NEW YORK CITY — NYC Health + Hospitals has signed a 25-year, $758 million lease agreement with GFP Real Estate for 525,000 square feet of office space at 50 Water Street in Manhattan. With the lease transaction, NYC Health + Hospitals becomes the first major tenant that will occupy the GFP office complex at the building formerly known as 7 Hanover Square. The agreement enables the public health system to consolidate multiple administrative office sites into one Lower Manhattan campus. Newmark Knight Frank brokered the transaction on behalf of NYC Health + Hospitals.
TOLEDO, OHIO AND ORLANDO, FLA. — One of the giants of the healthcare REIT sector, Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), has agreed to acquire 55 medical office and outpatient facilities from CNL Healthcare Properties for $1.25 billion. The megadeal is expected to close in the first half of this year. The Class A portfolio, which spans 16 states, is 94 percent occupied. Additionally, 92 percent of the facilities are affiliated with leading healthcare systems. The newly acquired portfolio is expected to overlap significantly with Welltower’s existing outpatient medical footprint. “Welltower was able to act quickly and definitively when the opportunity presented itself, leveraging our proprietary data science platform and deep local presence through our real estate services platform to come to an agreement with CNL as a high quality and reputable sponsor,” says Shankh Mitra, chief investment officer for Toledo-based Welltower. The acquisition includes 3.3 million square feet of rentable space in major metropolitan markets, including San Diego, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Cincinnati. In an investor presentation detailing the transaction, Welltower said it expects the initial cash yield to be 5.7 percent with a weighted average annual rent increase of 2.4 percent. Orlando-based CNL plans to use the proceeds from …
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Omega Healthcare Investors Agrees to Acquire MedEquities Realty Trust for $600M
HUNT VALLEY, MD. AND NASHVILLE, TENN. — Real estate investment trust Omega Healthcare Advisors (NYSE: OHI) has agreed to acquire MedEquities Realty Trust (NYSE: MRT) in a cash and stock transaction valued at $600 million. As part of the transaction, Omega will acquire the fee simple interest in 34 facilities operated by 11 operators in seven states. Omega will also acquire approximately $34 million in mortgage loans. Under the terms of the transaction, MRT shareholders will receive $2 in cash and 0.235 OHI shares for each MRT share owned, which represents $10.26 per share based on Monday’s closing price for OHI. The boards of directors for both companies have unanimously approved the transaction. “This acquisition reinforces our commitment to the skilled nursing and senior housing industry, while adding new asset types to our portfolio furthering our strategic objectives,” says Taylor Pickett, CEO of Hunt Valley-based Omega. “MedEquities has built a high-quality diversified portfolio, which should provide Omega with meaningful future growth opportunities.” Omega is a real estate investment trust that invests in the long-term healthcare industry, primarily in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. As of Sept. 30, 2018, Omega’s total portfolio consisted of 917 facilities spread across 41 states and the United Kingdom. …
Newmark Knight Frank Directs $39.2M Acquisition of Medical Office Property in Burlingame, California
BURLINGAME, CALIF. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the purchase of a medical office property adjacent to Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame. Lincoln Property Co. acquired the asset for $39.2 million. Located at 1720 El Camino Real, the property features 104,000 square feet of medical office space spread across three interconnected buildings. Situated on 3.7 acres, the property also includes a five-level parking structure. At the time of sale, the asset was 88 percent occupied by a number of medical users. Seth McKinnon of NKF represented the buyer in the off-market transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
AURORA, COLO. — Northstar Commercial Partners has completed the sale of 860 Potomac St., a commercial building in Aurora. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $34.7 million. Situated on 5.2 acres, the property features 113,568 square feet of commercial space. Children’s Hospital of Colorado currently leasing the property on a long-term basis, with lease commencement on June 1, 2019. Construction and build-out of the tenant’s space is occurring now. Due to its proximity to the Fitzsimons Medical Campus, the property is ideal for ancillary medical offices. Chris Bodnar, Lee Asher, Shane Seitz, Ryan Lindsley and Sabrina Solomiany of CBRE U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets partnered with James Brady and Campbell Davis of CBRE Denver Investment Properties to advise the seller in the deal. Northstar originally purchased the property vacant in March 2017.
EAST NORRITON, PA. — HFF has negotiated the $12.3 million sale of Norriton Medical Center, a 74,212-square-foot medical center in the Philadelphia suburb of East Norriton. Located at 160-190 W. Germantown Pike, the four-building complex is currently 92 percent leased and is anchored by Einstein Orthopedics and Moss Rehab. Ben Appel, Jim Cadranell, Doug Rodio and Brett Segal of HFF represented the seller, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Realty Development Corp., in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
DALLAS — MedCore Partners, a Dallas-based developer specializing in healthcare and seniors housing properties, will develop a 65,000-square-foot medical office building in Dallas. The Class A property will be located on the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance campus and will house an ambulatory spine surgery center operated by Spine Team Texas. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy during the first quarter of 2020.
SOUTH HOLLAND, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $3.7 million sale of a 9,703-square-foot property occupied by DaVita Dialysis in South Holland, about 20 miles south of Chicago. The facility, located at 16110 LaSalle St., opened in 2016. DaVita operates under a 15-year, double net lease. Valerie Cook, Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller. An out-of-state buyer completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange purchased the asset.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Welltower has purchased two medical office buildings located in Westlake Village, approximately 40 miles from Los Angeles. Nadler Cypress Holdings2 LLC and La Venta LLC sold the assets for $29.9 million in an off-market transaction. Located at 1220 and 1250 La Venta Drive, the buildings offer a total of 50,000 square feet of medical office space. UCLA Health and Providence St. Joseph Health are anchor tenants at the fully occupied properties. Evan Kovac, Andrew Milne and Trent Jemmett of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Anchor Health Properties will provide property management services for the buildings.
EAST LONGMEADOW, MASS. — Money360 has provided a $4.2 million bridge loan for Longmeadow Medical Center, a 22,000-square-foot medical office building. The property is located at 294 North Main St. in East Longmeadow, approximately five miles southeast of Springfield. Terms of the recourse loan include a 24-month term and an 8 percent interest rate. The borrower was undisclosed.