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The $6 million, two-story, 15,000 square foot Duke Medicine and Meadowmont medical office building (MOB) provided a strategic location for the client, a successful project for the developer and a profitable investment for the owner.
(Photo courtesy of Davis Moore Capital)

Winner: Best New MOB (Less than 25,000 S.F.)

Duke MOB is in ‘enemy territory’ Developer Davis Moore leads Duke Medicine project near UNC Tarheels campus Facility name: Duke Medicine at Meadowmont Address, City, State: 801 West Barbee Chapel Rd. Chapel Hill, N.C. Client (tenant): Duke Medicine Product type: MOB Number of stories: 2 Square footage: 15,000 Site acreage: 2.06 Parking 60 surface spaces […]

The $38 million, two-story, 106,000 square foot James A. Haley Veterans› Hospital Primary Care Annex in Tampa, Fla., developed, financed and owned by Duke Realty, set a new standard for efficient, patient-centered VA outpatient facilities.
(Rendering courtesy of Duke Realty)

Winner: Best New MOB (100,000 S.F. or more)

Clinic improves patient experience Duke Realty-developed VA facility to be used as a model for other clinics Facility name: James A. Haley Veterans› Hospital Primary Care Annex Address, City, State: 13515 Lake Terrace Lane, Tampa, Fla. Client: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Product type: Medical office building Number of stories: 2 Square footage: 106,000 Site acreage: 19.65 Parking: 797 surface parking spaces Constr. […]

A mostly vacant retail center in Durham, N.C., has been transformed into the 94,300 square foot Croasdaile Commons, anchored by Duke Medicine.
(Photo courtesy of Glenwood Development Co.)

Winner: Best Renovated/Repurposed

Renovated facility keeps rents low Glenwood developed Croasdaile Commons for Duke Medicine Facility name: Croasdaile Commons Address, City, State: 1821 Hillandale Road, Durham, N.C. Client: Duke Medicine Product type: medical office building Number of stories: 1 Square footage: 94,300 Site acreage: 9 Parking: Approximately 470 surface parking spaces Construction start date: January 2013 Construction complete date: November 2013 Cost: About $24 million […]

With the $37 million, two-story, 70,000 square foot Los Alamitos Medical Plaza and an attached 1,077-space parking structure, PMB creatively satisfied multiple client needs. 
(Photo courtesy of PMB)

Winner: Best New MOB (50,000 to 99,999 S.F.)

Challenges become solutions Pacific Medical Buildings turns the table on dissatisfaction with MOB Facility name: Los Alamitos Medical Plaza Address, City, State: 3751 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos, Calif. Client: Los Alamitos Medical Center Product type: MOB and parking garage Number of stories: 3 Square footage: 70,000 Site acreage: 2 Parking: Structured, 1,077 spaces Construction start […]

Bruce Rendina

Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award

Rendina lauded as industry leader Founder and CEO of namesake firm was known for developing creative solutions During his 30-plus years in the healthcare real estate industry, Bruce A. Rendina was well known for his extraordinary contributions to the sector and for coming up with creative and innovate solutions when challenges arose. So it probably […]

The Keith Corp. found a creative solution to the needs of multiple tenants with the $5.12 million, three-story, 25,461 square foot Angel Cancer Center 
(Photo courtesy of The Keith Corp.)

Winner: Best New MOB (25,000-49,999 S.F.)

Angel Cancer Center rises up Keith Corp. helps a key client bring a much needed cancer center to underserved Facility name: Angel Cancer Center Address, City, State: 834 Depot St, Franklin, N.C. Client: Angel Medical Center Product type:  MOB – Cancer Center Number of stories: 3 Square footage: 25,461 Site acreage: 1.34 Parking: 125 surface […]

Duke Realty overcame a tight budget and timeline to deliver a $17.5 million, two-story, 53,293 square foot, 49-bed rehab hospital in a Memphis, Tenn., suburb.
(Photo courtesy of Duke Realty)

