FORT SMITH, ARK. — Sila Realty Trust Inc., a publicly traded net lease healthcare REIT based in Tampa, has purchased a 50-bed inpatient healthcare facility in Fort Smith, a city on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. An undisclosed seller sold the approximately 62,500-square-foot healthcare property for $28.3 million. Built in 2021, the facility was fully leased at the time of sale to Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital, a joint venture between Mercy Hospital Fort Smith and Lifepoint Health. The rehabilitative property is tailored for individuals recovering from stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, spinal cord injury, amputation and orthopedic injury. Year-to-date, Sila Realty Trust has purchased eight Class A healthcare properties for an aggregate price of $164 million.
Healthcare
Kauri Investments Buys Medical Office Building in Bellevue, Washington for 150-Room Hotel Redevelopment
by Amy Works
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Seattle-based Kauri Investments has acquired a freestanding medical office building, located at 1300 116th Ave. in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, for $6.7 million. The seller and existing tenant, Eye Clinic of Bellevue, will lease back the 5,519-square-foot building until the ophthalmology practice moves into a more modern facility. Once the lease ends, Kauri plans to redevelop the asset, which is on a large parcel, into a 150-key hotel. Kauri Investments currently owns six other hotel sites Washington and Oregon. Pat Mutzel of Cushman & Wakefield’s private capital group in Seattle brokered the off-market transaction.
Prime Healthcare Agrees to Acquire 14 Ascension Healthcare Properties in Metro Chicago, Plans $250M in Improvements
by Jeff Shaw
CHICAGO — Prime Healthcare has agreed to acquire nine hospitals and associated physician practices in Illinois, as well as five post-acute and senior living facilities, from St. Louis-based Ascension. The properties are largely located in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, subject to standard regulatory and canonical approvals. The price was not disclosed. The acquisition includes the following Ascension hospitals: Prime Healthcare also acquired multiple post-acute and senior living facilities operated by Ascension Living: Fox Knoll Village in Aurora; Villa Franciscan Place in Joliet; Heritage Village and Heritage Lodge in Kankakee; and Resurrection Place in Park Ridge. Prime Healthcare plans to invest $250 million in facility upgrades, capital improvements, technology investments and system upgrades to the properties. According to Prime Healthcare, the company has all available funding for the renovations. No debt will be put on the hospitals to complete the transaction. Additionally, the buyer has agreed to make offers of employment to substantially all associates. “Our agreement with Ascension reflects our decades-long mission of saving, improving and investing in community hospitals,” says Sunny Bhatia, president and chief medical officer of Prime Healthcare. Prime Healthcare is based in Ontario, …
VALHALLA, N.Y. — Westchester Medical Center Health Network has broken ground on The Critical Care Tower, a $220 million healthcare project that will be located on the provider’s campus in Valhalla, about 30 miles north of Manhattan. Dubbed the “Tower to Heal,” the five-story, 162,000-square-foot building will be situated adjacent to Westchester Medical Center’s main tower and will house 128 private patient rooms. The project is expected to create almost 800 construction jobs and about 125 permanent jobs. Completion is slated for 2026.
GREENWICH, CONN. — Summit Health has signed a 19,853-square-foot lease renewal and expansion in Greenwich. The healthcare provider will retain its existing 14,243 square feet of space at the building at 644 W. Putnam Ave. and take another 5,610 square feet on the second floor. Kevin McCarthy of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tim Rorick of Newmark represented the landlord, a partnership between Simone Development Cos. and Fareri Associates.
LAFAYETTE, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.6 million sale of MedMark Medical Center, a 12,750-square-foot medical office building in Lafayette, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis. MedMark, operated by BayMark Health Services Inc., is a provider for opioid use disorders in the U.S. Located at 4705 Meijer Court, the property was built in 2005 and renovated in 2018. Julia Evinger of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a regional private investor, and procured the buyer, a regional hospitality group. The deal traded at a cap rate of 6.6 percent. The tenant has three-and-a-half years remaining on its lease along with one five-year renewal option.
St. Joe Co., Tallahassee Memorial Open First Building at 87-Acre Healthcare Campus in Panama City Beach, Florida
by John Nelson
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — The St. Joe Co. and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) have opened the first building at the FSU/TMH Medical Campus, an 87-acre campus currently in Panama City Beach underway by the companies and Florida State University (FSU). Situated at 1002 N. Arnold Road, the medical office building is one of several planned at the development. TMH Urgent Care and TMH Physician Partners – Primary Care are now open at the property. The campus, which will include a 100-bed hospital with an emergency center and other inpatient services, is scheduled for completion in 2027.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Abra Health has signed a 24,908-square-foot retail sublease in Secaucus. The operator of pediatric primary care and dental clinics is backfilling a space previously occupied by The Vitamin Shoppe and will utilize the space to centralize its billing operations and establish a call center. Jeff Kolodkin and Andrew Kirshenbaum of Newmark represented Abra Health in the lease transaction.
EAGAN, MINN. — Davis Healthcare Real Estate has opened Eagan Specialty Center, a 36,100-square-foot surgical facility in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan. Located at 2975 Holiday Court, the building serves as the new home of Midwest Surgery Center, which occupies 27,000 square feet. Anne Madyun of Davis is marketing the available 9,000-square-foot space for lease. The project team included Synergy Architecture Studio and Timco Construction. Midwest Surgery Center, a joint venture between St. Paul Eye Clinic and Midwest ENT, relocated and expanded from its previous facility in Woodbury.
Boulder Group Negotiates $2.5M Acquisition of Medical Office Property in Montrose, Colorado
by Amy Works
MONTROSE, COLO. — The Boulder Group has arranged the purchase of a single-tenant medical office building located at 2011 Market St. in Montrose, a city of approximately 20,000 residents in the southwest quadrant of the state. A Colorado-based investor acquired the asset from a Midwest-based real estate investment and development company for $2.5 million. Heartland Dental occupies the newly constructed property on a new 10-year net lease. The lease includes 10 percent rental increases every five years and is corporately guaranteed. Heartland Dental has more than 1,700 locations across 38 states nationwide. The company is primarily owned by KKR. Zach Wright and Brandon Wright of The Boulder Group represented the buyer in the transaction.