Companies & People: HFF adds to its healthcare platform
Formerly at Savills, Philip B. Mahler joins company’s medical real estate team By John B. Mugford HFF continues to beef up its national healthcare real estate practice. In January, the company hired well-known healthcare real estate (HRE) professional W. Michael Bennett as a managing director focused on medical real estate transactions. So far, 2014 has […]
Companies & People: Velocis to raise $300M for next fund
Private equity firm hopes to target larger medical and retail assets and portfolios By Dan Larson In March of 2013, Velocis Fund LP completed its final closing on its first fund, aptly titled Velocis Fund I. Since that time, the Dallas-based private equity real estate fund has been working hard on Velocis Fund II, which […]
Companies & People: Optimal Outcomes to develop MOB
Firm plans mid-2015 opening for 38,000 square foot facility in Tampa, Fla., area By Dan Larson Optimal Outcomes LLC of St. Petersburg is expanding its brand to Brandon, Fla. The city is situated just 12 miles east of Tampa and is one of Florida’s fastest growing communities. The real estate developer plans to break ground […]
Companies & People: Ensemble becomes real estate advisor to Phoenix Children’s Hospital
PHOENIX – After years of partnering on various projects, Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Ensemble Real Estate Solutions have agreed on a long-term union, making Ensemble the hospital’s exclusive real estate advisor. The Phoenix-based healthcare real estate (HRE) firm will oversee 12 leases in nine locations with 116,000 total square feet.
Companies & People: Lincoln Harris providing leasing at two MOBs; negotiates lease at another
DALLAS – Charlotte, N.C.-based Lincoln Harris CSG is in the midst of providing leasing services for two separate healthcare developments – one a remodeling project – underway in the Dallas area.
Companies & People: HCP teams with Transwestern to lease Houston MOB
HOUSTON – HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP) in recent months broke ground on a 100,000 square foot Class A MOB on the campus of Memorial Hermann Pearland Medical Center in Pearland, Texas, outside of Houston. To lease up the new building, HCP has tapped national real estate firm Transwestern.
Companies & People: More Companies & People News
■ Brasfield & Gorrie recently completed the $16 million Healthplex Performance Center in Madison, Miss. The Birmingham, Ala.-based firm was the general contractor for the two-story, 100,000 square foot sports complex and MOB, which includes a training floor with strength and cardio equipment, indoor walking track, indoor pool, therapy pools, indoor field house and athletic […]
Companies & People: JLL is marketing several offerings
Firm’s healthcare brokers also plan to put several other deals on the market By John B. Mugford Three medical office building (MOB) deals are currently on the market from the Healthcare Capital Markets Group at Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL), including one that hit the market just recently. For one of the offerings, JLL has […]
Companies & People: Healthcare Real Estate Capital assists in three deals, opens Chicago office
NEW YORK – New York-based Healthcare Real Estate Capital (HRE Capital) was recently involved in three healthcare real estate transactions. In one of them, HRE Capital secured financing for AW Property Co. in its acquisition of a 51,681 square foot, two-MOB portfolio in Tampa, Fla. The on-campus, single-tenant MOBs have long-term lease agreements with publicly-traded […]
Companies & People: Marcus & Millichap broker closes five MOB sales in second quarter
SAN DIEGO – The second quarter proved to be a good one for one of the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector’s well-known professionals, John Smelter of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI). During the quarter, Mr. Smelter, a senior director of the firm’s Healthcare Real Estate Group in San Diego, negotiated the sale of five MOBs […]
Companies & People: As part of growth plan, Charlotte-based Brackett Flagship makes new hires
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte, N.C.-based Brackett Flagship Properties recently added four new employees to support what it calls its “continued growth.” The new hires are C. Thorn Baccich Jr.; Ryan Dawson; Matt Schindelholz; and John Klawitter. Mr. Baccich joins Brackett Flagship Properties from Carolinas Healthcare System, where he spent four years in the system’s Real […]
Companies & People: More Company News
■ Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC), a Milwaukee-based, healthcare-focused real estate investment trust (REIT), recently named Jeff Theiler to the new position of executive VP and chief financial officer. Mr. Theiler, who reports to John Thomas, president and CEO of the REIT, most recently served as an equity research analyst focusing on the healthcare and […]
Companies & People: Recent purchases, including medical, push Carter Validus’ portfolio above $1.4 billion
TAMPA, Fla. – Recent acquisitions have propelled Tampa-based Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT Inc. to reach a new milestone for the value, based on purchase price, of its portfolio. That value now tops $1.4 billion.
Companies & People: Developer Rendina starts MOB, surgery center for orthopedic practice in S.C.
MURRELLS INLET, S.C. – Jupiter, Fla.-based Rendina Healthcare Real Estate says it has broken ground for a new project in Murrells Inlet, a 23,000 square foot MOB with a surgery center. The facility is a new project for Carolina Orthopaedic Specialists and the Coastal Surgery Center. It is being built on a 2-acre site about […]
Companies & People: Cornerstone turns building around in Carmel, Ind., bringing occupancy to 100%
CARMEL, Ind. – Indianapolis-based Cornerstone Cos. has succeeded on two fronts recently.