Transactions: Q2 MOB stats (October 2007)
MOBs are still the deal SALES VOLUME STRONG; PRICES LEVELING OFF By John Mugford While the commercial real estate liquidity crunch might be having a temporary effect on some healthcare real estate transactions, nationwide sales of medical office buildings (MOBs) show no signs of slowing. As of Oct. 1, in fact, the number of MOB […]
Industry Pulse (September 2007)
ELK GROVE, Calif. – As of mid-August, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento and its parent company, San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), were reportedly talking with a development firm about land for a new hospital in growing Elk Grove, about 20 miles south of Sacramento. CHW was looking for land large enough – in the 25- […]
Industry Pulse (August 2007)
HOUSTON – The trouble doesn’t seem to be over for the former physician-owned Town & Country Hospital in Houston. Recently, doctors leaving a medical office building (MOB) on the campus filed two lawsuits against Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, which acquired the hospital and MOB in early 2007 from Medical Properties Trust Inc. (NYSE: MPW), […]
Industry Pulse (July 2007)
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care Corp. was recently given the final go ahead to proceed with its massive $600 million, 74-acre “healthcare village” in Oakland County, in the far northwest exurbs of Detroit. The final land use approval was granted in recent weeks by the Board of Trustees for Independence Township, […]
Industry Pulse (June 2007)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – With controversy swirling among residents and local officials over the size of its planned expansion, 230-bed Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Santa Clarita has scaled back its 20-year master plan. The hospital’s latest plan calls for doubling the size of the 330,000 square foot medical complex. The 20-year buildout […]
News & Analysis (May 2007)
ProMed is indeed pro-medical DIVISION OF ISRAELI FIRM LOOKS TO BUILD LARGE U.S. PORTFOLIO By John Mugford The latest announcement from ProMed Properties Inc. involves a significant healthcare acquisition: the $113 purchase of an 18-story, 435,500 square foot medical office and research building on the campus of the Science Center in the University City […]
Industry Pulse (May 2007)
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – As this edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ was going to press, we received notice that Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Rendina Cos. had sold 17 medical office buildings (MOBs) for $288 million to Toledo, Ohio-based Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE: HCN).Rendina also announced the sale of its affiliated property management […]
News & Analysis: MOB data (April 2007)
MOB sales keep pace in 2006 CAP RATES DROPPED TO AVERAGE OF 6.8% IN FOURTH QUARTER By Jessica Griffith In the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2006, Cambra Realty purchased 120 South Spalding Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif., for $42 million at a rock-bottom capitalization rate of 4.9 percent. This 68,000 square foot medical office […]
News & Analysis (April 2007)
The power of 2 (portfolios) OHIO SYSTEM’S, DEVELOPER’S MOBs SELL FOR $100 MILLION By John Mugford As this edition was about to go to press, Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ learned of the closing of a major medical office portfolio in Ohio. And even though the sale of 11 medical office buildings (MOBs) […]
Industry Pulse (April 2007)
CHESTERTON, Ind. – The healthcare community is abuzz in Porter County, Indiana, located just south of Lake Michigan and about 50 miles east of Chicago. That’s because officials with a massive planned residential and commercial community called Coffee Creek Center recently confirmed that they are in discussions to bring a new hospital to their development. […]
News & Analysis: Triple Net REIT (March 2007)
Triple Net launches healthcare REIT NNN STARTS WITH A PAIR OF INDIANA PROPERTIES By Jessica Griffith Triple Net Properties LLC of Santa Ana, Calif., has been buying up plenty of properties over the years. Its total portfolio of owned and managed commercial and multi-family facilities composes more than 32 million square feet. And […]
Industry Pulse (March 2007)
SAN DIEGO – On the West Coast, Bob Rosenthal is considered a guru – perhaps the guru – of medical office building (MOB) development, as it has been his sole concentration for 35 years of his career. Recently, Mr. Rosenthal announced that he is retiring as the president and managing principal of San Diego-based […]
Transactions: 2006 and Q4 MOB Report (Febuary 2007)
MOB investment might change in 2007 REAL CAPITAL ANALYTICS FORESEES REGIONAL VARIATIONS, MORE DEVELOPMENT By Murray W. Wolf At first glance, 2006 appeared to be the same old story for medical office building (MOB) investors: rising prices per square foot and falling capitalization rates. In fact, that has been the consistent theme since […]
Industry Pulse (Febuary 2007)
CLEVELAND – Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland, part of the Cleveland Clinic system, recently announced plans for a five-year, $163 million campus expansion and renovation. The construction project at the 424-bed facility would be the largest investment Cleveland Clinic has made at one of its nine hospitals, part of the Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals division. The […]
Transactions: Quarterly MOB Report (January 2007)
MOB prices still rising, caps still falling Q3 2006 SALES TRANSACTION DATA INDICATES A CONTINUATION OF THOSE TRENDS By Murray W. Wolf When it comes to medical office buildings (MOB), comprehensive information about national transactions is hard to come by. For example, if you conduct searches for MOB deals using CoStar Group Inc. […]