Publisher’s Letter

Publisher's Letter: Another visit to the ER

Publisher’s Letter: Another visit to the ER

THIS TIME, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE WAS BETTER By Murray W. Wolf Dear Reader: As the parents of three children, my wife and I have had many opportunities – too many, in fact – to interact with the U.S. healthcare system during the past 16-plus years. In fact, I suspect that our teenage sons are locked […]

Publisher's Letter: It’s good to see cranes

Publisher’s Letter: It’s good to see cranes

INPATIENT PROJECTS SEEM TO BE REBOUNDING By Murray W. Wolf Dear Reader: Earlier this month, while I was attending the InterFace Medical Office Conference in Houston, I had the opportunity to tour the mammoth Texas Medical Center (TMC). We plan to publish a Houston Market Focus in an upcoming edition, so we’ll save the details […]

Publisher's Letter: Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Publisher’s Letter: Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

BEN STEIN HELPS NIC ATTENDEES FIND OMPTIMISM Dear Reader: Earlier this month, I once again had the opportunity to attend the annual conference presented by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) in Chicago. The folks at NIC put on a first class event, as always. But one of the […]

Publisher’s Letter (September 2008)

Seeking transparency NIC SPEAKER’S CHALLENGE SEEMED FAMILIAR Dear Reader: Earlier this month, I attended the annual conference presented by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) in Chicago. One of my biggest “gee whiz” moments was during the keynote speech by real estate consultant Peter D. Linneman, a professor of […]

Publisher’s Letter (June 2008)

Dear Reader: The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) – yes, there is such a group – held a conference in Dallas last month, and I had the opportunity to attend. Dollar for dollar, the best presenter was Dr. James P. Gaines, a research economist with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. […]

Publisher’s Letter (December 2007)

We’re the ultimate info junkies WHERE DO WE GET ALL THIS INFORMATION? EVERYWHERE WE CAN.   Dear Reader: Maybe it’s the time of year. But lately we have noticed a recent increase in the number of calls and emails we have received asking for healthcare real estate data. The timing is not surprising. At most […]

Publisher’s letter (July 2006)

More exciting than soybeans BOMA MOB SEMINAR DRAWS A HEALTHY CROP OF ATTENDEES Dear Reader: A few years ago, before I was fortunate enough to hire John Mugford as our editor, I was interviewing candidates for that vital editorial position. I had a great interview with one well-qualified candidate and offered her the job. The […]

Publisher’s Letter: Weird medical news II

MORE STRANGE STORIES FROM OUR INDUSTRY By Murray W Wolf Dear Reader: Several months ago, this space was devoted to strange stories from the world of healthcare real estate. (Please see “Weird medical news” in the September 2004 edition of Healthcare Real Estate Insights™.) Now come two more odd tales. First, the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee […]

Publisher’s Letter: Thanks for the reminder

NOT EVERY SYSTEM WANTS TO OUTSOURCE MOBs Murray W Wolf Dear Reader: A lot has been written during the past few years – much of it by us – about the trend toward third-party development and ownership of medical office buildings (MOBs). Given the apparent advantages of this strategy, one might jump to the conclusion […]

Publishers Letter: I’ll see you in Nashville

Center of the Medical Real Estate Universe Dear Reader: The Silicon Valley of Healthcare. Healthcare City USA. America’s Healthcare Hub. Are such superlatives merely the work of an overzealous chamber of commerce? Not at all. Nashville, Tenn., plays an outsized role in this business as home to a wildly disproportionate number of firms involved in healthcare real […]

Publisher’s Letter: The 2003 dip was a blip 2004

Healthcare Construction Hit a New High Dear Reader: Eyebrows were raised Jan. 11 when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the pace of U.S. healthcare spending growth decelerated in 2003 for the first time in seven years.