ORLAND PARK, ILL. — Orland Park Medical Pavilion, a two-story medical office building totaling 42,000 square feet, has opened in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park. Located at 17047 S. LaGrange Road, the facility is anchored by Silver Cross and Premier Suburban Medical Group (PSMG). The property houses primary care physicians, advanced practice providers and a wide range of specialists for cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, hematology/oncology, orthopedics and rheumatology. Perry Higa of NAI Hiffman represented Silver Cross and PSMG by negotiating the land purchase and bringing in Remedy Medical Properties as the developer, Leopardo Construction as the general contractor, Jensen and Halstead as the architect and Kimley-Horn as civil engineer. Higa also negotiated the ground lease and long-term lease for both providers. The new facility houses comprehensive lab, imaging and pharmacy services; a 20-bay cancer care and infusion center; an endoscopy suite with two procedure rooms; and 38 exam rooms.
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Washington University School of Medicine Opens $616M Neuroscience Research Building in St. Louis
by John Nelson
ST. LOUIS — Washington University School of Medicine has opened the new Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building, an 11-story academic building located at 4370 Duncan Ave. in St. Louis. The project represents an investment of $616 million, according to the general contractor, locally based McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. Considered one of the largest neuroscience research buildings in the world, the facility will help accelerate research in areas that include Alzheimer’s disease and brain tumors. The project team, including architectural firms CannonDesign and Perkins+Will, designed the facility to achieve LEED Gold certification. Situated on the eastern edge of campus, the 609,000-square-foot building accommodates 1,000 faculty and staff, including 95 research teams. Additional space could be built out in the future to accommodate another 350 faculty and staff, including about 145 research teams. The building includes an 1,846-space parking structure with bicycle racks and electric vehicle charging stations, as well as an elevated pedestrian connection that links the research building to an existing parking garage. The facility is named after Jeffrey Fort, a philanthropist and longtime donor to the university. The name was revealed at a ceremony held in January. McCarthy and the university broke ground on the research building in …
BEMIDJI, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $23.2 million sale of the Sanford Health Clinic Portfolio in Bemidji, a city in northern Minnesota. The two neighboring medical office buildings total 74,700 square feet. Seth Haron, Ashish Vakhariya and Darin Gross of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and collaborated with Marcus & Millichap’s Sykes Cargile and Rob Lyons in representing the buyer. Jon Ruzicka of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the transaction. The properties sit adjacent to the Sanford Health Bemidji Medical Center and Sanford WoodsEdge senior living campus. Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the U.S. and the primary employer in the Bemidji area.
CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Real Estate has acquired a portfolio of 37 healthcare properties from Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE: BNL), a diversified real estate investment trust with an industrial focus. The properties traded hands for $252 million. JLL served as the broker for the transaction. The 37 properties were selected from a larger collection of healthcare assets designated for sale by Broadstone Net Lease. The properties are being sold as part of the REIT’s plan to focus on core net lease assets in the industrial, retail and restaurant sectors. As of March 31, industrial properties comprised 54.2 percent of the REIT’s portfolio. The portfolio totals more than 708,000 square feet across 13 states. Each property is fully leased. The assets are situated in prominent markets that include: Chicago; Houston; Charlotte, North Carolina; Indianapolis; Seattle; Milwaukee; Tampa, Florida; and Arlington, Texas. The properties are leased by health systems and physician groups such as Advocate, Emerge Ortho, Froedert Health, IU Health, Tampa General, TGH Imaging and USPI. The largest facility included in the portfolio is Ridgeway Medical Campus in Greece, New York, near Rochester. The multi-specialty outpatient medical center comprises 120,000 …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Extell Development Co. has topped out a 30-story, 435,000-square-foot medical office project at 1520 First Ave. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Perkins Eastman Architects, the building will occupy a full city block between East 79th and East 80th streets and house ambulatory care and surgical facilities. Additional building features will include multiple outdoor terraces and mechanical systems to enhance comfort and energy efficiency, as well as ground-floor retail space. The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has preleased eight floors totaling 195,580 square feet to serve as the facility’s anchor tenant. HSS will house orthopedic and rheumatology physician’s offices, as well as ancillary services for treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. Newmark has been tapped to lease the remainder of the space. Lendlease provided preconstruction management services for the project, full completion of which is slated for the second quarter of 2025.
BENTONVILLE, ARK. — Walmart has decided to shutter all 51 Walmart Health locations, as well as the Walmart Health Virtual Care service. The Bentonville-based retail giant stated that the business model, which was formally launched in 2019, was not sustainable. The company cited a lack of profitability due to “the challenging reimbursement environment and escalating operating costs.” Walmart Health locations are situated in six different states — Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri and Texas — according to the Walmart Health online directory. The company didn’t offer a timeline for when each clinic would close. Walmart is offering relocation for its Walmart Health associates to nearby Walmart or Sam’s Club stores, as well as severance benefits for eligible associates. The company will continue to operate its nearly 4,600 pharmacies and more than 3,000 vision centers at its retail stores.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $13.2M Sale of Medical Office Property in Fort Myers, Florida
by John Nelson
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $13.2 million sale of a medical office property located at 13813 Metro Parkway in Fort Myers. Constructed in 2006, the building totals 38,404 square feet. Alex Sacks, Brett Rodgers and Frank Roti of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private limited liability partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Skender has broken ground on a new 75,000-square-foot outpatient center for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Formally named Lurie Children’s Outpatient, Primary Care and Infusion Center, the project will be located at 1895 Arbor Glen Blvd. in Schaumburg. The center will offer primary care, ancillary and diagnostic services, orthotics and prosthetics, laboratory and pharmacy services, as well as an ambulatory infusion center. In addition to its main hospital in downtown Chicago, Lurie Children’s maintains 17 outpatient services locations, six primary care facilities and 10 partner hospitals throughout the Chicago area. The new center in Schaumburg will replace smaller locations in Arlington Heights, Hoffman Estates and Huntley. The project, which will total 40 exam and treatment rooms, is slated for completion in summer 2025. The project team includes architect HKS, structural and mechanical engineer IMEG Corp. and civil engineer V3 Cos.
ELMHURST, ILL. — Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies has signed a 10,523-square-foot office lease at 501 W. Lake St. in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. The transaction marks the third location for Hummingbird in suburban Chicago. Renovation of the space is underway. Named the Hummingbird Therapy & Enrichment Elmhurst Center, the facility is slated to open this summer. Aubrey Englund of NAI Hiffman represented Hummingbird, while Norm Murdoch of Bradford Allen represented the undisclosed landlord. Hummingbird offers a wide variety of speech, feeding, occupational, physical and developmental therapies.
YONKERS, N.Y. — Simone Development Cos. will redevelop One Executive Boulevard, a 133,768-square-foot office building in Yonkers, located north of New York City. The redevelopment will position the building to attract healthcare users, and renovations will include upgrades to the lobby, parking area, landscaping, bathrooms, façade and signage. Simone Development acquired the building last fall and subsequently signed SightMD, a provider of ophthalmology services, to a 9,049-square-foot lease.