Feature Story: Changes needed in healthcare delivery model
Advisory Board’s Wes Campbell states his case during Cushman & Wakefield webinar By John B. Mugford NATIONAL – While there are certainly reports that a number of legacy health systems – those centered on operating hospitals – are doing better financially, the country’s healthcare delivery model is in need of change in order to survive […]
Feature Story: Coming out of the malaise
Some difficulties could linger, but CBRE webinar panelists say a better year lies ahead By John B. Mugford The medical outpatient building (MOB) sector has seen a slowdown in development and sales for several reasons during the past couple of years. Today, however, while not necessarily expecting an immediate return to the historically strong years […]
Feature Story: Optimism reigns for 2025
GlobeSt. panelists predict more activity and lending in the year ahead By John B. Mugford The transaction and development volumes for medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) might have slowed during the past couple of years as interest rates rose quickly, but there is optimism for those involved in healthcare real estate (HRE) as we head into […]
Feature Story: 2025: What’s in store for the economy and HRE?
Economist John Chang says this sector should remain strong By John B. Mugford For professionals involved in the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector, there are so many questions heading into 2025. A few of those questions, among others, include: How fast and how far will the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank continue to decrease its federal […]
Feature Story: Top 10 healthcare real estate stories of 2024
Despite a slow 2024 in terms of sales and development, HRE professionals remain optimistic By John B. Mugford The multi-year slowdown in medical outpatient building (MOB) sales and new development continued in 2024, prompting many healthcare real estate (HRE) professionals to declare numerous times throughout the past 12 months: “Survive ‘til 2025.” However, that rather […]
Feature Story: Navigating health system real estate strategies
Banner’s Troy Freeman discusses growth, insurance and the role of AI By John B. Mugford In recent years, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has been comprised of the “haves,” or the growing, healthier health systems, and the “have nots,” or those that are struggling financially during an era of […]
Feature Story: Is HRE development down?
Not according to an expert panel that spoke at the GlobeSt. conference By John B. Mugford Although the data suggests that healthcare real estate (HRE) development activity slowed significantly during the past year or so, a recent discussion by five experienced developers told a different story. In fact, during a panel discussion at last week’s […]
Feature Story: Q3 MOB sales remained slow: $2.1 billion
But Revista says cap rates declined slightly and project completions were up By John B. Mugford It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for, but it appears we’ll need to wait a bit longer. Despite anecdotal observations from numerous medical outpatient building (MOB) sales professionals suggesting that activity is picking up, the third quarter (Q3) […]
Feature Story: Slow sales market hit the bottom, is now rebounding
A group of panelists at the Connect HRE Conference make their case for optimism By John B. Mugford There are plenty of professionals involved in medical outpatient building (MOB) and healthcare real estate (HRE) facility investments and sales who are saying that the sluggish sales market is turning around. Without a bevy of statistics to […]
Feature Story: It’s all about the operator
For behavioral health facilities, a proven track record in the key, Colliers’ panel says By John B. Mugford As behavioral health continues to become a more vital aspect of the country’s overall healthcare delivery model, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for facilities providing such services has grown as well. As […]
Feature Story: HRE investment is headed in the right direction
Colliers conference panelists say they think sales volume is increasing By John B. Mugford The medical outpatient building (MOB) transaction volume, as we all know, has been somewhat bleak for the past two years or so, taking a large dip from the big volume years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic and, in the aftermath, […]
Feature Story: Finally, the Fed cuts interest rates
But some HRE veterans say the impact of the long-awaited move will be gradual By John B. Mugford In making the first cut to the federal funds rate since it began raising rates in March 2022, has the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank ushered in a period of increased medical outpatient building (MOB) sales? Will last […]
Feature Story: Optimism returns in the HRE sector as rate cuts loom
InterFace ‘State of the Industry’ panelists foresee investors, lenders coming back By John B. Mugford After a two-year slump in sales transactions and development activity, there is optimism in the air in the healthcare real estate (HRE) business, with some caveats – or at least one big one. That big caveat is, of course, the […]
Feature Story: Catalyst hires Eric Fischer to lead development
CEO Chad Henderson says sector veteran will help the firm get to ‘the next level’ By John B. Mugford Ever since its founding in 2011, Pensacola-based Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate has continued to grow “organically” and at its own pace, according to Chad Henderson, founder, CEO and managing partner of the firm that acquires and […]
Feature Story: Cap rates drop; portfolio sales, prices rise
New CBRE and Cushman reports provide insights into the state of the market By John B. Mugford Nearly everyone involved in medical outpatient building (MOB) sales seems to be looking for signs that the transactions market is picking up. They’re hopeful that we might soon see the end of a two-year slump that started with […]
