Q & A: New job for MOB pioneer
SYDNEY SCARBOROUGH TAKES ON NEW ROLE AT JLL By John Mugford When Sydney P. Scarborough was asked a question during the ensuing interview about what she enjoys doing outside of work, there was a caveat that went something like this: “It’s obvious that at work your passion entails helping hospitals reduce costs, but outside of […]
Provider Perspective: Providers talk strategy
EXECUTIVES DISCUSS REAL ESTATE’S CHANGING ROLE By John Mugford In what is becoming known as the era of healthcare reform, quite a bit is changing, and will continue to change, for hospitals and health systems as they go about their mission of delivering medical services to an ever-expanding pool of patients. As most everyone involved […]
Capital Markets Snapshot: Medical real estate still a bright spot
DESPITE FISCAL CHALLENGES, SECTOR WILL BE STRONG FOR NEXT YEAR OR MORE By Cain Brothers. At this point, the federal deficit is unsustainable and Medicare and Medicaid are key contributors to this fiscal challenge. Healthcare reform entails fundamental changes in the organization of the healthcare delivery and reimbursement models. The Democratic-controlled Senate and Republican-controlled House […]
News & Analysis: G&E finds off-market deal
REIT PAYS $30M FOR PART OF A SEAVEST PORTFOLIO By John Mugford As several of the country’s publicly traded healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) grow larger through mergers and acquisitions (M&As), they are less likely to be interested in smaller deals of,perhaps, under $50 million. As a result, this super-sizing of the healthcare REITs […]
Product Focus: Q1 MOB sales sank 74%
BUT SALES PROFESSIONALS REMAIN OPTIMISTIC By John Mugford Hopefully, this was just a hiccup, the disappointing MOB sales volume that kicked off 2011 – a year that many professionals had predicted would be rife with plenty of opportunities and transactions. Instead, according to statistics compiled by New York-based Real Capital Analytics (RCA) Inc., the first […]
Companies: $154 million Baylor project complete
DUKE REALTY DEVELOPED THE 459,717 SQUARE FOOT DALLAS CANCER CENTER By John Mugford After nearly two years of construction, the newest crown jewel of the giant, not-for-profit Baylor Health System is now up and running in Dallas. In late March, Baylor opened the $154 million, 459,717 square foot Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center on its […]
Capital Markets Snapshot : Healthcare capital markets are robust
HOWEVER, FED IS LIKELY, AT SOME POINT, TO TIGHTEN ITS MONETARY POLICY By Cain Brothers The healthcare real estate capital markets continue to be robust, fueled by a large pool of equity and debt capital seeking to invest in medical real estate, strong fundamentals supporting the stability of cash flows for medical real estate, and […]
Special Report: Capital markets stirring
EXPERTS GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON DEBT AND EQUITY By John Mugford In describing the state of the capital markets of the past couple of years, a panel of professionals involved in providing money to the healthcare real estate industry used terms such as “disarray,” “roller coaster” and “wilderness.” Yet, when asked about the markets during […]
Companies: New REIT targeting MOBs, healthcare
ARC LAUNCHES WITH $1.5B STOCK OFFERING; HIRES DASCO, GRUBB VETERANS By Dan Emerson Add another healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) to the mix of investors interested in acquiring medical office buildings (MOBs) and other healthcare real estate facilities. The newest healthcare REIT is New York-based American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, which recently rolled out […]
Capital Markets Snapshot: Interest rates likely to rise sharply
BUT ANOTHER CRASH IS UNLIKELY, AS MOST BORROWINGS ARE WELL-STRUCTURED By Cain Brothers The capital markets are in an interesting but fragile equilibrium that is likely to experience a significant shift in the near future. The markets achieved stability after the tumult of 2008-09, but that stability resulted from aggressive intervention by central banks, which […]
Q & A: Thought leaders needed
PROVIDERS NEED GOOD ADVICE, ‘P.J.’ CAMP SAYS By John Mugford As far as Philip J. “P.J.” Camp is concerned, the healthcare industry’s delivery model is the process of taking on a whole new look, and it will continue to evolve in the era of reform, employed physicians, mergers and acquisitions (M&As), accountable care organizations (ACOs), […]
Industry Pulse: March 2011
HOUSTON – As various aspects of healthcare reform are implemented in coming years, healthcare industry observers say we should be prepared for more and more merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among hospitals and health systems. On the surface, it looks as if this trend is coming to fruition in Houston, where Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare, […]
Special Report: Jump on board for the slow recovery
TODD LILLIBRIDGE PROVIDES ADVICE FOR THOSE LOOKING TO SURVIVE, GROW By John Mugford There has been plenty of talk lately about how healthcare real estate professionals and companies, if they want to survive and perhaps thrive, need to expand their knowledge base and become trusted advisors and resources for hospitals and health systems. In the […]
Transactions: Duke Realty buys large Charlotte MOB
REIT PAYS $47.7 MILLION FOR MOB ATTACHED TO CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER By John Mugford Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE) recently entered the Charlotte, N.C., market with the acquisition of a large medical office (MOB) building. The publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) acquired the 190,773 square foot Morehead Medical Plaza I for $47.7 […]
Capital Markets Snapshot: Markets move from defense to offense
HOWEVER, SOME SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTORS REMAIN, INCLUDING FED MOVES By Cain Brothers. The capital markets have made an important transition in early 2011, and the sentiment has shifted from defense to offense, albeit still via a conservative ground game. As the consensus view emerges that economic growth in the developed world will begin to meet […]
