LAS VEGAS — SR Construction, as design-build contractor, has completed a five-story patient tower at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas. The new tower features 72 patient beds, plus two floors of shell for additional intensive care, intermediate and medical surgical units. Centennial Hills Hospital opened The Birthplace within the new tower, adding two labor and delivery suites along with 36 mother-baby suites. Additionally, the hospital opened its new 36-bed nursing unit at the tower. SR Construction broke ground on the tower in October 2019 and completed all construction phases for the project in November, four months ahead of the scheduled delivery date.
NEW YORK CITY — Knighthead Funding, a direct lender with offices in Connecticut and South Florida, has provided a $42 million construction loan for an 84,746-square-foot medical office building that will be located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The borrower was a local partnership doing business as Astoria Crescent Owner LLC. Mount Sinai Health System, which has a hospital across the street, has signed a 30-year lease as the building’s anchor tenant, which brings its preleased occupancy rate to 65 percent. An expected completion date was not disclosed.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired an ophthalmic clinic and surgery center in Sterling Heights for an undisclosed price. Built in 1990, the 16,709-square-foot property is occupied by Vision Institute of Michigan. The group’s ambulatory surgery center accounts for roughly one-fourth of the building’s total square footage. This transaction marks Montecito’s first acquisition in Michigan. Collin Hart and Marc Flynn of ERE Healthcare Real Estate Advisors brokered the deal.
REDLANDS, CALIF. — Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based Cypress West Partners has completed the disposition of Park Plaza Medical Campus, a medical office complex located in Redlands. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $18.3 million. Totaling 53,325 square feet spread across three outpatient medical office buildings, Park Plaza Medical Campus is located at 1776, 1782 and 1790 W. Park Ave. Loma Linda University Health Care occupies 99 percent of the property. Loma Linda University Health Care is an academic medical center that operates 1,077 beds across six hospital. The healthcare provider utilizes the Park Plaza buildings for a variety of specialty practices, including its Behavioral Medical Center program. Chris Bodnar, Lee Asher, Ryan Lindsley and Jordan Selbiger of CBRE’s U.S. Healthcare and Life Sciences Capital Markets partnered with Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Sammy Cemo and Doug Mack of CBRE to represent the seller in the transaction.
FARGO, N.D. — MedProperties Realty Advisors has acquired a Post Acute Medical (PAM) inpatient rehab facility in Fargo for an undisclosed price. The 42-bed hospital spans 57,000 square feet. It is fully leased to PAM on an absolute net basis for 18 years. The property is the only inpatient rehab facility in the state, and it also serves portions of Minnesota and South Dakota, according to MedProperties. Siemens Financial provided debt for the acquisition. P.J. Camp and Mathew Tarpley of Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC arranged the transaction. The seller information was not disclosed.
LEHIGHTON, PA. — Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) will open a 100,000-square-foot hospital in Lehighton in central Pennsylvania. The facility will be situated on a 34.5-acre site and will feature 18 inpatient beds, a 12-bay emergency department, two operating rooms, two procedure rooms and four observation rooms with plans for future expansion. The opening is scheduled for spring 2022. Matt Macdonald of Markward Group represented LVHN and the seller in the disposition of the land.
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — BioMed Realty, a subsidiary of Blackstone that focuses on life sciences real estate, has acquired a 162,000-square-foot office building and a 7.5-acre development tract within the Assembly Row mixed-use destination. The property is located in Somerville on the northern fringe of Boston. The site will be developed in phases and ultimately add 1.3 million square feet of life sciences space to the local supply. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
SAN DIEGO — A publicly traded REIT has acquired Torrey Hills Medical Plaza, a Class A medical office building and attached parking garage in San Diego. Virtus Real Estate Capital and Coast Income Properties sold the property for $37.3 million. Situated on 2.6 acres at 4765 Carmel Mountain Road, the 47,596-square-foot asset features a connected, two-level parking garage. Fresenius Medical Care anchors the two-story building, which is 91 percent leased. Andrew Milne, Evan Kovac, Trent Jemmett, Paul Braun, Chris Ross and Kelly Moriarty of JLL Healthcare Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Mohr Capital has acquired a two-story, 78,449-square-foot medical office building in Orlando. The property is situated within Lee Vista Business Park at 6272 Lee Vista Blvd., nine miles southeast of downtown Orlando. The facility houses a distribution warehouse, office space for executives, specialty pharmacy and a team of specialty-trained pharmacists and nurses. Accredo Health Group Inc., a specialty pharmacy operator and subsidiary of global healthcare insurance firm Cigna Corp., fully occupies the asset with more than six years remaining on its lease. The facility was first developed in 2006 for CuraScript Inc., which merged with Accredo in 2012. Rodrigo Godoi internally represented the Dallas-based buyer in the transaction. Ron Rogg of CBRE represented the seller, a tenant in common (TIC) entity, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
SANDUSKY, OHIO — Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired a three-story, 91,300-square-foot medical office building in Sandusky, about 60 miles west of Cleveland. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The facility serves as the flagship location for Northern Ohio Medical Specialists (NOMS) and is fully leased to the organization. The building was constructed in 2009 and expanded in 2018 with the addition of an ambulatory surgery center. NOMS is a major provider across Northern Ohio, with 45 locations and more than 260 providers in 30 different medical specialties.