Inpatient Projects

A mid-year groundbreaking is set for a new $20 million cancer institute on the campus of the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn.
Rendering courtesy of University of Tennessee Medical Center

INPATIENT PROJECTS: U of Tennessee to add cancer institute

NEW FACILITY IN KNOXVILLE WOULD BE LARGEST IN REGION, HOSPITAL EXECS SAY By Dan Emerson A mid-year ground breaking is set for a new $20 million cancer institute on the campus of University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The new facility would have at least 100,000 square feet of space, making it the […]

Medical Properties Trust recently acquired Atrium Medical Center in Corinth, Texas (above), near Dallas, as well as Bayonne (N.J.) Medical Center.
Photo courtesy of Atrium Medical Center

Transcations: Medical Properties Trust makes buys

REIT THAT FOCUSES ON HOSPITALS BUYS N.J. ACUTE CARE FACILITY, TEXAS LTAC By John Mugford Birmingham, Ala.-based Medical Properties Trust Inc. (NYSE: MPW), a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT), recently paid more than $80 million to acquire the real estate assets of an acute care hospital in New Jersey and a long-term acute […]

Todd Lillibridge

Special Report: Jump on board for the slow recovery

TODD LILLIBRIDGE PROVIDES ADVICE FOR THOSE LOOKING TO SURVIVE, GROW By John Mugford There has been plenty of talk lately about how healthcare real estate professionals and companies, if they want to survive and perhaps thrive, need to expand their knowledge base and become trusted advisors and resources for hospitals and health systems. In the […]

Provider News: Sutter’s bond issue to fund upgrades

CALIFORNIA SYSTEM RETURNS TO BOND MARKET FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2008 By Dan Emerson Encouraged by the improving economy, Sutter Health recently returned to the bond market for the first time since 2008 with a $900 million tax-exempt revenue bond issue. The 24-hospital system plans to use about $750 million to upgrade three of its […]

The 106-bed, four-story, 224,414 square foot St. Luke’s Hospital at The Vintage marks the fifth collaboration since 2000 between Houston-based St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System and Brookfield, Wis.-based Hammes Co.
Rendering courtesy of Hammes Co.

Inpatient Projects: Hospital at The Vintage is unveiled

ST. LUKE’S PARTNERED WITH HAMMES CO. FOR FACILITY IN NORTHWEST HOUSTON By Dan Emerson A new hospital opened recently in a large planned, mixed-use community in northwest Houston. The new hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital at The Vintage, is a 106-bed, four-story, 224,414 square foot facility. It marks the fifth collaboration since 2000 between Houston-based St. […]

Duke Realty Corp. recently acquired the 190,773 square foot Morehead
Medical Plaza I on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C.
Photo courtesy of Duke Realty Corp.

Transactions: Duke Realty buys large Charlotte MOB

REIT PAYS $47.7 MILLION FOR MOB ATTACHED TO CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER By John Mugford Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE) recently entered the Charlotte, N.C., market with the acquisition of a large medical office (MOB) building. The publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) acquired the 190,773 square foot Morehead Medical Plaza I for $47.7 […]

Inpatient Projects: Hospital set for College Station, Texas

SCOTT & WHITE BUYS LAND, PLANS $165 MILLION FACILITY THAT WOULD OPEN IN 2013 By John Mugford The land is secure, plans are finalized and now construction can begin on the future five-story, 320,000 square foot Scott & White Hospital College Station, Texas. Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare recently acquired a 98-acre site on […]

Special Report: RealShare-Hospital Expansion

Are MOBs an endangered species? PROBABLY NOT, BUT PANELISTS SAY DESIGN, FINANCING, OWNERSHIP WILL CHANGE By Murray W. Wolf Will medical office buildings (MOBs) go the way of the rotary phone? Perhaps that is an exaggeration. But the way MOBs are designed, financed and owned is already changing, according to a panel of healthcare providers […]

Company Profile: Health Development Partners (July 2007)

At-risk model is at work for developer HEALTHCARE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS GOING STRONG AT 15 YEARS, $1.6B   By John Mugford It was by accident – well, sort of – that Todd Bryant got into the business of developing medical buildings two decades ago. That chance involvement led to the founding of his healthcare development firm, […]

The role of real estate firms will change, according to several hospital and healthcare executives who spoke at the recent RealShare Medical Office Buildings conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. The discussion included (from left to right), moderator Randy McGrane and panelists Mike Brinkley, Jeff Land, Ross Caulum and Craig Jensen.
Photo courtesy of RealShare

Provider Perspective: Are MOBs an endangered species?

PROBABLY NOT, BUT PANELISTS SAY DESIGN, FINANCING, OWNERSHIP WILL CHANGE By Murray W. Wolf Will medical office buildings (MOBs) go the way of the rotary phone? Perhaps that is an exaggeration. But the way MOBs are designed, financed and owned is already changing, according to a panel of healthcare providers who tackled the issue during […]

Inpatient Projects: Hospital set for College Station, Texas

SCOTT & WHITE BUYS LAND, PLANS $165M FACILITY THAT WOULD OPEN IN 2013 By John Mugford The land is secure, plans are finalized and now construction can begin on the future five-story, 320,000 square foot Scott & White Hospital College Station, Texas. Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare recently acquired a 98-acre site on the […]

Jones Lang LaSalle and Beaumont Hospital Form Partnership

Jones Lang LaSalle and Beaumont Hospital Form Partnership to Service 8.5 Million-Square-Foot Health Care Facility and Real Estate Portfolio Partnership to create new industry-leading standard CHICAGO and DETROIT, Jan. 5, 2011 —Jones Lang LaSalle today announced the formation of a new integrated services partnership with Beaumont Hospitals to create a new standard in health care […]

Jim Moloney of Cain Brothers says that off-campus medical office buildings  will play an even more important strategic role in the coming years.
Photo courtesy of RealShare

Special Report: Role of MOBs will expand

THEY OFFER MANY BENEFITS, CAIN’S MOLONEY SAYS By Murray W. Wolf The changing healthcare industry will amplify the strategic importance of off-campus medical office buildings (MOBs), but the real estate models will change. That’s according to James M. “Jim” Moloney, who delivered the opening keynote address at the recent RealShare Medical Office Buildings conference in […]

HTA acquires North Carolina MOB

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. Acquires an Approximately 153,000 Square Foot Medical Office Park in Cary, North Carolina SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (“HTA”), a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the completed acquisition of a medical office park in Cary, North Carolina for approximately $28,200,000. The […]

News & Analysis: Big REIT makes big buy

HR ACQUIRES BAYLOR FACILITY IN FRISCO, TWO MOBs By John Mugford Nashville, Tenn.-based Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE: HR) closed out 2010 with a big acquisition in Texas. The large healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) acquired the campus of Baylor Medical Center at Frisco, which is comprised of a 68-bed acute care hospital and two […]