The famed stability of healthcare and medical office building (MOB) real estate continues in 2022, with the Midwest acting as a microcosm for the sector’s trends and challenges nationwide. Adapting to complement large healthcare system needs, adding urgent care centers and keeping costs low are some of the main concerns for brokers this space. Five healthcare/MOB brokers sat down with REBusinessOnline to discuss what is influencing the sector. Michael Kalil, chief operating officer and director of brokerage, and Jeff Cavazos, senior vice president, NAI Farbman, Southfield, Mich.; Matthew Gregory, senior VP office brokerage, and Michael Simpson, president, NAI Ohio Equities, Columbus, Ohio; and Doug Taatjes, partner/associate broker, NAI Wisinski of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich. weighed in on the present and future of healthcare/MOB real estate. REBusiness: What trends are we going to see in healthcare in 2022? What factors might influence further investment in this field? Matt Gregory: Improvements to building infrastructure will be the most significant trend in 2022. There will be a push toward better HVAC filtration, higher cleaning standards and so forth. Mike Simpson: Yes, I think the healthy building initiative is something that’s going to pick up more momentum this year. Doug Taatjes: In our …
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WHITEHALL, WIS. — Kraus-Anderson will begin construction in March on Gundersen Tri-County Hospital, a new hospital for Gundersen Health System in Whitehall, a city in western Wisconsin. The new facility will replace the current 60-year-old hospital, which serves Whitehall, Blair, Independence and surrounding communities. Completion is slated for fall 2023. Designed by Groth Design Group, the two-story property will span 69,000 square feet and will feature private patient rooms, a trauma center and helipad landing zone. The hospital will offer an ER, imaging, lab, pharmacy, surgical, dietary, rehabilitation and transitional care. A new ambulance and maintenance building will also be constructed on the site.
Matthews Real Estate Brokers $8.2M Sale of DaVita-Occupied Healthcare Property in Lacey, Washington
by Amy Works
LACEY, WASH. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of a healthcare building located at 5180 Yelm Highway in Lacey. An undisclosed seller sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $8.2 million. DaVita occupies the property. Melanie Selleck and Devon Dykstra of Matthews Real Estate Investment Services represented the seller, while Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
CHICAGO — The Hearn Co. has unveiled plans to convert four floors of 875 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago into clinical and surgical space named the Mag Mile Medical Pavilion. Hearn has selected Cushman & Wakefield to lease the building-within-a-building concept. Hearn plans to invest more than $10 million into converting floors 28 through 30 and 33, totaling 130,000 square feet, into medical office space. There will be a dedicated valet entrance, patient drop-off and pickup on the north side and a dedicated elevator bank. Completion is slated for the second quarter of this year. The 100-story property was formerly known as the John Hancock Center. Karoline Eigel, Matt Sullivan, Lindsey Groom and Jack Seher of Cushman & Wakefield make up the leasing team.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — BMO Harris Bank’s healthcare real estate finance group has provided an $18.2 million loan for the acquisition of a 58,000-square-foot medical office building in Fort Wayne. The property is fully leased. Lutheran Health Network, an affiliate of Community Health Systems, is the anchor tenant. Caddis was the borrower. Loan terms were not released.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has arranged the sale of a freestanding medical office building in Rochester for an undisclosed price. Located at 124 Elton Hills Lane, the property is home to Bluestem Center for Child and Family Development. Seth Gilford of Quantum represented the seller, a Midwest healthcare provider. Zackary Hilgendorf of Quantum represented the buyer, a New York City-based medical acquisition fund.
PHILADELPHIA — A joint venture between locally based investment firm BG Capital, New Jersey-based Hampshire Cos. and Saudi Arabian investment firm Arbah Capital has acquired Constitution Health Plaza, a 295,000-square-foot medical office complex in South Philadelphia, for $77 million. The seller was not disclosed. The property, which is currently undergoing a renovation, also includes a 425-space parking garage. Major tenants include the City of Philadelphia, Malvern Behavioral Health, University of Pennsylvania Medicine, Mercy Health Systems and the Kidney Center of South Philadelphia.
Woodside Health Buys 44,680 SF Il Palazzo at Arrowhead Ranch Mixed-Use Project in Glendale, Arizona
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Cleveland, Ohio-based Woodside Health has purchased Il Palazzo at Arrowhead Ranch, a 44,680-square-foot mixed-use retail and medical office property in Glendale. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $12.5 million. Consisting of five one- and two-story buildings, the asset was 96 percent leased at the time of sale. Approximately one-third of its occupancy comprises retail and restaurant tenants, including a national bank branch, and the remaining space is occupied by medical, wellness and professional office tenants. Alexandra Loye, Steve Lindley, Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets and private capital teams in Phoenix negotiated the sale.
DALLAS — Florida-based investment firm Savlan Capital has acquired a 38,794-square-foot medical office building located at 9250 Amberton Parkway in Dallas. Texas Health Resources occupies the property, which was acquired in conjunction with two other medical office buildings in Richmond, Va. Joe Massa, Anthony Lunceford, Thomas Fakharzadeh and Michael Grenaway of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, California-based Modiv, in the transaction.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — IRA Capital has purchased Serra Medical Plaza, a two-story medical building in Thousand Oaks. Terms of the transaction were not released. The 13,000-square-foot asset was constructed in 2014 as a build-to-suit project for Thousand Oaks Surgery Center. A group of highly established physicians with more than 50 years of combined medical management and surgery center experience operates the property.