EASTON, MD. — Philadelphia-based O’Donnell & Naccarato (O&N) has broken ground on UM Shore Regional Medical Center, a 408,000-square-foot hospital and outpatient facility in the coastal Maryland city of Easton. The $550 million facility is set to open in 2028 and will fully replace the Regional Medical Center’s existing facilities. The new UM Shore Regional Medical Center will comprise a six-story, 147-bed tower (325,000 square feet), a connected two-story outpatient care facility (60,000 square feet) and a central utility plant on a 230-acre campus off Longwoods Road. The new hospital and outpatient facility will operate as part of the University of Maryland (UM) Medical System. The design-build team includes HKS Architects Inc., general contractor The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., MEP engineer Highland Associates and civil engineer Daft McCune Walker.
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HOBOKEN, N.J. — Locally based intermediary G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $5.4 million loan for the refinancing of a 48,268-square-foot retail and healthcare property in the Northern New Jersey community of Hoboken. The property was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to a pharmacy, bank and a primary care provider. David Fryer of G.S. Wilcox arranged the loan, which carried a seven-year term with full-term interest-only payments, through an undisclosed life insurance company. The name of the borrower was also not disclosed.
PLYMOUTH, MINN. — Davis has acquired WestHealth, a three-building outpatient medical center totaling nearly 201,000 square feet in Plymouth, a western suburb of Minneapolis. The purchase price was $72 million. The campus comprises two outpatient medical buildings, an ambulatory surgical center and an emergency/urgent care facility. The buildings were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The anchor tenant is Allina Health, which occupies roughly 73 percent or 146,000 square feet within the property. Originally purpose-built by Allina Health and acquired by the current ownership in 2013 through a long-term ground lease, the asset has undergone expansions to meet the increasing demand for outpatient services. Eric Gundersen of Alerus Financial and Healthpeak arranged acquisition financing. Brian Bruggeman of Colliers represented Allina Health. Chris Bodnar, Brannan Knott, Zack Holderman, Cole Reethof, Trent Jemmett, Jesse Greshin and Ryan Watts of CBRE partnered with Steve Brown of Forte Real Estate Partners as the seller’s advisors.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastdil Secured has arranged the recapitalization of Park Sixty, a 186,000-square-foot medical office building located at 110 E. 60th St. in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The property consists of 179,000 square feet of medical office space and 7,000 square feet of retail space and recently underwent a $20 million renovation that upgraded the building’s infrastructure, lobby and common areas. Eastdil acted on behalf of Connecticut-based investment management firm LoanCore Capital, which now owns and operates Park Sixty in partnership with real estate private equity firm Blue Arch Capital and Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — Birmingham, Ala.-based construction firm Robins & Morton has completed the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Medical Office Building in Panama City Beach. Robins & Morton served as the general contractor for the 80,000-square-foot project on behalf of The St. Joe Co. and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH). Designed by HuntonBrady, the four-story facility will house TMH Physician Partners – Primary Care, TMH Urgent Care Center, Coastal Tides Surgical Center, TMH Physician Partners – Cardiology and additional space for pulmonary and orthopedic services. Robins & Morton will also break ground on a 100-bed hospital on the same campus, which is scheduled to be complete before the end of 2027.
Boulder Group Negotiates $2.7M Sale of Retail Property in Bartlett, Tennessee Leased to Fast Pace Health
by John Nelson
BARTLETT, TENN. — The Boulder Group has negotiated the $2.7 million sale of a retail property in Bartlett leased to Fast Pace Health. The medical services provider operates more than 235 healthcare clinics in the Southeast and Midwest and has more than 14 years remaining on its lease for the Bartlett location. The 3,700-square-foot, freestanding clinic was built in late 2023 at 3082 Kirby Whitten Road, about 15 miles northeast of Memphis. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder Group represented the seller, a private real estate investor, in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer purchased the property in a 1031 exchange.
MULLICA HILL, N.J. — Regional provider Inspira Health has broken ground on a $240 million medical center project in Mullica Hill, located outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. Designed by Array Architects, the five-story building will house 102 beds, boosting the hospital’s overall bed count by nearly 50 percent and increasing Inspira’s footprint to more than 600,000 square feet at the 100-acre Gloucester County campus. The development also includes a separate, one-story overbuild to house Inspira’s maternal health services practice. Other project partners include O’Donnell & Naccarato (structural engineer), Pure PM (project manager), TorconReisz (general contractor) and Highland Associates (MEP engineer). Completion is slated for early 2027.
Progressive Real Estate Partners Negotiates 3,080 SF Retail Lease for Lifestream Blood Bank in Moreno Valley, California
by Amy Works
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has negotiated a medical/retail lease for Lifestream Blood Bank to occupy space at 24199 Hemlock Ave. in Moreno Valley. Paul Su of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the tenant in the transaction. Lifestream Blood Bank signed a 10-year lease for 3,080 square feet of end-cap space within District at Moreno Valley shopping center. The blood bank is slated to open by summer 2025.
HINSDALE, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has negotiated a 2,330-square-foot medical office lease at 12 Salt Creek Lane within the Salt Creek Medical Campus in Hinsdale, a western suburb of Chicago. Brian Edgerton of NAI Hiffman represented ownership, Remedy Medical Properties, in the lease with Bloom Plastic Surgery. NAI Hiffman also proposed that the landlord complete a speculative build-out of the long-vacant office suite into clinical space. The space now occupied by Bloom Plastic Surgery had been vacant for more than 10 years. Remedy completed the build-out in September. The lease brings the 62,000-square-foot building to 86 percent occupancy. Joey Carr of Carr Realty Advisors represented the tenant.
Joint Venture Buys 59,865 SF Office Building Near Portland, Plans Outpatient Healthcare Conversion
by Amy Works
LAKE OSWEGO, ORE. — A joint venture between Evergreen Medical Properties and Bain Capital’s real estate team has acquired 4004 Kruse Way Place, an office building in Lake Oswego, from San Francisco-based Shorenstein Properties for an undisclosed price. The joint venture plans to convert the three-story, 59,865-square-foot building, which is currently operating as traditional office space, into an outpatient healthcare facility. At the time of sale, asset was 74 percent occupied with Providence Health & Services as the anchor tenant. Evan Kovac of JLL Capital Markets National Medical Properties and Buzz Ellis of JLL Pacific Northwest Advisory represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.