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 […]
Feature Story: Growth markets are where it’s at for HRE
Overall population growth might matter more than growth in the 65+ segment By John B. Mugford Healthcare real estate (HRE) investors and developers are talking a lot these days about the advantages and payoffs associated with looking for and finding opportunities in “growth markets.” As Hilda Martin, a principal with Arnold, Md.-based Revista and its […]
Feature Story: MOB sales remained slow in Q2, at $1.9 billion
However, occupancies and demand remain high, Revista says By John B. Mugford Recently, a growing number of professionals involved in the medical outpatient building (MOB) transaction market have been saying that they are seeing signs that the market is picking up, or indications that it will pick up in the not-too-distant future. Yet, for now, […]
Feature Story: Providers’ latest challenge: How to meet rising demand
InterFace HRE Carolinas panelists discuss how their organizations are coping By John B. Mugford The outlook has improved for many healthcare providers recently as they have put the monumental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic behind them and the shock of soaring interest rates and higher costs has waned a bit. But now they face a […]
Feature Story: MOB buyers are ready to buy, but…
InterFace HRE Carolinas panelists agree that sales will likely remain slow for a while By John B. Mugford “Volume is down, right? That’s why we’re here. We’re trying to figure out when (the medical outpatient building sales) volume is going to pick up again.” That’s how moderator Anthony Sardo, a director in the Capital Markets […]
Feature Story: Health execs get to quiz landlords
BOMA ‘reverse’ panel let providers ask questions of building owners By John B. Mugford Many healthcare real estate (HRE) conferences include panel discussions comprising real estate executives from prominent health systems. The idea is to allow the panelists to share their real estate strategies and, perhaps, explain what difficulties they face in trying to carry […]
