizing MOBs at some point? “We’re seeing regional healthcare systems beginning the process of monetizing their assets… Over time, investors such as the people in this room (at the 2014 BOMA MOB conference) are going to be owning more and more of the healthcare facilities in this country.” Thomas D’Arcy, CEO […]
Editor’s Letter: VA mess: A bad sign?
Failures of federally run healthcare raise concerns Dear Reader: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was designed to accomplish a whole host of things, perhaps most importantly to provide a way for uninsured Americans to receive affordable health insurance. As many as 30 million people are expected to receive coverage in coming years […]
Industry Pulse: BOMA MOB Conference Crowd Grew Nearly 31%
Nashville, Tenn., event attracted 1,000-plus Back in the early 2000s, people involved in healthcare real estate might’ve asked each other, “Are you going to BOMA’s MOB conference this year?” These days, the conference has become so familiar in the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector that is has simply referred to as “BOMA.” That’s because as […]
Industry Pulse: New entrants will disrupt healthcare
$2.8 trillion That’s the size of the U.S. healthcare system, and the potential of the “New Health Economy” will be even greater, says a new report from the consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (pwc). That’s the good news. The not so good news – at least for some current hospitals and physicians – is
Industry Pulse: MOB demand unlikely to decrease anytime soon
Medical is attracting investors of all stripes. At the recent InterFace Healthcare Real Estate West 2014 conference in Los Angeles, an experienced panel of healthcare real estate professionals talked about how the pool of would-be medical office building (MOB) buyers continues to expand, with more and more funds, private investors, institutions and others entering the […]
Publisher’s Letter: MOB demand unlikely to decrease anytime soon
I’ve been everywhere, man. Next: Nashville, Tenn. Dear Reader: After a brief pause in late 2013 and early this year, the healthcare real estate (HRE) conference schedule has once again shifted into high gear. So far in 2014, Healthcare Real Estate InsightsTM has participated in four HRE conferences, taking us to Boca Raton, Fla.; Los […]
On the Record: Karen Torres
“What’s your perspective on the trend toward more physicians becoming hospital employees? “Everyone is talking about independent physician practices going away. Well, my recent experience has been that all of the phone calls I’ve been receiving are from independent physicians looking for space.” Karen Torres, Director of Real Estate, Hoag Memorial Presbyterian, Newport Beach, Calif., […]
Publisher’s Letter: Healthcare reform + 5
Musings on a half-decade of living with the PPACA Dear Reader: As I write these words, it is almost four years to the day since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law: March 23, 2010. If you factor in about one year of Congressional debate prior to the passage of […]
Industry Pulse: Los Angeles hospital market is ‘a mess’
L.A. has many small hospitals without distinct market niches. During a recent HRE conference in Los Angeles, the moderator of one of the panel discussions, a longtime healthcare real estate professional, made an observation about California’s larger metro markets.
Industry Pulse: Demolish That Old Acute Care Hospital? Maybe Not
Something old. Something new. And a bridge. In this era of consolidation and ambulatory strategy, some acute care hospitals are being left behind. But what do you do with the old hospital building? That question that will probably keep popping up more and more in this post-healthcare reform era – and the bigger the old […]
Industry Pulse: On the Record
What’s new in development in the Greater Phoenix market? “Arizona-based hospitals are continuing to develop sophisticated, on-campus facilities and are also focused on retrofitting and repositioning older spaces to be new, efficient, effective and cutting edge. The outpatient facilities are typically smaller, providing emergency services and ambulatory surgery and other services. The major hospital groups […]
Industry Pulse: HRE Professionals: Optimistic About ’14
78% That’s the percentage of HRE professionals who say they expect their business to grow in 2014. At the annual Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ Editorial Advisory Board meeting Denver in late 2013, board members discussed the state of the HRE sector and compared notes on what they consider to be the latest trends and strategies. […]
Publisher’s Letter: New HRE strategies
Real estate is adapting to the changing industry Dear Reader: As I was sifting through some of the folders on my computer desktop recently, I came across my notes from last fall’s Bisnow Healthcare Real Estate Summit in Philadelphia. In doing so, I was reminded of a very intriguing session I had attended, broadly titled […]
Industry Pulse: ‘Hot Pockets’ Inventors Show Appetite for MOBs
Investor with ties to Hot Pockets hungers for core-plus, value-add and opportunistic deals Hot Pockets are not exactly the healthiest packaged food on the market. In fact, comedian Jim Gaffigan practically built his career on a hilarious routine lampooning the fat-filled frozen sandwiches. So it is ironic – or perhaps a clever bit of vertical […]
Industry Pulse: On the Record
Will we see more investment in U.S. acute care hospitals, as we have in Europe? “We’ve been spending a lot of time with our CBRE counterparts in London, who have had a lot of success selling acute care facilities across Europe. While our team has found a great niche in the post-acute care sector in […]
