Industry Pulse: December 2011
KATY, Texas – In late December, Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE) closed on the acquisition of three medical office buildings (MOBs) on the campus of the Christus St. Catherine campus in Katy, a suburb west of Houston. The acquisition closed as this edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ was going to press. As a […]
Industry Pulse: November 2011
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – There’s a new name among the companies actively involved in acquiring healthcare real estate, a sector that has seen quite a number of mergers and acquisitions among its leading companies in recent years. In this case, the independent members of the board of Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, an active […]
Industry Pulse: September 2011
BOSTON – In July, Boston-based American Realty Capital (ARC) Healthcare Trust Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) sponsored by American Realty Capital V LLC, announced that it had entered a contract to acquire a dozen medical properties for a total of $257.5 million. On Sept. 19, the REIT closed on the acquisition of […]
Special Report: Recent deals suggest sellers’ market
BOMA PANELISTS EXPLORE IMBALANCE OF REAL ESTATE SUPPLY AND DEMAND By Murray W. Wolf Anyone who has been involved in commercial real estate for more than five minutes knows there is probably no such thing as a “typical” deal. There are too many variables – geographic market, specific location within that market, age of the […]
Industry Pulse: August 2011
NEW JERSEY – There is plenty of talk in the healthcare real estate sector these days about a lack of available, high-quality medical office buildings (MOBs) for sale, especially facilities with hospital affiliations. Whenever those properties are indeed placed on the market, the competition among a variety of investor types heats up quite strongly. Amid […]
Industry Pulse: July 2011
NEW YORK – Demand for healthcare facilities is approaching a point where it will outstrip supply, according to Jay Flaherty, chairman, president and CEO of Long Beach, Calif.-based HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP), a large healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT). In a REIT.com video interview at “REITWeek 2011: NAREIT’s Investor Forum” at the Waldorf Astoria […]
Industry Pulse: June 2011
FRISCO, Texas – The general consensus among professionals involved in healthcare real estate, as well as the healthcare industry in general, is that the development of new physician-owned hospitals is dead, killed by Section 6001 of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act. The provision, for the most part, prohibited the opening of new physician-owned […]
Industry Pulse: May 2011
NAPA, Calif. – A financially troubled MOB complex in California’s wine country is getting a new lease on life thanks to its recent acquisition by White Plains, N.Y.-based Seavest Inc. Seavest’s third healthcare real estate fund, Seavest Properties III, acquired the two-building, 65,000 square foot property at 1100 Trancas St. in Napa for $11.2 million, […]
Industry Pulse: April 2011
NATIONWIDE – Traditionally, healthcare real estate investors seem to have fallen into two categories: Those interested in seniors housing facilities, which includes a host of different product types, and those interested in medical office buildings (MOBs), which also, over the years, have come to include a variety of types. There are so many exceptions to […]
Industry Pulse: March 2011
HOUSTON – As various aspects of healthcare reform are implemented in coming years, healthcare industry observers say we should be prepared for more and more merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among hospitals and health systems. On the surface, it looks as if this trend is coming to fruition in Houston, where Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare, […]
Industry Pulse: February 2011
CHICAGO – The consolidation trend among companies involved in healthcare real estate continues. In a deal that was announced just as this issue was going to press, Chicago-based Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) entered an agreement to acquire Newport Beach, Calif.-based Nationwide Health Properties Inc. (NYSE: NHP). The two companies say the deal is valued at […]
Industry Pulse: January 2013
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, a shopper can find a pair of jeans – diamond studded, of course – for a cool $4,000. There’s no doubt things can get expensive in the posh, star-inhabited suburb of Los Angeles. That includes rentable medical office building (MOB) space and the MOBs themselves, […]
Industry Pulse: December 2010
TYLER, Texas – The Obama administration has endured plenty of backlash over the passage of healthcare reform, with numerous states filing lawsuits against the federal government in an effort to repeal the law. In addition,a whole slew of Republican congressional hopefuls ran on a platform of overturning the law. For the companies and professionals involved […]
Industry Pulse: November 2010
NEW YORK – Perhaps in yet another sign that the medical office building (MOB) sector remains a viable and safe real estate investment choice, another real estate investment trust (REIT) concentrating on healthcare facilities is in the process of going public. Atlanta-based Richmond Honan Medical Properties Inc. recently announced its intention to raise up to […]
Industry Pulse: October 2010
PHOENIX – There has been growing speculation during the past several months that the healthcare industry will consolidate because healthcare reform, the recession, reduced reimbursement rates and other challenges have made it increasingly difficult for smaller providers to compete. Recently, a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity seems to be giving credence to those […]
