DALLAS — Fueled by a growing population, a healthy flow of capital from a variety of investment sources and an emerging emphasis on quickness of delivery of services, the American healthcare real estate market is poised for expansion. The heightened demand for both new and old healthcare properties is forcing operators in the sector to consider alternative locations. Healthcare operators are thus finding new real estate opportunities from emerging trends in other property classes, like the spates of store closures in the retail market and the rising popularity of the mixed-use development. For their part, owners and developers of retail and mixed-use assets are embracing the growth of the healthcare sector, whether that means repurposing a strip center to be anchored by a healthcare tenant or integrating a wellness component into blueprints for a new mixed-use project. A quintet of healthcare real estate professionals who represent the provider side of the market came together at the InterFace Healthcare Real Estate conference on Sept. 14 to assess this practice and its future implications on the market. Held at the Westin Galleria hotel in Dallas, the daylong event drew about 240 attendees. Panelist Sid Sanders, senior vice president of real estate management …
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CLEVELAND, OHIO — The MetroHealth System has selected Hammes Co. to collaborate on a $1 billion healthcare campus expansion in Cleveland. The cornerstone of the project will be a new 12-story hospital tower with 270 private rooms. The tower will also house an extensive range of departments. Other project plans include the construction of a connector building to the existing critical care pavilion, a parking garage, new loading dock, central utility plant and helipads. The project is expected to take six years to complete. Hammes is a healthcare project management firm that provides strategic planning, implementation and development services for capital construction projects.
LAKEVIEW, ILL. — Advocate Health Care has leased a former Sports Authority property in Lakeview. The healthcare company plans to convert the space, located at 3154 N. Clark St., into a new medical office center. Advocate has leased the entire property, which includes 40,400 square feet of ground-floor space, 10,100 square feet of basement space and a two-story parking facility for 115 vehicles. The new location will house clinical and ancillary operations including internal medicine, cardiology, cardiac testing, obstetrics, endocrinology, neurology, X-ray and laboratory services. Demolition and construction is underway, with completion slated for early 2018. Next Realty LLC is the property landlord. Amy Levin of Next represented the real estate investment firm in the lease transaction. Gary Fazzio and Sharon Kahan of CBRE represented Advocate.
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS — Daymark Living, a developer of supportive housing communities, has begun work on a 144,853-square-foot project in the Dallas metro of Waxahachie for adults with learning differences and intellectual delays. Scheduled to be complete in August 2018, the property will feature 28 cottages capable of housing 200 residents and amenities such as resort-style pools, sport courts, computer labs and community grills. Dallas-based Merriman Anderson/Architects is designing the community.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Maryland-based Global Medical REIT Inc. has acquired Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital, a 59,000-square-foot healthcare property located at 700 W. 45th St. in Austin, for roughly $40.6 million. The inpatient hospital features 50 beds and is leased to a joint venture between subsidies of healthcare providers Kindred Healthcare and Seton Healthcare.
DERBY, KAN. — MedProperties Holdings LLC, CarrBaierCrandall Real Estate Group (CBC) and Candor Healthcare LLC have formed a joint venture to develop Rock Regional Hospital in Derby, a southern suburb of Wichita. The 31-bed, 89,500-square-foot facility will be located near Rock Road and Patriot Avenue on a 15-acre parcel. The site includes two additional land parcels for future healthcare facilities, such as a medical office building and a freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Other development team partners include architect ACI Boland, general contractor McCownGordon Construction and engineer Renaissance Infrastructure Consulting. The project is slated for completion in late 2018.
CHICAGO AND LAKE BLUFF, ILL. — The Missner Group has completed renovations for the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute (IBJI) in Chicago and Lake Bluff, Ill. At 111 N. Canal St. in Chicago, renovations included the addition of a 2,900-square-foot physical therapy space, private consultation suite and a new reception and waiting lounge. At 101 Waukegan Road in Lake Bluff, a 6,000-square-foot renovation featured the build-out of both physical therapy and clinic space. The facility now consists of a renovated reception area, private examination rooms and 2,800 square feet of space for physical therapy. Heath Yarger and Steve Bulger of Missner Group led the project team. Stephen Rankin & Associates provided architectural services. With more than 20 locations, IBJI specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and management of injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
DALLAS — Dallas-based MedProperties Holdings has acquired a portfolio of 17 healthcare properties totaling 620,750 square feet from Chicago-based private equity firm Harrison Street for approximately $230 million. Seven properties are located in Texas: Abilene Surgery Center and Hospital in Abilene; Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington in Arlington; Grand Parkway MOB in Richmond; Williams Way MOB in Richmond; Conroe Medical Plaza in Conroe; Kingwood Medical Plaza in Kingwood; and Lake Granbury Medical Center in Granbury. None of the five assets in the Houston area were significantly affected by Hurricane Harvey. The other properties in the sold portfolio are located in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kentucky. Chris Bodnar and Lee Asher of CBRE represented Harrison Street in the sale. Erik Tellefson and Jon Buehner of Capital One originated senior debt financing for the transaction. David Selznick and Andrew Smith of Kayne Anderson originated mezzanine debt for the acquisition. MedProperties Holdings’ portfolio of healthcare assets now totals roughly 3.4 million square feet across 20 states.
Inland Real Estate Facilitates Acquisition of Two Medical Office Buildings in Connecticut
by Amy Works
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has arranged the sale of two medical office buildings located in New Britain for an undisclosed price. Mark Cosenza and David Neboyskey of Inland Real Estate represented the buyer, an Inland affiliate, in the deal. The properties are a two-story building located at 300 Kensington Ave. and a 62,000-square-foot building at 1 Lake St. Starling Physicians P.C. occupies both properties.
DALLAS — Investor demand for healthcare properties throughout the country is soaring, driven by the recession-resistant nature of the asset class and its ability to consistently generate strong returns. Confidence in the property type also stems from the prevailing realization that legislation opposing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has thus far been unsuccessful. After multiple failed attempts to repeal and revise the law, the Republican Party introduced a bill today that aims to cut overall funding for healthcare and give states more control over their individual healthcare budgets. Other demand drivers for the healthcare sector include a growing number of aging Americans, the tendency of healthcare tenants to sign long-term leases and an expectation that government spending on healthcare, as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), is set to rise above its current level of 15 percent. It all adds up to a remarkably healthy flow of capital into the healthcare sector from institutional, private and foreign investors alike. Five healthcare real estate panelists at last week’s InterFace Healthcare Real Estate conference discussed a variety of topics within the healthcare investment market, including the profiles of the investors, the pressures they face to deploy their capital in a timely …