OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Everest Medical Core Properties has acquired Foxhill Medical Center in Overland Park for $9 million. The 52,000-square-foot, three-story building features medical and dental suites. The property is located near I-435 in close proximity to several major hospitals and surgical centers. The building was renovated in 1998, and major exterior enhancements were completed in 2016. The building is 97 percent occupied, with an average of four years remaining on lease terms.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Skanska USA, a division of the Sweden-based construction company, has been chosen for a $142 million renovation and expansion of University Hospital, located on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. The main part of the expansion will be a 425,000-square-foot, 15-story tower on a plot adjacent to the current hospital, a helipad that is no longer in use. The expansion includes a new emergency department, surgical suites, a six-story inpatient section and expanded ancillary services. The project also includes 95,000 square feet of renovations to the existing buildings, including new drop-off and entry points for the ambulances. The project will be completed in phases. The tower is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2019, and the renovations are scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2020. The hospital is part of the University of Virginia Health System. International architecture firm Perkins+Will designed the project. — Jeff Shaw
KINGWOOD, TEXAS — Origin Investments has completed the disposition of Kingwood Medical Arts, a medical office building located at 300-350 Kingwood Medical Drive in Kingwood. A healthcare REIT acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The 90,000-square-foot property is anchored by a 30,000-square-foot surgical center operated by a venture between Memorial Hermann Health System and United Surgical Partners.
DUNWOODY, GA. — Avison Young has arranged the $5.6 million sale-leaseback of a 16,500-square-foot medical office building located at 4646 N. Shallowford Road in Dunwoody, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. The property features 12 examination rooms and features a rehabilitation center on-site. The seller, Progressive Medical, a medical clinic specializing in both traditional and holistic forms of medicine, has occupied the building since 1998 and has recently signed a 12-year lease with the new owner as part of the transaction. Art Waldrop and Sean Moynihan of Avison Young brokered the deal.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Duke Realty and Baylor Scott & White Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system, have opened Baylor McKinney Physician Office Building 2 in McKinney. Located at 5252 W. University Drive, the three-story, 77,000-square-foot building is adjacent to Baylor McKinney I, an 114,924-square-foot medical office building. Affiliates of Baylor Scott & White lease a significant portion of both buildings. The Dallas office of Medco Construction served as general contractor, while the Dallas office of HDR served as architect for the project, which was developed by Duke Realty.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a medical office building located at 150 FM 1959 in Houston. WHGS Holdings Co., dba Coastal Surgical Group, sold the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 2007, the property features 12,300 square feet of medical office space. Beth Young and Marshall Clinkscales of Colliers represented the seller, while Cameron Crouch of Gulf Coast Properties represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Kindred Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: KND) plans to fully exit the skilled nursing business, the Louisville-based healthcare owner-operator announced Monday afternoon during a third-quarter earnings call. Kindred posted a $671.3 million loss in the third quarter. The company was already in the process of reducing the number of skilled nursing facilities in its portfolio. At its peak the company owned and/or operated more than 300 skilled nursing facilities across the country. Kindred will instead focus the bulk of its efforts on Kindred at Home, the country’s largest provider of home healthcare and hospice services, according to Kindred. The company expects half its earnings to come from Kindred at Home, while long-term acute care hospitals will account for 25 percent of its earnings and rehabilitation services will account for the remainder. By divesting its entire skilled nursing portfolio, Kindred expects to reduce annual rent obligations by $90 million, capital expenditures by $30 million and corporate overhead by between $70 million and $100 million. “We are taking proactive strategic steps to position Kindred for long-term success against the backdrop of dynamic changes in the healthcare services industry,” says Benjamin Brier, president and CEO of Kindred. “Our plan to exit the …
ROCKWALL, TEXAS — Montecito Medical Real Estate has agreed to acquire Rockwall Medical Plaza, a 20,007-square-foot medical office building and surgery center located roughly 25 miles outside Dallas in Rockwall. The property is situated on the campus of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and was constructed last year. An ambulatory surgery center developed by a joint-venture between Texas Health Resources and Spine Team Texas anchors the building. Other tenants include a clinic and neurology and dental offices. Montecito Medical has acquired 21 medical office buildings over the past 12 months, and plans to close on five additional properties by January.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Corporate Properties Trust I LP, a partnership between Transwestern Investment Group and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., has closed on the acquisition of a 2.2 million-square-foot mixed-use project in a sale-leaseback with State Farm Auto Insurance Co. According to the Dallas Business Journal, the purchase price was $825 million. The partnership acquired the four primary office/retail towers and the connected structured parking garages. The campus is located within the CityLine development, a 186-acre project developed by KDC. The buildings are designated LEED Gold and are located adjacent to a DART rail line. Corporate Properties Trust I LP will own the properties through a REIT. The entity was created to allow long-term stable ownership of institutional properties. A wholly owned subsidiary of Transwestern Investment Group will manage the property. Located at 1150, 1201 and 1251 State St. and 3661 N. Plano Road, the buildings will house 8,000 State Farm employees. CityLine, which is located at the southeast corner of Highway 75 and the President George Bush Turnpike, will also include 1,700 apartments, a 150-room hotel, an entertainment center, medical office facility, retail, restaurants and a 3.5-acre park.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Stan Johnson Co., a net lease brokerage firm, has completed the $19.2 million sale of the Midtown Medical Office Building, a 57,404-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building located at 900 Jerome St. in Fort Worth. Toby Scrivner, Jeff Matulis, Grant Wilkins and Colin Cornell of Stan Johnson’s Healthcare Net Lease Group represented the seller, Ridgeline Capital Partners. Stan Johnson Co. also represented the buyer in the transaction. The property is adjacent to the Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth, a 216-bed short-term acute care facility, and is part of a mixed-use development with both a hotel and restaurants located on site.
