Healthcare

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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Skanska USA has signed a $62.7 million contract to build a 230,000-square-foot research and education facility on the Johns Hopkins Medicine All Children’s Hospital campus in St. Petersburg. Designed by HDR, the new property will include 30,000 square feet of research and laboratory spaces and 30,000 square feet of educational space, which will feature a 400-seat auditorium. The project will also have 50,000 square feet of offices and administrative spaces, a 20,000-square-foot collaboration space and a “biorepository” — a repository of biological materials. More than 200 professionals will occupy the building, which will house the hospital’s Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute; Heart Institute; Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute and the Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. Skanska USA expects to deliver the new property in 2018.

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FAIRFIELD, CONN. — Fischer Real Estate Inc. has negotiated the sale of a commercial building located at 2060 Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. An undisclosed investor purchased the property from TPSJ LLC for $1.4 million. The 4,440-square-foot property is fully occupied by retail and medical office tenants. Alan Fischer of Fischer Real Estate represented both parties in the off-market transaction.

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WARRENVILLE, ILL. — Ryan Companies US Inc. has acquired a 9.5-acre site within the Cantera Business Park for the future development of a $15 million medical office complex. Located in Warrenville, approximately 35 miles west of Chicago, the 80,000-square-foot complex envisioned by Ryan Cos. will include two two-story office buildings with shared amenities and common space. David Justh of CBRE represented the seller, a private investor, and is working with Ryan Cos. to market the development to healthcare systems and related users.

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DALLAS — An affiliate of HCA Holdings Inc. has agreed to purchase the Forest Park Medical Center facility in Dallas, a 190,000-square-foot medical campus featuring 20,000 square feet of green space, for $135 million. The physician-owned hospital will require approval from bankruptcy court to sell the property. If the transaction is approved, $124.6 million of the purchase price will be used to pay back the facility’s main debt holder, Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA). The publicly traded real estate investment trust refinanced the facility’s mortgage loan for $110 million in October 2013. The owners of the Forest Park Medical Center health system created the Neal Richards Group LLC, headed by real estate developer Derrick Evers, to build the hospitals under the Forest Park umbrella and serve as landlord, according to reports by D Magazine. Ascension Group Architects designed the Dallas campus, which features 84 luxury private inpatient rooms, 12 intensive care units, 22 operating suites, three special procedure and endoscopy suites, ancillary services and an imaging center. Drs. Richard Toussaint and Wade Barker founded the Forest Park Medical Center system in the late 2000s. In March, Toussaint was found guilty of committing $10 million in healthcare fraud and …

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SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — MIDI, an international medical research, design and engineering firm, has opened its new 6,500-square-foot headquarters and innovation center in the Village of The Branch, a part of Smithtown on Long Island. Stalco Construction served as general contractor for the new $5 million medical and life sciences facility, which is located at 226 E. Main St. Whitetop Mountain Professional Properties developed the17,300-square-foot building, which also houses a 10,800-square-foot diagnostic imaging center operated by Northwell Health, formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System. Featuring an open-space layout, the facility features a collaborative workspace, an engineering and design lab, a manufacturing shop, and a conference room with teleconferencing system, as well as executive and administrative offices.

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WILMINGTON, DEL. — Capital & Guarantee is developing Fenwick Medical Complex, a six-building facility in Wilmington. When complete, the property will feature 120,000 square feet of space, ample parking and a heliport. Anchored by a full-service emergency medical center, the complex will be occupied by various medical specialists and physicians, including cardiovascular, family practice, gastroenterology, gynecology, podiatry, internal medicine, psychology, spinal care and vein care offices. Physician and office space is available as build-to-suit units regardless of size or floor plans.

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MURFREESBORO, TENN. — National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI), a Murfreesboro-based REIT, has exercised an $87.5 million purchase option on five assisted living and memory care communities currently owned and operated by Bickford Senior Living. The acquisitions include a 56-unit community in Crystal Lake, Iowa; a 76-unit community in St. Charles, Mo.; a 56-unit community in Oswego, Ill.; a 40-unit community in Omaha, Neb.; and a 49-unit community in West Des Moines, Iowa. The properties total 277 units with an average occupancy of 92 percent and an average age of 12 years. NHI has committed $2.4 million for capital improvements and expansions on the existing facilities. Bickford will continue to operate the communities under a 15-year lease with two five-year renewal options and a 3 percent annual lease escalator. The acquisition was funded with available cash and borrowings on the company’s revolving credit facility. “We are very pleased to exercise our purchase option on these high-quality, high-performing facilities and to expand our existing relationship with Bickford Senior Living,” says Eric Mendelsohn, president and CEO of NHI. National Health Investors specializes in sale-leaseback, joint venture, mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI’s stock price …

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DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — FM Capital has acquired a $5.7 million non-performing loan that is secured by a 37,780-square-foot medical property in Downers Grove, approximately 22 miles west of Chicago. The loan went into default when the borrower failed to make payments last summer. The Greenbriar Medical Office Building was constructed in 1972 and renovated in 2006. The property also includes a 125-space parking lot, conference facility and recently renovated common area. The property is currently 70 percent vacant.

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IRVINE, CALIF. — HCP (NYSE: HCP), one of the largest healthcare real estate investment trusts in the United States, will spin off its HCR ManorCare portfolio of skilled nursing and assisted living assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT. The company’s board of directors approved the plan today. The newly formed REIT, SpinCo, will be composed of more than 320 properties operated by HCR ManorCare. The portfolio has an expected in-place annual rent of approximately $485 million. “Post spin, HCP will own a stable, private-pay portfolio that has a track record of delivering consistent, attractive returns,” says Lauralee Martin, president and CEO of Irvine-based HCP. “HCP will be able to sharpen its focus on high-growth healthcare sectors.” This is the second major REIT to spin off its skilled nursing portfolio in the past year. In August, Ventas created Care Capital Properties as a way to spin off its skilled nursing assets. “We need to eliminate the overhang that exists from the current challenges facing HCR ManorCare so the rest of our business can flourish,” said Micheal McKee, executive chairman of the board, on the company’s first-quarter earnings call this morning. “As we reviewed our options, for many reasons it became clear …

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