Companies & People

Companies (January 2011)

JLL, system partner up on real estate REAL ESTATE FIRM LANDS AGREEMENT WITH BEAUMONT HOSPITALS IN MICHIGAN By John Mugford At almost every medical office building (MOB) real estate conference a professional might attend these days, there is talk of the need for efficiency and the development of cost-effective buildings. That’s because as hospitals and […]

How to reform reform

How to reform reform

How to reform reform HERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS THAT NEED REVISION  Dear Reader: Last month, I said that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka healthcare reform, should be repealed – and my position stands. Repeal certainly might be attainable, considering that we now have a solid GOP majority in the U.S. House, additional […]

Jon Sullivan of Texas Health Resources

Special Report: Future is bright, with some concerns

HREI™ BOARD WORRIES ABOUT NEW FOCUS ON RFPs, ACCOUNTING CHANGES, ETC. By John Mugford Last month, we published a story highlighting potential trends in the healthcare real estate sector, as told to us by members of the Editorial Advisory Board of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™. Most of their predictions for 2011 and beyond pointed to […]

A new partnership of Jones Lang LaSalle and Beaumont Hospitals will assume responsibility for the Michigan-based system’s real estate portfolio.
Photo courtesy of Beaumont Hospitals

Companies: JLL, system partner up on real estate

REAL ESTATE FIRM LANDS AGREEMENT WITH BEAUMONT HOSPITALS IN MICHIGAN By John Mugford At almost every medical office building (MOB) real estate conference a professional might attend these days, there is talk of the need for efficiency and the development of cost-effective buildings. That’s because as hospitals and health systems look to their future in […]

Sabra Health Care REIT to Present at Stifel Nicolaus Conference

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. to Present at the 2011 Stifel Nicolaus Senior Housing & Healthcare Real Estate Conference IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq:SBRA) announced today that Richard K. Matros, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 2011 Stifel Nicolaus Senior Housing and Healthcare Real Estate […]

Transactions: New portfolio hits market for new year

SEVEN PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED IN FOUR STATES, INCLUDING THE EAST COAST By John Mugford There are eager buyers are out there, well-capitalized and hungry to gobble up healthcare real estate. The only problem, of course, is that there just never seems to be enough product available to satisfy the appetites of those potential buyers, according […]

Jones Lang LaSalle and Beaumont Hospital Form Partnership

Jones Lang LaSalle and Beaumont Hospital Form Partnership to Service 8.5 Million-Square-Foot Health Care Facility and Real Estate Portfolio Partnership to create new industry-leading standard CHICAGO and DETROIT, Jan. 5, 2011 —Jones Lang LaSalle today announced the formation of a new integrated services partnership with Beaumont Hospitals to create a new standard in health care […]

Industry Pulse: January 2013

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, a shopper can find a pair of jeans – diamond studded, of course – for a cool $4,000. There’s no doubt things can get expensive in the posh, star-inhabited suburb of Los Angeles. That includes rentable medical office building (MOB) space and the MOBs themselves, […]

Publisher’s Letter: How to reform

Publisher’s Letter: How to reform

SEVERAL PROVISIONS NEED MAJOR REVISIONS By Murray W. Wolf Dear Reader: Last month, I said that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should be repealed. My position stands. But even if repeal doesn’t happen, then most of the individual provisions of healthcare reform should be repealed or de-funded. Here is where I’d start: Get […]

Dev Gregg of Cogdell Spencer
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People: Dev Gregg joins HREI™ editorial board

COGDELL SPENCER EXECUTIVE ADDS ANOTHER REIT VOICE TO ADVISORY GROUP By Murray W. Wolf Devereaux A. “Dev” Gregg, Senior VP – Development for Cogdell Spencer Erdman, has been selected to join the Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ Editorial Advisory Board. “We have several other board members who are executives with healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs),” […]

Pacific Medical Buildings and RD Development Partners are developing the future 103-bed Lakeway Regional Medical Center in Lakeway, Texas.
Photo courtesy of Pacific Medical Buildings

Companies: Pacific Med lands first hospital project

103-BED TEXAS FACILITY COULD BE START OF MORE INPATIENT PROJECTS FOR PMB By John Mugford San Diego-based Pacific Medical Buildings (PMB) has been one of the most prolific medical office building (MOB) developers on the West Coast for nearly four decades. Over the years, PMB has certainly spread its wings, landing MOB development deals up […]

Plaza Companies Expands Presence in Tucson Marketplace

Plaza Companies Expands Presence in Tucson Marketplace Plaza Companies, a leader in the senior living and medical office marketplace in Arizona, is expanding its presence in the Tucson area and opening a new Tucson office.  Opening Tucson Office to Serve Local Medical Office Properties; Hires Experienced Leasing Director for Area Portfolio  TUCSON, Arizona (December 6, 2010) […]

Capital Markets Snapshot: Capital should be more plentiful in ‘11

WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, DEBT OR EQUITY, FINANCING WILL BE EASIER TO GET By Murray W. Wolf Tis the season for predictions regarding the year ahead and, increasingly, the pundits have been optimistic. Admittedly, we are still plagued by policy uncertainty, a fragile economic recovery and skittish investors. And although the effects were muted in […]

From left to right, David Park of Novant Health, Bart Gobeil of the State of Georgia, Calvin Thomas IV of Grady Health System, Howard Wall III of Capella Healthcare and Leigh Hantho of Align Healthcare discussed the changing role of third-party real estate developers during the recent InterFace Medical Office conference in Atlanta.
Photo courtesy of InterFace Conference Group

Special Report: Capitalizing on change

ADAPT FOR SUCCESS, HREI™ EDIT BOARD ADVISES By John Mugford If there is one certainty on the healthcare real estate horizon, it is uncertainty. And for that matter, change. Uncertainty about whether certain aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 – better known as the healthcare reform law – will be […]

Industry Pulse: December 2010

TYLER, Texas – The Obama administration has endured plenty of backlash over the passage of healthcare reform, with numerous states filing lawsuits against the federal government in an effort to repeal the law. In addition,a whole slew of Republican congressional hopefuls ran on a platform of overturning the law. For the companies and professionals involved […]