DALLAS — The State of Texas, the Texas Military Department (TMD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have identified the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas as a makeshift healthcare facility to treat patients suffering from COVID-19, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Sunday. The convention center, located downtown, will be the first site to be equipped with additional healthcare equipment and facilities. Local ABC affiliate WFAA reports that 250 beds will be set up with the capacity to expand to 1,400 beds if needed. In his statement, Abbott also stated that the number of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in Texas has doubled over the past week, and announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone traveling into Texas from any part of Louisiana. According to its website, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center features 1 million square feet of exhibit space, three ballrooms, 88 meeting rooms, a 1,750-seat theater and a 9,816-seat arena.
Healthcare
NAI Capital Negotiates $3M Acquisition of Highland Springs Medical Arts Building in Beaumont, California
by Amy Works
BEAUMONT, CALIF. — NAI Capital has facilitated the purchase of Highland Springs Medical Arts Building, a medical office building located at 701 Highland Springs Ave. in Beaumont. A private investor acquired the asset for $3 million, or $203 per square foot, in a 1031 exchange. The name of the seller was not released. Marc Piron of NAI Capital’s Investment Services Group represented the buyer in the deal. Totaling 14,752 square feet, the asset offers 12 units with a camera security system, new landscaping and trash enclosure, and a recently redone parking lot complete with ADA compliant ramps and LED lights. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased.
NEW YORK CITY — The Elmhurst Hospital in Queens has dedicated all of its 545 beds to treatment of COVID-19 patients, according to a report by The New York Times. The building owner, NYC Health + Hospitals, has begun transferring patients who are not suffering from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus to other medical facilities. Other efforts to increase the number of hospital beds in the city include FEMA’s ongoing conversion of Javits Convention Center into a field hospital and a 1,000-bed federal hospital ship scheduled to arrive in mid-April. As of March 27, The Wall Street Journal has tracked 39,140 cases of coronavirus in New York — nearly half the number of all cases in the country — and 461 confirmed deaths.
UVALDE, TEXAS — Alabama-based general contractor Hoar Construction has begun work on a $90 million healthcare project in Uvalde, about 85 miles west of San Antonio. The new facility will be part of Uvalde Memorial Hospital and will include 32,870 square feet of institutional space, 31,872 square feet of administrative space and an 11,500 square-foot central utility plant. In addition, the facility will house an emergency department, physical and occupational therapy department, radiology department, urgent care department, an intensive care unit, a 25-bed medical surgical inpatient unit and 16 outpatient beds. The building is expected to be available for occupancy in September 2021.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — NAI Partners has arranged a 48,400-square-foot build-to-suit lease at 11200 Broadway St. in Pearland for HCA Houston Healthcare, which plans to open a Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement at the site by early 2021. The healthcare provider has signed a long-term lease at the property, which will feature high-fidelity hospital simulation labs, connected classrooms and debriefing rooms where the health system’s nearly 7,000 nurses will receive ongoing clinical education and training. Griff Bandy and Joe Bright of NAI Partners represented HCA in the lease negotiations. A second HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement is planned for a location north of Houston.
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Global Medical REIT Inc. has acquired a 98,000-square-foot medical office building in High Point. The property is situated at 1814 Westchester Drive, equidistant to the Triad cities of Greensboro and Winston-Salem. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to Wake Forest Baptist Health. Matt Bear of Bear Real Estate Advisors represented the Bethesda, Md.-based buyer in the transaction. Jennifer Stein of JDS Real Estate Services was the broker-of-record for the transaction. David Divine of Colliers International represented the seller, CHC Realty LLC. The sales price was not disclosed.
Thorofare Capital Funds $23.8M Acquisition Loan for Mixed-Use Portfolio in Beverly Hills
by Amy Works
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Thorofare Capital has provided a $23.8 million loan for the acquisition of a mixed-use portfolio in Beverly Hills. Marc Schillinger and Eric Boucher of JLL advised the undisclosed borrower in the financing transaction. The acquisition includes two properties. The first is 415 North Camden Drive, a 17,936-square-foot building offering retail, medical and office space in the Beverly Hills Golden Triangle district. The second is a 10,884-square-foot medical office building located at 152-160 S. Lasky Drive.
Broad Street Healthcare Offers to Lease Shuttered Medical Center to City of Philadelphia to Treat Covid-19 patients
by Alex Patton
PHILADELPHIA — Broad Street Healthcare Properties, owner of the shuttered Hahnemann University Hospital, has offered to lease the medical facility to the City of Philadelphia below market cost in the event that a surge of coronavirus cases occurs. The 496-bed former acute care hospital is located in the Logan Square neighborhood, a central district of the city. Broad Street offered the facility at a daily rental price of approximately $27 per bed plus operating costs. As of March 25, The Wall Street Journal tracked 946 cases in Pennsylvania and 8 confirmed deaths.
LAS VEGAS — Capovilla Management has completed the sale of McFarlane Medical Center in Las Vegas. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $10.4 million. Located at 8352 W. Warm Springs Road, the property features 39,279 square feet of medical office and office space. Lisa Hauger and Timothy Erickson of Sun Commercial Real Estate represented the seller in the deal.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. has sold a 208,000-square-foot healthcare building leased to cancer treatment and research group MD Anderson in The Woodlands, a northern suburb of Houston. The sales price was $115 million. Howard Hughes began development of the build-to-suit property, which is located at 100 Fellowship Drive, in 2017. MD Anderson, which operates seven facilities throughout the Houston area and collaborates with other hospitals and healthcare providers nationwide, will remain in place as building ownership transitions. The buyer was not disclosed.