Winner: Best Inpatient Facility

Baptist hospital meets growing need Duke Realty-developed rehab facility a cost-effective, collaborative solution Facility name: Baptist Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital Address, City, State: 1240 Germantown Road, Germantown, Tenn. Client: Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and Centerre Healthcare Corp. Product type: 49-bed rehab hospital Number of stories: 2 Square footage: 53,293 Site acreage: 6.16 Parking: 123 parking spaces Construction start date: October 2013 Constr. complete date: September […]

With the $16.3 million, three-story, 70,962 square foot Beach House Assisted Living and Memory Care community in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Prevarian Cos. overcame numerous challenges to bring much-needed senior housing to a prime location.
(Photos courtesy of Prevarian)

Winner: Best Post-Acute/Senior Living

Prevarian project hits the beach Developer seizes opportunity for senior community in desirable Florida location Facility name: Beach House Assisted Living and Memory Care Address, City, State: 1315 2nd Ave., N., Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Client: PSL JAX Beach House, LP Product type: Senior Living Facility Number of stories: 3 Square footage: 70,962 Site acreage: 1.51 […]

Feature Story: Insights Awards finalists announced

Second annual event honors healthcare real estate’s top people and projects As Scottsdale basked in brilliant sunshine in late 2013, 82-year-old Robert A. “Bob” Rosenthal’s sunny disposition was on display as he bounded onto a stage inside the Phoenician Resort. Upon receiving the 2013 HREI Lifetime Achievement Award for a career that spanned five decades, […]

Feature Story: Why design matters

Feature Story: Why design matters

BOMA conference panel discusses the healing power of architecture By John B. Mugford Gone are the days when the main goal of designing and building a shiny new healthcare facility was to attract new patients, and hopefully retain them, with plenty of bells and whistles. Today, while attracting patients remains a fundamental objective, healthcare design […]

Executives of Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services say they’d be changing their business and real estate strategy even without healthcare reform. Above is the system’s 133,000 square foot Fairview Ridges Specialty Center in Burnsville, Minn., being developed by Frauenshuh. Rendering courtesy of Fairview Health Services

Feature Story: Focus on healthcare, not reform

Some providers say they’d be changing their real estate strategies anyway By Murray W. Wolf Most articles about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), aka healthcare reform, focus on how the four-year-old law is “forcing” hospitals and health systems to change their ways – with a stated goal of delivering higher-quality, more collaborative […]

Feature Story: Finalists: Best New MOB (100,000 SF or More)

Feature Story: Finalists: Best New MOB (100,000 SF or More)

Akron General Health and Wellness Center, Green, Ohio Developer: Rendina Cos. Akron General Health System wanted to increase its presence in the growing communities south of Akron and fast-track the development of a health and wellness center near a new freestanding emergency department (FED). Rendina began site work as the design and permit processes progressed […]

Feature Story: 2013 HREI™ Insights Awards™

Recognizing the finest in HRE people and projects Of all the initiatives we have undertaken since we launched Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ nearly 11 years ago, the HREI Insights Awards™ is perhaps the only one that has generated nothing but positive feedback. Since we unveiled the only national awards totally dedicated to recognizing excellence in […]

The 57,250 square foot Harker Heights Medical Pavilion in Killeen, Texas, is one of the MOB Rendina has put up for sale. (Photo courtesy of Rendina)

Feature Story: Finalists: Best New MOB (50,000-99,999 SF)

Harker Heights Medical Pavilion, Harker Heights, Texas Developer: Rendina Cos. Rendina Cos. delivered  a successful solution for Seton Family Healthcare and LHP Hospital Group with a $10.9 million, three-story, 61,064 square foot full-service MOB on the new Seton Medical Center campus. The MOB provides the two clients with a competitive edge and a community asset […]

Feature Story: Finalists: Best New MOB (25,000-49,999 SF)

Feature Story: Finalists: Best New MOB (25,000-49,999 SF)

Crystal Medical Center, Crystal, Minn. Developer: The Davis Group Northwest Family Physicians needed a way to continue to serve suburban Minneapolis’ predominantly senior market of Crystal with its flagship clinic, but its existing landlord was unable to meet its requirements. Initially located at a mostly vacant retail mall, the client desired an alternative location within […]