Transactions: MOB portfolios are back in big way
After a two-year slump, at least 10 sizable portfolios are for sale, with more on the way By John B. Mugford As medical outpatient building (MOB) sales slowed in 2023, one big change in the types of deals taking place was abundantly clear: Portfolio transactions started a significant decline at that point. According to the […]
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Feature Story: More development, higher yields
Developers discuss how to achieve those goals during InterFace HRE Carolinas conference By John B. Mugford As the business of developing healthcare real estate (HRE) facilities, including medical outpatient buildings (MOBs), has become more mainstream over the years, it has attracted more institutional capital to invest in such projects. Although this has indeed boosted the […]
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Feature Story: ‘Waiting game’ might be over for MOB sellers
Owners likely to put more assets up for sale, InterFace panelists say By John B. Mugford In what was undoubtedly a slow opening to 2025, the medical outpatient building (MOB) sales volume in the first quarter (Q1) dropped to – at least in preliminary data – a low point for the past decade. The primary […]
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Feature Story: Health systems want new ideas rom HRE firms
The issues are familiar; what’s needed are fresh solutions, InterFace panel says By John B. Mugford During a wide-ranging, nearly hour-long discussion about how health systems are navigating the current business environment to grow and succeed, a question arose that is probably often on the minds of healthcare real estate (HRE) professionals. That question is, […]
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Feature Story: Are providers becoming more open to third-party capital?
An uptick in RFPs suggests they are, some developers said during BOMA MRE Conference By John B. Mugford Although healthcare real estate (HRE) development has lagged during the past couple of years, a bit of an enigma has emerged. That curiosity is that RFPs, or requests for proposals from providers – typically health systems – […]
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Feature Story: We’re not in a recession, but…
Noted economist shares her thoughts during the BOMA MRE conference By John B. Mugford Sure, the economy, various business sectors and the stock market indices have been quite volatile in recent months. With this volatility in mind, some business observers, and perhaps even some economists, have suggested that the country is headed for a recession, […]
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Companies: RXHST says it’s ready to grow
Chicago-based HRE investment firm has fresh capital and deals in the works By John B. Mugford Russell Brenner and Jesse Ostrow had known each other for years while working for separate, nationally focused healthcare real estate (HRE) firms based in Chicago. But they really started making waves in the HRE sector about five years ago, […]
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Cover Story: Waiting for takeoff
HRE professionals remain on standby as stubborn development and sales slumps continue By John B. Mugford At one time or another, nearly every business traveler experiences uncontrollable flight delays and the frustrating uncertainty of not knowing when they’ll finally be able to resume their journey. That all-too-familiar scenario is much like what we’ve been experiencing […]
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Transactions: KC JV buys nine-MOB campus
Crown MedRealty and EPC pay $33.97M for campus near Toledo, Ohio By John B. Mugford A healthcare real estate (HRE) firm rarely gets the opportunity to acquire an entire campus of fully occupied outpatient buildings that a strong health system considers vital to its delivery model. However, that was the opportunity presented in recent months […]
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Feature Story: MOB sales plunged 44% in Q1
But occupancy rose to an average of 92.8%, according to RevistaMed data By John B. Mugford Although some of the newest data concerning the medical outpatient building (MOB) sector reinforces the notion that the property type remains a solid investment, one statistic remains somewhat worrisome, at least for now: the national sales volume. Even though […]
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Development: MOB development fell again in 2024
Revista outpatient report also lists last year’s most active developers in 2024 By John B. Mugford The pace of medical outpatient building (MOB) development declined for the fourth straight year in 2024, reflecting persistent challenges in the sector. That’s according to the newly released Revista 2025 Outpatient Real Estate Development Report, which summarizes 2024 data. […]
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Project Case Study: New ACC staves off the competition
NexCore project solidifies Colorado system’s status as ‘preferred’ provider By John B. Mugford Located at an elevation of more than a mile and offering striking views of the San Juan Mountains and other peaks, Montrose is a scenic western Colorado town in an area known as the Western Slope. The remote but growing community of […]
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Feature Story: An uptick in leasing might bode well
InterFace panelists see that as a positive sign for the MOB investment market By John B. Mugford Although many professionals involved in medical outpatient building (MOB) and healthcare real estate (HRE) facility sales have been saying that they foresee an increase in the sales volume in 2025, not all of the panelists taking part in […]
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Transactions: Global Medical REIT and Heitman form JV
Newmark orchestrates $35.2 million recap of MOBs to seed the partnership By Murray W. Wolf The Healthcare Capital Markets group of Newmark Group Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) has announced the recapitalization of medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) totaling nearly 116,000 square feet in Texas and North Carolina. The two-asset recapitalization seeds a strategic joint venture (JV) between […]
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Feature Story: ‘Big hitter’ investors remain bullish
‘Alt’ investments can be attractive, but panelists tout the steadiness of MOBs By John B. Mugford Plenty of folks involved in healthcare real estate (HRE) and medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) can make a strong case for investing in the sector’s various property types. They can point to the strong fundamentals – record-setting occupancy rates nearing […]
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Feature Story: All signs point toward more activity
Revista investor panel foresees more purchases, fundraising and sales in 2025 By John B. Mugford On the surface, the medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) sales volume numbers for 2024 looked just fine, coming in at $13.6 billion. That marked a nearly 40 percent increase from 2023, when the sales volume dropped to an eight-year low of […]
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Feature Story: Cautious optimism on the lending side of HRE
Revista panelists delve into the state of debt and capital markets By John B. Mugford PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – After seeing some stabilization in the healthcare real estate (HRE) lending arena in 2024 – after a rocky, difficult 2023 – what does the remainder of 2025 hold? At a recent HRE conference, a group […]
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Feature Story: ‘A rising level of sophistication’
Revista panelists share insights, strategies into capitalizing ambulatory projects By John B. Mugford When it comes to financing and developing medical outpatient buildings (MOBs), how often have you heard hospital and health system executives say things like these? “We always develop our own MOBs.” “We prefer to own our MOBs instead of paying rents.” “We’ll […]
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Feature Story: ‘Industry icon’ named HRE Executive of the Year
Longtime leader Danny Prosky guided AHR through its most successful year yet By John B. Mugford To say the past couple of years has been a busy time for Danny Prosky would be quite an understatement. In fact, even though he and his wife, Zoe, love to travel internationally, there really hasn’t been all that […]
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News Release: S.C. approves Novant Health’s Certificate of Need application for new 20-bed hospital in Greenville
June 19, 2025 GREENVILLE, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Public Health has approved Novant Health’s Certificate of Need (CON) application to build a 20-bed hospital in Greenville, reinforcing the health system’s long-term commitment to expanding access to high-quality, affordable healthcare across the Upstate. The state-of-the-art facility on Patewood Drive will be outpatient-focused, delivering […]
News Release: Kraus-Anderson completes Windom Area Health in Windom, Minn.
