SPRING BRANCH, TEXAS — REOC Development LLC has recently broken ground on Singing Hills Professional Building, a three-story, 60,000-square-foot medical office building in Spring Branch. The property will be situated at U.S. Highway 281 and Harmony Hills Street, about 30 miles north of downtown San Antonio. Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) has leased space on the ground floor, and REOC’s brokerage firm affiliate REOC San Antonio is pursuing an imaging center provider for the remainder of the first floor space. About 65 percent of Singing Hills’ square footage is preleased, according to REOC Development. The project team, including architect Luna Middleman Architects and general contractor Middleman Construction Co., expect to deliver the facility next fall.
Healthcare
Healthcare properties present a tremendous opportunity for real estate developers in the Milwaukee market and the upper Midwest. The national and regional healthcare real estate sectors remain on solid footing, according to the 2018 Healthcare Marketplace Report from Colliers International. The sector remains attractive in terms of both stability and diversification. There will always be a demand for healthcare services as the U.S. population continues to age at an unprecedented rate. A growing number of Milwaukee-based health systems have announced plans to expand in bids to gain or maintain market share. The merger of Aurora Healthcare with Advocate Health Care Network to create a single health system known as Advocate Aurora Health is a recent example. There’s been a significant expansion of and increased focus on the outpatient ambulatory environment. Health systems face significant capital expenditures in order to maintain aging hospitals. Alternative developments such as specialty outpatient facilities and micro hospitals have gained momentum and allow for expansion to remain competitive while efficient. With the emerging trend toward population health management, hospitals and health systems take on the financial risk of providing care for a certain population across a certain geography. Having to take on the additional risk of …
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the purchase of Desert Sun Medical Center located at 7140 E. Rosewood St. in Tucson. Cypress West Realty Partners acquired the property for $4.4 million. The center features 15,038 square feet of medical office space. The seller was not disclosed. Fletcher Perry and Darren Tappen of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the off-market transaction.
HOUSTON — Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management has acquired Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza, a 510,000-square-foot medical office property in Houston. The 28-story building is located within the Texas Medical Center on the city’s south side. The property, which features retail amenities and a 13-level parking garage, was 99 percent leased at the time of sale. Scott Galloway, Colby Mueck and Rusty Tamlyn of HFF represented the seller, a partnership between Mischer Healthcare, Memorial Hermann Health System and other private investors, in the transaction.
Pinnacle Capital, Harrison Street Buy Medical Office Building Near San Francisco for $30M
by Amy Works
DALY CITY, CALIF. — A joint venture between Pinnacle Capital Management Services and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has purchased Physicians Medical Center. The medical office building is located at 901 Campus Drive in Daly City, south of San Francisco. Swift Real Estate Partners sold the property for $30 million. Situated on 2.4 acres, the purpose-built medical office building features 70,705 square feet of space. At the time of sale, the three-story property was 92 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter Health, Campus Surgery Center and AmSurg/Envision Healthcare. Evan Kovac, Andrew Milne and David Dokko of HFF represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Additionally, HFF’s Zack Holderman, John Chun and Trent Jemmett arranged a $25 million, non-recourse, floating-rate acquisition loan for the buyer.
Davis Cos. Arranges 48,700 SF Lease for Pharmaceutical Company at Alewife Research Center in Cambridge
by David Cohen
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — The Davis Cos. has arranged a 48,700-square-foot lease for Japanese pharmaceutical conglomerate Eisai Inc. at the Alewife Research Center in Cambridge. Eisai will relocate from its current site in Andover in the first quarter of 2019. Developed by The Davis Cos., the Alewife Research Center is a LEED Silver-certified, 224,000-square-foot laboratory building with ground-floor retail. Located at 35 Cambridgepark Drive, the five-story facility is scheduled for completion by Oct. 1, 2018.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Wile Interests has announced plans to develop Medical Plaza West, a 70,000-square-foot medical office building in Houston. The Class A property will be part of the Katy Green mixed-use development on the city’s west side. Construction is scheduled to begin during the first quarter of 2019. CBRE will handle leasing of the property.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Bull Realty has brokered the $10.4 million sale of a medical office building in Knoxville. The property is fully leased to Knoxville Dermatology Group, which has been in the Knoxville market for more than 40 years. Michael Bull and Paul Zerman of Bull Realty arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Dermatology Investment Group LLC. The name of the buyer was not disclosed.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — SVN | Chicago Commercial has arranged the sale of a 20,500-square-foot medical office building known as Governor’s Plaza in Hoffman Estates for $2.4 million. The property is located at 2260 W. Higgins Road. The asset was 60 percent occupied at the time of sale. Olivia Czyzynski and Jennifer Hopkins of SVN represented the out-of-state seller. Zishan Alvi of Sky High Real Estate represented the undisclosed buyer.
Progress Capital Secures $6.8M Acquisition Financing for Medical Office in New Jersey
by David Cohen
MILLBURN, N.J. — Progress Capital has secured $6.8 million in acquisition financing for PRLog, a 21,834-square-foot medical office building in Millburn. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged a 15-year loan with a 30-year amortization for the undisclosed borrower that includes a seven-year fixed rate of 4.75 percent. The lender was not disclosed. The two-story building is currently divided into 11 individual units and was fully occupied at the time of sale by nine medical tenants.