Industry Pulse: MEDICAL PROPERTIES PART OF COMPANY ACQUISITION
When Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O) closed on its $1.9 billion acquisition of American Realty Capital Trust (ARCT) in January, it received more than 500 properties as part of the purchase. In closing the deal, Escondido, Calif.-based Realty Income Corp., which owns more than 3,500 properties, also became an owner of some medical office buildings […]
Cover Story: ‘This is what change looks like’
Like it or not, healthcare real estate changed dramatically in the past 10 years. Here are our picks for the top 10 stories. By Murray W. Wolf As part of our look back at our first 10 years of publishing Healthcare Real Estate Insights™, we knew we wanted to include an article naming the top […]
Special Report: Largest MOB sales of the past decade
Here are the 10 biggest medical office building portfolio deals from 2003-12 By John B. Mugford and Murray W. Wolf It seems as if the largest medical office building (MOB) sales were many years ago, before the Great Recession. Yet our analysis of MOB deals since we started publishing Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ in January […]
Companies & People: Big finish to 2012 for Griffin-American
Unlisted healthcare REIT acquired 14 properties in December, including nine MOBs By John B. Mugford Even though there is a supposed lack of healthcare real estate facilities on the market, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc. has certainly found plenty of properties to meet its needs recently. One of the most prolific buyers of healthcare […]
Transactions: ARC Healthcare closes strong in 2012
Unlisted REIT makes six buys in December, wrapping up a busy fourth quarter By John B. Mugford As 2012 came to a close, all indications – as well as the words of medical office buildings (MOB) sales brokers and investors – were pointing to a strong fourth quarter (Q4) for the nationwide sales volume of […]
News Release: Just Closed – Kaiser Ventura County MOBs
The CBRE Healthcare Capital Markets Group acted as the exclusive advisor for the monetization of the Kaiser Ventura County MOBs. KAISER VENTURA COUNTY MOBs Sale Date: Sale Price: Sale PPSF: Building Size: Occupancy: YOC: December 28, 2012 $15,200,000 $243 62,468 SF 100% 1996 The CBRE Healthcare Capital Markets Group is pleased to announce the completion of […]
Q & A: Seavest Healthcare as active as ever
PRESIDENT DOUG RAY DISCUSSES RECENT $332 MILLION SALE, FIRM’S STRATEGY By John Mugford Throughout the era in which the medical office building (MOB) sector has grown up and gained prominence as a significant asset class, White Plains, N.Y.-based Seavest Healthcare Properties has been involved as an investor in both the development and acquisition of such […]
Companies: Developer finishes third cancer center
OPTIMAL OUTCOMES OPENS 36,000 FACILITY IN TAMPA, FLA., FOR GROWING GROUP By John Mugford For St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Optimal Outcomes LLC, developing comprehensive cancers centers has become a strong niche among the services it offers. In fact, the healthcare development firm recently completed a new 36,000 square foot, $9.5 million cancer center in Tampa, Fla., […]
Company Profile: Archway making its way in MOB space
BEVERLY HILLS-BASED FIRM FINDING SUCCESS WITH VALUE-ADD OPPORTUNITIES By John Mugford Value-add. For many large and active investors looking to acquire medical office buildings these days, the description is often a red flag, a reason to look elsewhere as they scour the market for high-quality, on-campus facilities with stabilized tenant rosters. However, one company making […]
Transactions: ProMed takes MOB space over hospital
INVESTOR PAYS $21.75M FOR LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN FOUR FLOORS IN BALTIMORE By John Mugford ProMed Properties, which has been an active buyer of medical office buildings (MOBs) in the eastern part of the country in recent years, has landed an acquisition in the Baltimore market. There, the North Miami Beach, Fla.-based wholly owned subsidiary of […]
News & Analysis: MOB’s PSF breaks record
IN SUBURBAN PHILLY, THAT IS; $388 PER SQUARE FOOT By John Mugford In many markets across the country, healthcare real estate remained a bright spot as commercial real estate slumped during the throes of the recession. Now, in Greater Philadelphia, a recent medical office building (MOB) sale has set the bar rather high when it […]
Transactions: Health Care REIT buys MOB for $46.5M
THE 147,225 SQUARE FOOT WALDEMERE MEDICAL PLAZA IS IN SARASOTA, FLA. By John Mugford One of the key outpatient buildings on the campus of Sarasota Memorial Hospital in the oceanside town of Sarasota, Fla., recently changed hands. In a very substantial price for a transaction involving a single building, Toledo, Ohio-based Health Care REIT Inc. […]
Transactions: Griffin-American hits $1 billion in value
RECENT ACQUISITIONS ENABLE UNLISTED REIT TO REACH INVESTMENT MILESTONE By John Mugford Showing that it is willing to acquire a variety of healthcare real estate property types, Newport Beach, Calif.-based Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc. recently completed acquisitions of three Los Angeles area hospitals and three MOBs in Texas and Georgia. The unlisted REIT paid […]
Industry Pulse: November 2012
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Most health-care real estate (HRE) professionals probably wouldn’t be big fans of a company that sells online medical consultations. After all, more virtual doctor visits would presumably mean fewer in-person doctor visits, reducing demand for bricks and mortar medical office buildings (MOBs) and other healthcare facilities. So, when the CEO of MeMD […]
Companies: PMB, Erdman finish California clinic
124,000 S.F. MOB CONSOLIDATES PROVIDERS FOR FACEY MEDICAL IN MISSION HILLS By John Mugford As the 90-year-old, Mission Hills, Calif.-based Facey Medical Group continued to grow in recent years,
