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Victor Farris Building, 1411 N. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach, Fla. (Photo courtesy of AW Property Co.)

News Release: AW Property Co. sells six-building MOB portfolio for $63 million

AW Property Co. is pleased to announce the disposition of a six-building, 428,000 square foot, on-campus medical office building portfolio located throughout South Florida. Transaction Overview Healthcare Real Estate Capital (“HRE Capital”), as exclusive financial advisor to AW Property Co. (“AW”), is pleased to announce the disposition of a six-building, 428,000 square foot, on-campus medical […]

The per square foot price recently paid for this Santa Monica,
Calif., outpatient center reportedly set a new record for MOBs. (Photo courtesy of Montecito Medical Investment Co.)

Cover Story: A grand bargain in L.A.

MOB sale shatters $1,000 per square foot barrier By John B. Mugford The buyer, Montecito Medical Investment Co., says the MOB merits the lofty price.  John B. Mugford The average price per square foot (PSF) that MOB investors have paid so far in 2013 is right around $208 – that’s for transactions of more than […]

The 131,545 square foot Woodholme Medical Office Building in Pikesville, Md., is the largest MOB in the WRIT portfolio. (Photo courtesy of WRIT)

Feature Story: Deal takes Washington by storm

Harrison Street’s blockbuster medical office building purchase from WRIT totals $500.75 million Harrison Street should soon become the largest owner of MOBs in D.C. area    By John B. Mugford As you read this, Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC does not own a single medical office building (MOB) in the Greater Washington, D.C., area. […]

The 148,000 square foot Victor Farris Building in West Palm Beach, Fla., is considered the anchor property of a six-asset portfolio of South Florida medical office buildings that Healthcare Trust of America recently acquired for a total of $63 million. (Photo courtesy of HTA)

Transactions: HTA lands off-market deal in Florida

Publicly traded REIT buys six on-campus buildings from joint venture for $63M By John B. Mugford Healthcare Trust of America Inc. went fishing in South Florida and came away with a nice prize catch, a portfolio of six on-campus medical office buildings (MOBs). The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) spent about […]

Health Care REIT recently acquired the Bethesda Health City complex in Boynton Beach, Fla., for $49.5 million. (Photo courtesy of Flagler Investment Property Group)

Transactions: ‘Health city’ in Florida fetches nice price

Health Care REIT pays $49.5million for medical mall that includes extra land By John B. Mugford In an example of how demand remains strong for high-quality, hospital-affiliated medical office buildings (MOBs), a joint venture (JV) partnership has garnered a double-digit profit in selling an Florida outpatient complex it acquired just two years ago. Toledo, Ohio-based […]

Transactions: Developer sells newly developed MOB for $21.85M in New Jersey

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – In May, Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ reported that a sale was pending for the newly developed LourdesCare at Cherry Hill, a 54,000 square foot outpatient center in the Philadelphia suburbs. That sale has indeed taken place, as the U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets Group of CBRE Group Inc. recently reported that the […]

Transactions: Harrison Street makes another acquisition in Twin Cities market

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC recently made its second large medical property investment in the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Transactions:California health district buys building housing its wellness center

CARLSBAD, Calif. – In an effort to save money over the long haul, Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Healthcare District recently purchased an MOB complex in Carlsbad that houses its wellness and wound care programs. The public healthcare district paid $47 million for the facility, which was sold by private development firm ECR Corporate Center. The 58,000 […]

Transactions: Medical office building in Fayetteville, Ga., trades for $15.9 million, or $256 PSF

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. – FCH Medical Building, a 62,106 square foot MOB in Fayetteville, traded in July for

Transactions: MVP REIT acquires Las Vegas medical and professional building for $15 million

LAS VEGAS – MVP REIT Inc., a non-traded REIT that is focusing on acquiring office buildings, storage facilities and parking structures in the West and Southwest, recently closed on the purchase of a 47,501 square foot medical and professional building in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas-based REIT paid

Transactions: Canadian firm Talia Jevan Properties makes second U.S. acquisition

PHOENIX – Talia Jevan Properties has made its second “Class A” property investment in the United States, acquiring the 81,875 square foot, five-story Lifeprint Health Center in Phoenix for $20.5 million. The seller was

Transactions: More HRE Transactions

■ ARC Healthcare Trust II Inc. of New York recently paid

The 79,428 square foot Freeman Towers in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo courtesy of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank)

Hot Property: Location is key for California MOB

Redevelopment of adjacent hospital could add value to 99% leased facility Name: Freeman Medical Towers Address: 323 N. Prairie Ave. City: Inglewood, Calif. Size: 79,428 square feet (rentable) Number of floors: Four Lot size: 1.4 acres Occupancy: 99% Seller: Grabel Financial LLC & Linton Financial LLC Largest tenant: Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services (45%) Buildings […]

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center recently announced that it plans to build a $118 million proton therapy center. (Rendering courtesy of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)

Outpatient Projects: Future proton center gets a home

Cincinnati Children’s to build $118 million facility in far northern suburbs By John B. Mugford The country is currently home to 11 proton therapy centers, the cancer treatment facilities that direct a precise beam of radiation at tumors without harming surrounding tissue. The number of such facilities is rising rapidly, as another 15 or so […]

Outpatient Projects: Sanders Trust starts MOB in Granbury, Texas, outside of Fort Worth

GRANBURY, Texas – Construction started in recent weeks on a $8.7 million, 41,000 square foot medical office building (MOB) on the campus of Lake Granbury Medical Center, near Fort Worth.