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Physicians Realty Trust recently acquired the Keith A. Ewing MOB in Avalon, Fla. (Photo courtesy of LoopNet.com)

Industry Pulse: DOC REIT continues its acquisitive ways

Physicians Realty Trust is not averse to single-asset deals Most large, publicly traded healthcare REITs prefer to acquire their MOBs in bulk, Buying large portfolios “moves the needle” more for the big REITs, puts their money to work in a more efficient manner, and eliminates some of the duplications involved in acquiring a myriad of […]

Horizon Bay Tamarac in Tamarac, Fla., is one of 35 former Chartwell communities acquired by Brookdale and HCP Inc. (Photo courtesy of Brookdale Senior Living)

Post Acute & Senior Living: JV acquires $849 million portfolio

Brookdale Senior Living teams up with HCP on 35 private pay communities By Daniel H. Larson Brentwood, Tenn.-based Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) and HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP) of Irvine, Calif., recently announced their collaborative acquisition of an $849 million senior housing portfolio from Mississauga, Ontario-based Chartwell Retirement Residencies.

Post-Acute & Senior Living: Granite Investment Group buys $7.2 million facility near Kansas City, Kan.

SHAWNEE, Kan. – Irvine, Calif.-based Granite Investment Group announced its acquisition of Shawnee Heartland Assisted Living, a 48-unit facility located in the Kansas City, Kan., suburb of Shawnee. The sale is a $7.2 million sale-leaseback transaction completed at an all-in cap rate of about 8.4 percent and includes a long-term bond net lease that expires […]

Post-Acute & Senior Living: ISL breaks ground on three-story community in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY. – Integral Senior Living (ISL) says it is hoping to bring a new senior living experience, set against the Wasatch Mountain Range, that is both excellent in care and aesthetically pleasing to its residents. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based community manager recently broke ground on The Ridge Senior Living, an assisted living and memory […]

REIT Report: ARC Healthcare Trust II plans to list

REIT Report: ARC Healthcare Trust II plans to list

Official say going public is best strategy to maximize shareholder value By Connie M. McCaffrey New York City-based ARC Healthcare Trust II Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT), recently announced that it intends to file an application to list its common stock on a national stock exchange under the symbol “HTI.”

Capital Markets: On-balance sheet fixed-to-float

Loans with these terms help to align the loan to the borrower’s business plan By Erik Tellefson A borrower’s business plan for an individual asset that requires flexibility after a certain period of time, coupled with the borrower’s desire to manage their interest rate risk, is a relatively common occurrence with medical office building (MOB) […]

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Companies & People: USAA teams with Brackett Flagship

Regional healthcare real estate partnership seen as first step in national roll-out By Murray W. Wolf San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate Co. and Brackett Flagship Properties LLC of Charlotte, N.C., have formed a healthcare real estate (HRE) joint venture (JV) focused on the Southeastern region of the United States. For USAA, the partnership is the start of […]

Companies & People: Marcus & Millichap brokers $14.8 million sale of single-tenant MOB in Fort Myers, Fla.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) announced March 25 that it has arranged the sale of the 39,281 square foot Orthopedic Medical Center in Fort Myers for $14.8 million, or about $377 PSF. The buyer is New York-based Rose Hill Fort Myers LLC and the seller was The Macsydney Co. LLC. CNL […]

Companies & People: Investment bank Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. expands its healthcare group

ATLANTA – Brown Gibbons Lang Real Estate Partners (BGLRP), a division of Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL), announced March 25 that it has added two senior associates to its National Healthcare Real Estate Group. The new additions, based in Atlanta, are Andrew R. Larwood and Allen C. Inman. BGL is a middle market investment […]

Companies & People: Investment bank Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. expands its healthcare group

ATLANTA – Brown Gibbons Lang Real Estate Partners (BGLRP), a division of Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL), announced March 25 that it has added two senior associates to its National Healthcare Real Estate Group. The new additions, based in Atlanta, are Andrew R. Larwood and Allen C. Inman.

Companies & People: Marcus & Millichap brokers $14.8 million sale of single-tenant MOB in Fort Myers, Fla.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) announced March 25 that it has arranged the sale of the 39,281 square foot Orthopedic Medical Center in Fort Myers for $14.8 million, or about $377 PSF. The buyer is New York-based Rose Hill Fort Myers LLC and the seller was The Macsydney Co. LLC. CNL […]

Companies & People: HRE data firm Revista adds new partners and advisory board members

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Annapolis-based HRE data provider Revista announced March 25 that it has added five advisory board members and two partners. The new board members are Mark Burkemper, David Elkins, Erik Gainor, Courtney Hanfland and Robert A. Milligan. The new partners are real estate advisory firms Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Zeustra Real […]

Companies & People: Cornerstone wins contract to manage, lease large portfolio in Ohio, Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis-based Cornerstone Companies Inc. recently landed a contract to provide property management and leasing services for a 676,473 square foot portfolio of MOBs in Ohio and Indiana. The new owner of the buildings is New York-based NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF), which gained ownership of the facilities through its recent $4 billion […]

The 350,886 square foot Doctors Center at Emory Saint Joseph’s in Atlanta, consisting of three on-campus MOB connected by an atrium, is the largest of the 14 assets being offered as part of the LHT Medical Office Portfolio.
(Photo courtesy of CBRE)

Cover Story: Seems like old times

Fourteen assets totaling more than 1.2 million square feet from of one of the first MOB REITs, Lillibridge Health Trust, are back on the market By Murray W. Wolf Lillibridge is selling a portfolio of 14 medical office assets it acquired in the late 1990s and early 2000s as part of its first MOB fund, […]

Revista reports that one of last year’s largest individual MOB sales was the $52 million acquisition of the 117,649 square foot Red Rocks Medical Center in Boulder, Colo., by Olympus Ventures from West Side Medical Center LLC in October. (Photo courtesy of Boulder Associates)

Feature Story: 2014 healthcare real estate sales volume surpassed $11.3 billion

Medical office made up almost $9.3 billion of the total, Revista says By Murray W. Wolf U.S. medical real estate sales totaled more than $11.3 billion in 2014, according to the healthcare real estate (HRE) data service Revista. Medical office building (MOB) sales accounted for 63 percent of the total dollar volume of transactions, followed […]