OVIEDO, FLA. — Central Florida Regional Hospital, an affiliate of Hospital Corp. of America, has broken ground on a $9.7 million freestanding emergency department on 26 acres at the intersection of Red Bug Lake Road and State Road 417 in Oviedo. The 11,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art satellite facility will operate as a full-service emergency room providing 24/7 emergency care for both pediatric and adult patients. It will also offer comprehensive emergency services including a dedicated trauma room as well as laboratory and imaging services. The single-story emergency care center will include 12 private patient care rooms, a waiting area, nurse station, restrooms and support areas. It will open next fall and employ 35 full-time staff and four emergency care physicians. Charles Perry Partners Inc. (CCPI) is the healthcare project’s construction manager. CCPI specializes in healthcare, institutional, educational, government and commercial construction.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Sabre Investment Group has arranged the $7 million sale of a 28,000-square-foot medical facility in Garden City, which is double net leased to Winthrop University Hospital. A private investor purchased the property, located at 975 Stewart Ave., from Cardiovascular Medical Associates. Corey Gluckstal and Guy Canzoneri of Sabre represented both parties in the transaction.
KATY — MedSpring Urgent Care has opened a new 5,000-square-foot center at 6501 S. Fry Road in Katy. MedSpring will have doctors on-site from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, including holidays. The center is MedSpring's fifth Houston location and 10th in Texas.
AUSTIN — KW Commercial has arranged the purchase of an 11,395-square-foot, freestanding medical office building, located in south Austin. Nick Nelson and Jim Young of KW Commercial represented the buyer, an out-of-state investor, in the transaction.
BALTIMORE — New York-based Promed Acquisition Inc. has purchased a leasehold interest in four floors of the eight-story Johnston Professional Building on the campus of MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. Johnston Professional LP sold the leasehold interest for $21.75 million. The first four floors are owned and operated by the hospital and the top four floors are subject to a long-term air rights lease. The property is located at 3333 N. Calvert St. and is fully occupied with tenants MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and Greater Chesapeake Orthopedic Associates. Jonathan Carpenter, James Wellschlager and Douglas Brinkley of Cassidy Turley represented the seller.
SAN DIEGO — Freedom Station, a 12-unit housing facility and recovery support center for injured warriors, has sold to Freedom Station USA, a non-profit organization. The purchase price was not disclosed. The facility is located near Naval Medical Center San Diego, one of the country’s largest military hospitals. Freedom Station USA had initially leased and opened the center in May 2010. HFF’s local offices donated their commercial real estate services to assist the non-profit with its purchase. The firm’s Bryan Clark provided commercial mortgage financing and consulting services to Freedom Station USA.
SAN DIEGO — Freedom Station, a 12-unit housing facility and recovery support center for injured warriors, has sold to Freedom Station USA, a non-profit organization. The purchase price was not disclosed. The facility is located near Naval Medical Center San Diego, one of the country’s largest military hospitals. Freedom Station USA had initially leased and opened the center in May 2010. HFF’s local offices donated their commercial real estate services to assist the non-profit with its purchase. The firm’s Bryan Clark provided commercial mortgage financing and consulting services to Freedom Station USA.
JUPITER, FLA. — Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Project and Development Services has completed the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, a LEED Gold-certified research center, in Jupiter. It is the first U.S.-based institute for the Germany-based Max Planck Society, a global scientific research organization. The three-story, 100,000-square-foot facility includes 57,600 square feet dedicated laboratory space and is situated on six acres at Florida Atlantic University’s John D. MacArthur Campus. The project was primarily funded by the State of Florida and Palm Beach County, which received more than $180 million in public funding including $66 million for the facility’s construction. ZGF Architects LLP designed the building, and The Weitz Co. and DPR Construction were construction managers. The Florida Institute’s scientists are focused on the nervous system, its capacity to produce perception, thought, language, memory, action and emotion. Their primary goal is better research and treatments for brain disorders.
HOUSTON — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT has acquired a 14,000-square-foot surgery center in Houston for $4.7 million. The facility is fully leased to Northwest Surgery Center and there are 14 years remaining on the lease.
DARIEN AND NORWALK, CONN. — Aviv REIT has opened two new assisted living facilities in Darien and Norwalk for $32 million. The properties are triple-net leased to and operated by Maplewood Senior Living. The Darien property consists of 66 units and the Norwalk property includes 84 units. Maplewood operates five assisted living and memory care facilities with 407 units in Connecticut.