Feature Story: Systems need help, advice with their R.E. strategy
Panelists at Colliers Healthcare conference outline what they want from HRE firms CHICAGO — When health system executives talk, healthcare real estate (HRE) professionals typically sit up and listen. After all, the needs of the country’s hospitals and health systems are what continue to drive HRE facility development, acquisitions, property management and other services such […]
News Release: Walgreens seeks to optimize its real estate
National pharmacy/retailer has big plans for delivering healthcare services By John B. Mugford After all, the company, operates a network of 9,653 stores in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., that are primarily focused on its pharmacy business as well as selling healthcare and beauty products. Astonishingly, its network of stores […]
Feature Story: Urgent care opportunities abound
R.E. strategies for such facilities is no longer an ‘affluent suburban’ or ‘Sunbelt’ play By John B. Mugford Although some suburban markets nationwide have reached a saturation point when it comes to the number of urgent care centers (UCCs), changes in healthcare and payment systems are creating more and more opportunities in new areas throughout […]
Feature Story: Kaiser Permanente’s retail strategy
America’s largest MOB owner explains what it looks for in a retail location By John B. Mugford Plenty of health systems and physician practices these days are setting up shop in retrofitted spaces in retail centers, including large shopping malls. But how does this get done, what malls make the best locations for such spaces, […]
Feature Story: Northwestern Memorial flips the script
Adding healthcare to retail areas is big trend. But what about adding retail to healthcare? By John B. Mugford The “retailization” of healthcare is a well-documented, recent and successful trend in the country’s medical delivery model. But what about the “healthcare-ization” of retail? Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, a 10-hospital system in Greater Chicago, has flipped the […]
Feature Story: Micro-hospitals like high-visibility retail locations
Emerus exec’s motto is ‘See me a thousand times before you need me once’ By John B. Mugford Certainly, in this age of the “retailization” of healthcare delivery, finding convenient, highly visible locations in areas with “good demographics” is as important as ever for those planning new medical facilities. Even so, one professional who has […]
Feature Story: How to land business with health systems
Health system execs talk about what they expect from third-party firms By John B. Mugford MINNEAPOLIS – It is likely that any professional or company involved in healthcare real estate (HRE) has a goal of providing services or capital for, or establishing a client relationship with, strong healthcare systems and providers. One very well-attended panel […]
Cover Story: The Next Stage
Stage Equity Partners plans to stick with the same proven acquisition strategy that has served it well during the past 10 years, but perhaps with a few tweaks By Murray W. Wolf Conventional wisdom holds that a recession is a terrible time to start a business. However, some believe that it might just be the […]
Feature Story: Think of patients as customers
Focusing on ‘the patient experience’ is no longer enough, ICSC speaker says By Murray W. Wolf For at least a decade, healthcare executives have been talking earnestly about “the patient experience” – the sum of all interactions that a patient has with a healthcare organization, including the people, processes, policies, communications, actions and environment. Not […]
Feature Story: ‘Lease vs. own’ examined during BOMA panel
Health systems should invest capital in other areas, one panelist notes By John B. Mugford MINNEAPOLIS – Lease vs. own? It’s a debate as old as time in healthcare real estate (HRE) – well, not quite that old. But for at least a few decades now – ever since third-party developers and investors became key […]
Feature Story: It’s official: Retail has discovered healthcare
Annual ICSC RECon retail real estate event focuses on healthcare for the first time By Murray W. Wolf Held annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECon global convention for the shopping center industry is one of the largest trade shows conducted in the United States. Last year, […]
Feature Story: Capital partnerships are all the rage in HRE
For good reason, according to panelists at BOMA MOB conference MINNEAPOLIS — In the early days of the medical office building (MOB) sector, companies that had started to focus exclusively on developing, acquiring and managing such facilities often relied on a network of high net worth individuals, friends and family included, to invest in their […]
Feature Story: BOMA MOB conference was a big hit, again
Event enjoyed near-record attendance and high marks for content, networking MINNEAPOLIS – It is our understanding that the seeds of the BOMA International Medical Office Buildings + Healthcare Real Estate Conference were planted in 2003. That’s when a “Medical Office Buildings Seminar” was offered as part of the annual BOMA International Annual Conference and The […]
People: Q&A with Jay Buckley, Anchor’s new VP of asset management
After five years with HCP, industry veteran joins private HRE firm to help manage its fast-growing portfolio In a reflection of its strong growth in recent years, Charlottesville, Va.-based Anchor Health Properties recently hired commercial real estate veteran Jay Buckley for the role of VP, asset management. Mr. Buckley, who started his career with an […]
Feature Story: Revista’s top outpatient developers of 2018 are… (UPDATED)
Anchor Health Properties led in two categories, with PMB topping the other (UPDATED) The rankings of the top outpatient healthcare real estate (HRE) developers in 2018 are complete, as Arnold, Md.-based Revista has released the results of its third annual development report. The company, which focuses on thoroughly compiling and disseminating data concerning the HRE […]