Feature Story: More development, higher yields
Developers discuss how to achieve those goals during InterFace HRE Carolinas conference By John B. Mugford As the business of developing healthcare real estate (HRE) facilities, including medical outpatient buildings (MOBs), has become more mainstream over the years, it has attracted more institutional capital to invest in such projects. Although this has indeed boosted the […]
Feature Story: ‘Waiting game’ might be over for MOB sellers
Owners likely to put more assets up for sale, InterFace panelists say By John B. Mugford In what was undoubtedly a slow opening to 2025, the medical outpatient building (MOB) sales volume in the first quarter (Q1) dropped to – at least in preliminary data – a low point for the past decade. The primary […]
Feature Story: Health systems want new ideas from HRE firms
The issues are familiar; what’s needed are fresh solutions, InterFace panel says By John B. Mugford During a wide-ranging, nearly hour-long discussion about how health systems are navigating the current business environment to grow and succeed, a question arose that is probably often on the minds of healthcare real estate (HRE) professionals. That question is, […]
Feature Story: Are providers becoming more open to third-party capital?
An uptick in RFPs suggests they are, some developers said during BOMA MRE Conference By John B. Mugford Although healthcare real estate (HRE) development has lagged during the past couple of years, a bit of an enigma has emerged. That curiosity is that RFPs, or requests for proposals from providers – typically health systems – […]
Feature Story: We’re not in a recession, but…
Noted economist shares her thoughts during the BOMA MRE conference By John B. Mugford Sure, the economy, various business sectors and the stock market indices have been quite volatile in recent months. With this volatility in mind, some business observers, and perhaps even some economists, have suggested that the country is headed for a recession, […]
Feature Story: MOB sales plunged 44% in Q1
But occupancy rose to an average of 92.8%, according to RevistaMed data By John B. Mugford Although some of the newest data concerning the medical outpatient building (MOB) sector reinforces the notion that the property type remains a solid investment, one statistic remains somewhat worrisome, at least for now: the national sales volume. Even though […]
Development: MOB development fell again in 2024
Revista outpatient report also lists last year’s most active developers in 2024 By John B. Mugford The pace of medical outpatient building (MOB) development declined for the fourth straight year in 2024, reflecting persistent challenges in the sector. That’s according to the newly released Revista 2025 Outpatient Real Estate Development Report, which summarizes 2024 data. […]
Feature Story: An uptick in leasing might bode well
InterFace panelists see that as a positive sign for the MOB investment market By John B. Mugford Although many professionals involved in medical outpatient building (MOB) and healthcare real estate (HRE) facility sales have been saying that they foresee an increase in the sales volume in 2025, not all of the panelists taking part in […]
Feature Story: ‘Big hitter’ investors remain bullish
‘Alt’ investments can be attractive, but panelists tout the steadiness of MOBs By John B. Mugford Plenty of folks involved in healthcare real estate (HRE) and medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) can make a strong case for investing in the sector’s various property types. They can point to the strong fundamentals – record-setting occupancy rates nearing […]
Feature Story: All signs point toward more activity
Revista investor panel foresees more purchases, fundraising and sales in 2025 By John B. Mugford On the surface, the medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) sales volume numbers for 2024 looked just fine, coming in at $13.6 billion. That marked a nearly 40 percent increase from 2023, when the sales volume dropped to an eight-year low of […]
Feature Story: Cautious optimism on the lending side of HRE
Revista panelists delve into the state of debt and capital markets By John B. Mugford PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – After seeing some stabilization in the healthcare real estate (HRE) lending arena in 2024 – after a rocky, difficult 2023 – what does the remainder of 2025 hold? At a recent HRE conference, a group […]
Feature Story: ‘A rising level of sophistication’
Revista panelists share insights, strategies into capitalizing ambulatory projects By John B. Mugford When it comes to financing and developing medical outpatient buildings (MOBs), how often have you heard hospital and health system executives say things like these? “We always develop our own MOBs.” “We prefer to own our MOBs instead of paying rents.” “We’ll […]
Feature Story: ‘Industry icon’ named HRE Executive of the Year
Longtime leader Danny Prosky guided AHR through its most successful year yet By John B. Mugford To say the past couple of years has been a busy time for Danny Prosky would be quite an understatement. In fact, even though he and his wife, Zoe, love to travel internationally, there really hasn’t been all that […]
Feature Story: ‘Floodgates’ for MOB sales could open in 2025
After a ‘muted’ 2024, Revista panelists say a turnaround could happen By John B. Mugford While medical outpatient building (MOB) occupancy and rental rates continue to rise throughout the country’s top 50 markets, the news that many professionals involved in the sector would like to hear is that the transactional volume is on the rise. […]
Feature Story: A man of integrity and principles
Cornerstone Companies founder Bob Whitacre of was a pioneer of physician partnerships By John B. Mugford After J. Taggart Birge was finally hired – on his second try – to join the small team at Cornerstone Companies, an Indianapolis-based firm that had been developing medical outpatient buildings (MOB) for physician groups for the previous 24 […]