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PARAMUS, N.J. — Holt Construction, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have constructed a 100-bed temporary hospital in Paramus, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The facility was built in a large parking lot adjacent to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center and is intended for acute, non-COVID-related patients due to the influx of COVID-positive patients to the main building. The temporary hospital consists of two tent structures, each equipped with 50 beds, an admissions bay, nurse stations and six bathrooms with showers, as well as storage and other auxiliary space. The construction team completed the facility in less than two weeks. As of May 4, the New Jersey Department of Health reported 128,269 positive cases of the virus and 7,910 deaths.

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CHICO, CALIF. — Washington, D.C.-based Easterly Government Properties has purchased a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic in Chico. Terms of the transaction, including acquisition price and name of the seller, were not released. Chico is home to the largest state veteran population in the country, according to the buyer. The facility is part of the Northern California Health Care System and is a built-to-suit clinic that was completed in mid-2019. The property was designed to achieve a LEED Healthcare Silver certification. The property is leased to the VA for an initial, non-cancelable lease term of 15 years until June 2034. The clinic provides a variety of medical and ancillary services including primary care, audiology, laboratory services, mental health, nutrition, otolaryngology (ENT), a pharmacy, social work and women’s health. The facility is located adjacent to the Chico VA Readjustment Counseling Service Center. Easterly Government Properties is a fully integrated real estate investment trust focused primarily on the acquisition, development and management of Class A commercial properties leased to the U.S. government.

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BLUE ISLAND, ILL. — Clark Construction Group, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has completed the transformation of the MetroSouth Medical Center, a shuttered hospital just south of Chicago, into an alternate care facility to treat COVID-19 patients. Located in Blue Island, the facility now features 585 beds, including 265 high-acuity beds for critically ill patients. Clark completed the project in 22 days. The project team also included architect Perkins and Will, engineer Salas O’Brien, Hill Mechanical, Titan Electric, RG Construction and Consolidated Flooring. The MetroSouth Medical Center closed in late 2019.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — Magellan Health, a Fortune 500 healthcare provider based in Phoenix, has signed an 8,000-square-foot lease at The Offices Two at Frisco Station on the northern outskirts of Dallas. VanTrust Real Estate developed the 210,000-square-foot speculative property, which now has more than a third of its space leased to healthcare providers. The building is 75 percent leased overall. VanTrust has begun preleasing The Offices Three at Frisco Station and expects to complete that project in early 2021.

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NEW YORK CITY — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC has arranged a $3.5 million refinancing loan for a 10,302-square-foot medical office building in The Bronx. Located a 3440-3448 Boston Road, the single-tenant building is leased to a provider of dialysis services. An undisclosed lender provided the nonrecourse loan, which carries a 3.9 percent fixed interest rate for seven years and a 30-year amortization schedule. Ed Graf of Houlihan-Parnes arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.

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WEST ORANGE, N.J. — The Kislak Cos. Inc. has brokered the sale of a 48,000-square-foot, Class B medical office building in West Orange, a western suburb of New York City. Located at 622 Eagle Rock Ave., the three-story building was constructed in 1988. JAG One Physical Therapy and Garden State Community Bank are the anchor tenants of the building. The property offers convenient access to State Routes 280 and 287, the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike. Matt Wilheimer of Kislak represented the seller, New York Community Bank, in the transaction. The buyer was 622 Eagle Rock Avenue Realty.

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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $1.1 million sale of an urgent care facility net leased to Our Urgent Care in Maryland Heights, a northwest suburb of St. Louis. The 3,488-square-foot property is located at 2070 McKelvey Road. Benjamin Bach and Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap’s Oak Brook office in suburban Chicago marketed the building on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Bradley Barham assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record in Missouri.

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ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN — HSA PrimeCare, the national healthcare real estate division of HSA Commercial Real Estate, has sold a four-building medical office portfolio to Irvine, Calif.-based IRA Capital. The buildings, spanning a total of 107,828 square feet, are located in Illinois and Wisconsin. HSA PrimeCare will continue to manage the assets on behalf of IRA. Mike Wilson and Erik Foster of Avison Young represented HSA PrimeCare in the transaction. The properties include: Advocate Good Samaritan South in Downers Grove, Ill.; Hawthorn Surgery Center in Vernon Hills, Ill.; Advocate Aurora Health Beverly Clinic in Chicago; and Advocate Aurora Health Muskego Clinic in Muskego, Wis. IRA Capital is a private equity firm that invests capital for its own account and on behalf of its co-investment partners, which include pension funds, institutions, family offices and individuals. IRA primarily invests in commercial real estate assets throughout the United States, with an overweight concentration within the medical/healthcare sector.

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FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Baylor Scott & White Institute For Rehabilitation, a 5,000-square-foot medical clinic located in the northern Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch. The property was built in 2018 and was fully leased at the time of sale. Philip Levy and Vincent Knipp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity.

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ELLICOTT CITY, MD. — KLNB has arranged the $9.4 million sale of North Ridge Professional Center, a 38,894-square-foot medical office building in Ellicott City. The building was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to anchor Ellicott City Ambulatory Surgery Center, Howard County Government, Seton Medical Group (a division of St. Agnes Healthcare) and Infectious Disease Associates. The property is situated at 2850 N. Ridge Road, 15 miles west of downtown Baltimore. Don Schline, Craig Morrell and Brad Berzins of KLNB represented the seller, Foulger-Pratt, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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