Industry Pulse: New entrants will disrupt healthcare
$2.8 trillion That’s the size of the U.S. healthcare system, and the potential of the “New Health Economy” will be even greater, says a new report from the consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (pwc). That’s the good news. The not so good news – at least for some current hospitals and physicians – is
Thought Leaders: EnTrust on Entrepreneurial Tenants
REAL ESTATE’S NEXT DRIVER? Read Jud Henry’s Article Minority-owned and women-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of our economy expanding at more than four times the national rate but has the real estate industry kept up with the pace of their growth? Are tenant representation firms able to deal with the unique ambitions and […]
Publisher’s Letter: Healthcare reform + 5
Musings on a half-decade of living with the PPACA Dear Reader: As I write these words, it is almost four years to the day since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law: March 23, 2010. If you factor in about one year of Congressional debate prior to the passage of […]
Thought Leaders: The Alter Group on Branding Real Estate
BRANDING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Read Richard Gatto’s New Article With Forbes about to launch the first global line of branded office towers, it’s clear that branding isn’t just for breakfast cereals and fast cars any more. But how do you brand commercial buildings or even a portfolio so it commands a premium in the market? […]
Thought Leaders: Cushman & Wakefield Report Suggests New Rules and Significant Changes for Healthcare Real Estate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March. 6, 2014 – The healthcare industry will see significant changes in 2014 in how consumers seek health services, according to a white paper by Cushman & Wakefield’s Healthcare Practice Group. Recently enacted reforms, including health exchanges and a more at-risk consumer, are causing many changes in the industry, including where healthcare […]
Publisher’s Letter: New HRE strategies
Real estate is adapting to the changing industry Dear Reader: As I was sifting through some of the folders on my computer desktop recently, I came across my notes from last fall’s Bisnow Healthcare Real Estate Summit in Philadelphia. In doing so, I was reminded of a very intriguing session I had attended, broadly titled […]
Cover Story: Seeking direction
How HRE developers are responding to change By John B. Mugford Industry experts discuss the ‘new’ state of the healthcare real estate market If chaos is an appropriate way to describe the state of today’s healthcare sector, then uncertainty, with plenty of chances for good opportunities, might best convey what’s facing those involved in healthcare […]
Publisher’s Letter: Obamacare chaos
Dear Reader: As I write this, the news media is feasting on the bungled rollout of healthcare.gov, the website for the new federal healthcare exchange that was supposed to be the place where Americans could sign up for coverage. Anyone even remotely associated with the debacle is being pilloried, particularly our Commander in Chief. So […]
Industry Pulse: Forecast uncertain for Sandy-battered hospital
The last hospital to remain closed as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 remains, well, unopened. And according to the latest reports, it might never open as a hospital again.
Industry Pulse: Record MOB prices not here to stay
Recent interest rate changes give pause to some investors. Despite record-high medical office building (MOB) prices, recent interest rate fluctuations show that those prices won’t be around forever. That’s according to most recent Medical Office Investor Update report from CBRE.
Industry Pulse: On the Record
Does Health Care REIT plan to sell more medical office buildings? “We can always be proactively looking to prune our portfolio, but… I think the vast majority of the significant disposition listing has been completed.” Scott A. Estes CFO & EVP Health Care REIT Will MPT make additional MOB acquisitions this year? “Our active acquisitions […]
Thought Leaders: CBRE 1Q 2013 National Medical Office Investor Update
CBRE 1Q 2013 National Medical Office Investor Update Included in this edition: • Overview of 1Q 2013 MOB Transactions • National Medical Office Cap Rate Trends • National Medical Office Sales Volume • Healthcare REITs Down, Not Out • Overview of 1Q 2013 MOB Transactions It’s widely known that REITs, as dividend generating stocks, are […]
Thought Leaders: More Traditional Healthcare Services Heading to the Mall?
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD, INC. DEPT. OF MARKETING & CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cushman & Wakefield White Paper highlights a ‘tipping point’ whereby broad-scale ambulatory healthcare services may soon be available at a mall near you NEW YORK – June 4, 2013 – Cushman & Wakefield today released a comprehensive white paper entitled “Heading to […]
Industry Pulse: CHI slashes facility spending
If it seems like many hospitals and health systems are spending less on facilities, it’s because they are. In a new article in HealthLeaders magazine, Nick Barto, senior VP for capital finance for Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), states that the budget for routine replacement and facility repositioning and expansion accounts for 39 percent of the […]
Thought Leaders: Providers Look to Real Estate to Create Efficiencies, Cut Costs
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Medical Office Research Report, National Report, First Half 2013 Within the next 10 years, healthcare reform could bring coverage to an estimated 27 million to 30 million uninsured Americans, though the final tally will depend on state-level participation in Medicaid expansion. The 65-year-plus age cohort will grow by […]