Feature Story: Investors are being more cautious
InterFace conference panelists discuss their strategies in a volatile market By John B. Mugford A recession might be looming (if it’s not already here), interest rates are on the rise and landing debt financing for making acquisitions in the healthcare real estate (HRE) space is perhaps as difficult as it’s been for a number of […]
Feature Story: COVID? It might be the least of their worries
Colliers provider panel discusses $150 per hour nurses and other challenges By John B. Mugford As Bradley Case, president of Minneapolis-based the Good Clinic, a startup focused on primary care services, noted during last week’s Colliers National Healthcare Conference in Denver: “I think the panic phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is over, as we can […]
Feature Story: Providers are facing post-pandemic challenges
Advisory Board shares insights during Cushman & Wakefield webinar By John B. Mugford Although a vast majority – 92 percent, in fact – of health systems nationwide report that their patient volumes have returned to near pre-pandemic levels, this does not mean they are out of the woods financially. That’s because expenses, especially those involving […]
Feature Story: Working through ‘price discovery’ in the MOB market
InterFace panel discusses current headwinds and the positive, long-term prospects of the sector By John B. Mugford Perhaps the best way to describe the current state of the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector is to say it’s a bad news, good news situation. That was indeed the analogy that Murray W. Wolf, publisher of Healthcare Real […]
Feature Story: Are MOB sales slowing ?
Opinions vary, but most agree that debt costs are up and there’s a gap in bid-ask pricing By John B. Mugford Sure, medical office building (MOB) sales have been on a tear in the 12 months leading up to the end of the second quarter (Q2) of this year, totaling an all-time high of $21.2 […]
Feature Story: Revista reports $8.2B in first half sales
Rents and occupancies are up; second generation MOBs are performing well By John B. Mugford With inflation on the rise and the cost of constructing new medical facilities continuing to escalate, who are the current and – at least for the near-term future – winners in the healthcare real estate (HRE) sector? In many cases, […]
Feature Story: The healthcare delivery model is changing fast
ASCs are playing a key role, The Advisory Board and Cushman & Wakefield say By John B. Mugford The great shift in where services can and are being delivered is certainly all the rage in the healthcare industry, as many professionals involved say doing so provides greater convenience and better access for patients in what […]
Feature Story: ASCs are attracting more investors
Newmark report: 2021 transaction volume was $316M; cap rate was 6.02 percent By John B. Mugford Medical office buildings (MOBs) are certainly one of the hottest property types in the commercial real estate investment world. This is evident by the record-breaking sales volume of MOBs in 2021 which, according to healthcare real estate (HRE) data […]
Feature Story: Provider puzzle: To own or not to own MOBs?
BOMA MOB conference panel ponders the inflation-driven impact of rising construction costs and rents By John B. Mugford The percentage of medical office buildings (MOBs) developed and owned by third parties has increased steadily in recent years. But will rising rents prompt hospitals and health systems to reverse that trend? That was the crux of […]
Feature Story: A delicious MOB deal came together over breakfast
BOMA MOB conference panel provides a glimpse at how their biggest transactions were done By John B. Mugford There are many ways to cook up a healthcare real estate (HRE) deal. Some follow the usual recipe, as when a brokerage firm hired by the seller puts a medical office building (MOB), or a portfolio of […]
Life Sciences: Life sciences: The very definition of “hot”
High demand, low vacancies and rising rents are fueling investment, development, repurposing and other trends in this sizzling sector By Erin E. Porter Editor’s note: At HREI™, we’ve always believed that the best way to succeed in any business is to listen to the marketplace. So after taking note of the growing chorus of voices […]
Life Sciences Real Estate: The very definition of “hot”
High demand, low vacancies and rising rents are fueling investment, development, repurposing and other trends in this sizzling sector By Erin E. Porter Editor’s note: At HREI™, we’ve always believed that the best way to succeed in any business is to listen to the marketplace. So after taking note of the growing chorus of voices […]
Feature Story: Development is digging back in
After a predictable plunge in 2020 due to COVID-19, construction is cranking By Murray W. Wolf Healthcare real estate (HRE) development activity roared back last year, and it looks like the building boom will continue into 2022. There was a predictable plunge in HRE development in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the total […]
Feature Story: MOB sales are off to a hot start: $3.8 billion in Q1 2022
It will likely be the biggest quarter ever by the time all the data is in, Revista says By John B. Mugford The year 2021 got off to what could certainly be described as a lackluster start in terms of medical office building (MOB) sales. In fact, the first quarter (Q1) of 2021 saw an […]
Feature Story: Third-party development continued to grow in 2021
Revista annual report showed a strong year overall; HTA was the largest developer By John B. Mugford As it’s done for the past five years, healthcare real estate (HRE) data firm Revista has compiled an outpatient development report from provides a ranking of the largest (by square footage) third-party HRE developers of the previous year. […]