SAN ANTONIO — Four healthcare users have signed leases totaling 35,877 square feet at Sunset at Treeline, a 64,644-square-foot medical office building in San Antonio’s Alamo Heights area. The tenants include FCC MSO (12,646 square feet), Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio (11,036 square feet), Katherine Cornforth, MD, OBGYN (6,135 square feet) and Northeast OB/GYN (6,060 square feet). Chad Gunter of Transwestern represented the landlord, Casey Development, in all of the lease negotiations.
BELTON, TEXAS — Adolfson & Peterson (AP) Construction is underway on a 79,000-square-foot healthcare project in Belton, about 75 miles north of Austin. The two-story, 96-bed facility will be an expansion of the Cedar Crest Hospital & Residential Treatment Center and will include space for activity therapy, an outpatient clinic, gym and a new kitchen. AP Construction is also renovating the facility’s existing kitchen. Completion is slated for spring 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — Two healthcare users have signed leases totaling 10,300 square feet at Hutchinson Metro Center in The Bronx. North Bronx Orthopedic & Spine Group has committed to 5,121 square feet, and MJHS Health System has inked a deal for 5,179 square feet. The former was represented internally in the lease negotiations, and Bill Jordan of CBRE represented the latter. Simone Development Co. owns Hutchinson Metro Center.
ELOY, ARIZ. — Exceptional Healthcare has acquired 10 acres in Eloy, approximately midway between Phoenix and Tucson. The company plans to develop a hospital on the site to serve the growing community and surrounding areas. Walton International Group sold the site for $1.1 million. The planned hospital, located at the northeast corner of Interstate 10 and Sunshine Boulevard, will have eight inpatient rooms, an 11-room emergency department and a wide range of medical services. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Jan. 24, with a planned opening in late 2024.
WEBSTER, TEXAS — Sila Realty Trust, a nontraded real estate investment trust based in Tampa, has sold the 199-bed UTMB Health Clear Lake Hospital in Webster, a southeastern suburb of Houston, for $258.1 million. The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), which is part of the larger UT healthcare system, occupies the 373,000-square-foot, acute-care hospital. The buyer was the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, which exercised a purchase option in the lease agreement. In addition to multiple onsite dining options, a family lounge and a children’s play area, the hospital offers: Sila Realty Trust is using proceeds from the sale to pay down existing debt and to fund other general corporate costs. “We are pleased to have executed the sale of the UTMB Health Clear Lake Hospital, which was a significant asset within our portfolio and one of our few owned short-term, acute-care hospitals,” says Michael Seton, president and CEO of Sila Realty Trust. “We anticipate expanding our high-quality, diversified healthcare portfolio into more outpatient and post-acute healthcare assets.” — Taylor Williams
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has brokered the sale of an 11,978-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in the Central Texas city of San Marcos. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property at 1891 Medical Parkway was built on three acres in 2010. Ryan McCullough, Connor Watson and Jackson Heazel of Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as San Marcos Surgical Land LLC, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
ASHBURN, VA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $8.5 million sale of a single-tenant, 12,580-square-foot medical office building located at 20041 Riverside Commons Plaza in Ashburn, about 30 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Built in 2022, the property was fully leased to OrthoVirginia, an orthopedics practice with 35 locations, at the time of sale. The medical office facility is an outparcel for Riverside Square, a 90,000-square-foot shopping center, and is within one mile of Inova Loudon Hospital. Andrew Fallon and Philip Wellde Jr. of SRS represented the buyer, a Virginia-based private investor who was in a 1031 exchange and paid all-cash for the asset. Danny Booker, Rich Sillery and Douglas Olson of Monument Retail represented the seller, which was also the developer, in the transaction.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Largo Capital, a financial intermediary based in the Buffalo area, has arranged a $40.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 64,500-square-foot medical office building in downtown Ithaca. The newly developed building is located on the Cayuga Park healthcare campus and houses a walk-in clinic, specialized care for complex illnesses, diagnostic imaging facility, outpatient clinic and a comprehensive women’s health center. Ned Perlman of Largo Capital arranged the debt. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
MINNEAPOLIS — Ryan Cos. US Inc. will construct a 30,000-square-foot clinic for Southside Community Health Services in Minneapolis. The healthcare provider signed a ground lease with Ryan, which owns the land at 1010 E. Lake St. Named One Southside, the clinic will enable Southside to consolidate all of its services under one roof. The facility will include a diagnostic laboratory, mammography suite and administrative offices. Southside is currently operating between two buildings located one mile apart. Southside has received grants totaling $7.8 million from Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation, Health Resources and Services Administration, K.A.H.R Foundation, Mackenzie Scott’s Yield Giving fund, Mainstreet Revitalization, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization and the Restore-Rebuild-Reimagine Fund. Southside is still seeking financial support from federal, state and local governments for the project. The project team includes 4RM+ULA as architect of record, Perkins&Will as clinic architect, Zuri3 Construction as construction manager and Classic Lake Consulting as Southside’s representative. Construction is estimated to begin in mid-2024 and be completed by mid-2025.
NORWALK, CONN. — Locally based developer Seligson Properties has completed a $20 million healthcare and retail conversion project in Norwalk, located in southern coastal Connecticut. Seligson redeveloped a three-story, 27,000-square-foot historic bank building that was originally constructed in 1955 into a 24,000-square-foot medical facility for Stamford Health and a 3,000-square-foot bank branch office for Wells Fargo. The gut renovation delivered new roofing, windows, doors and lighting, as well as a covered exterior entrance. The development team also reimagined the lobby and updated the building interiors, parking areas and landscaping. Liberty Bank financed the project.