WINDOM, Minn. (June 2025) – The Bemidji office of Kraus-Anderson (KA) has completed a new $24 million medical building for Windom Area Health (WAH) located at 2150 Hospital Drive in Windom, Minn. Recognizing the growing needs of the region, WAH partnered with Sanford Health to develop a 52,000-square foot clinic expansion owned by the City […]
News Release: Intermountain St. Vincent Regional Hospital Begins Construction on ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Replacement Hospital Project
BILLINGS, Mont., June 18, 2025 — Intermountain St. Vincent Regional Hospital has celebrated the start of construction of the new Intermountain St. Vincent Regional Hospital – a “once in a generation” investment in the health of the Billings community and region. The new hospital will be a 14-floor, 737,000 square-foot facility located at 27th Street […]
News Release: Cushman & Wakefield’s Healthcare Capital Markets Team Advises on $44.58 Million Sale of 163,311 SF Scottsdale Centre Medical Outpatient Building
For Immediate Release Strategic repositioning from office to medical drives value and investor interest SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – June 17, 2025 – Cushman & Wakefield announced the firm has arranged the sale of Scottsdale Centre, a 163,311-square-foot medical outpatient building in Scottsdale, Arizona. Located at 7373 N Scottsdale Blvd along the iconic Scottsdale Road Corridor, the […]
News Release: McCarthy Building Companies and Phelps Health Celebrate Ribbon Cutting of New Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Base in Rolla, Missouri
June 17, 2025, ROLLA, MO – McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the oldest privately held construction firm in the U.S. and a leading national healthcare construction manager, joined Phelps Health on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, to celebrate the ribbon cutting of a new, state-of-the-art Emergency Medical Services (EMS) base. The new building replaces an aging EMS station and […]
News Release: Lindner Center of Hope Breaks Ground on Largest Expansion Since Opening
June 17, 2025, Mason, OH — Lindner Center of Hope marked a historic milestone today, hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for the most significant expansion of its campus since the Center opened in 2008. Held on the Center’s Mason campus, the ceremony gathered board members, donors, civic leaders, contractors, staff, and community supporters to celebrate the […]
News Release: CBRE’s Annual Analysis of US Life Sciences Talent Finds Job Growth Tenuous Amid Constrained Funding, Fewer Graduates
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston-Cambridge takes top spot in life sciences R&D and manufacturing talent, and Minneapolis-St. Paul now leads in medtech talent; Biggest gainers include Houston, Denver, Seattle, Washington, DC-Baltimore Dallas – June 16, 2025 – U.S. life sciences employment has wavered between small gains and declines since 2022 as the sector grappled […]
News Release: Amanda Zimmerman Joins Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate as Vice President of Development & Construction
June 16, 2025 PENSACOLA, FLA. – Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate (Catalyst), a healthcare real estate development and investment firm, is proud to welcome Amanda Zimmerman as Vice President of Development & Construction. Amanda will be based in Catalyst’s Dallas, TX office. Amanda brings over two decades of experience and a strong track record in commercial […]
News Release: Grand Opening: Abrazo Medical Office Building in West Valley
Expanding healthcare access in Buckeye This state-of-the-art, three-story facility spans 60,000 square feet and is home to a variety of medical services, including: Cardiology Orthopedics Spine care Sports medicine Internal medicine Urology Physical therapy More to come (currently 90% leased) WHEN: Wed., June 18 WHERE: 21250 W. Roosevelt St., Buckeye, AZ 85326 WHY: “We have […]
News Release: JLL taps Lee McKenna to lead healthcare group expansion in Central and South Texas
McKenna joins the firm as Managing Director overseeing a two million-square-foot portfolio across 25 medical outpatient buildings SAN ANTONIO, June 11, 2025 – JLL today announced it has selected Lee McKenna to lead healthcare teams in Central and South Texas. As a Managing Director, he will be based in San Antonio handling project leasing, development, […]
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