KEARNEY, NEB. — McCarthy Building Cos. has broken ground on Nebraska Medicine’s Kearney Cancer Center, a $33 million project in Kearney, a city in central Nebraska that is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The 53,000-square-foot project encompasses a two-story outpatient medical facility specializing in cancer care. Nebraska Medicine will offer the services of medical and radiation oncology, infusion, laboratory and pharmacy, survivorship programs, genetics counseling and a healing garden. The cancer center will be part of the mixed-use University Village project. Completion is slated for December 2024. PACT Studios is the architect.
O’FALLON, MO. — Tarlton has topped out construction of a new SSM outpatient center in the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon. Tarlton broke ground on the two-story, 66,000-square-foot project in December. Completion is slated for mid-2024. SSM Health is partnering with SSM Health Medical Group, SLUCare Physician Group and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital to provide primary, specialty and pediatric services at the facility, which is situated near the Streets of Caledonia mixed-use project. ACI Boland Architects is the project architect.
VIRGINIA, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed a $2 million renovation and expansion of the Orthopaedic Associates office in Virginia, about 65 miles north of Duluth. Designed by Cuningham Group Architecture Inc., the 7,500-square-foot project features an orthopedic medical clinic, X-ray suite and physical therapy gym. The property is situated within Rock Ridge District’s administration building. Rock Ridge and Orthopaedic Associates have partnered to provide career academy learning opportunities for students.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — PMB has opened the UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital in Sacramento. The 52-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility is located on the UC Davis Sacramento campus and offers comprehensive rehabilitation services for patients with various conditions. The hospital features state-of-the-art facilities, private rooms, therapy gyms and a therapeutic courtyard. The new facility was announced as part of a joint venture agreement between UC Davis Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health. Lifepoint Rehabilitation will manage the day-to-day operations of the inpatient rehabilitation facility. The architect was Taylor Design, while the general contractor was McCarthy Building Cos.
MESA, ARIZ. — Arizona Gynecology Associates (AZGYN) is renovating a former Banner urgent care facility in Mesa. The 4,307-square-foot medical office building will undergo exterior and interior upgrades, including the addition of an X-ray suite and a dedicated women’s urgent care center. The expanded location will triple AZGYN’s footprint in Mesa and provide enhanced healthcare services to the community. Renovations are underway for completion by the end of the year. JLL’s Mari Lederman and Katie McIntyre represented AZGYN in the acquisition. Chad Shipley and Rommie Mojahed of SVN represented the building seller, Summit Properties Group LLC.
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed an 11,886-square-foot renovation for the University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. The clinic is located on the second floor of the Park Place East building at 5775 Wayzata Blvd. Designed by HDR Architects, the project was completed in two phases in order to keep the clinic open during the remodel. The reimagined clinic features a new waiting area and rooms for consults and exams as well as remodeled conference rooms. Additional upgrades include new light fixtures, carpet, tile, flooring, paint and a new wall layout.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Ryan Cos. has begun construction on a multi-tenant medical office building in Scottsdale. The two-story, 101,136-rentable-square-foot building is called One Scottsdale Medical. It is 80 percent preleased, with the City of Hope and Exalt Health serving as anchor tenants. They will occupy about 30,000 and 50,000 square feet, respectively. The building will provide additional space for lease to medical tenants. One Scottsdale Medical is scheduled for completion by third-quarter 2024. Mari Lederman and Katie McIntyre from JLL’s Phoenix office are the project’s exclusive leasing brokers.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — JLL has arranged a $17.5 million loan for the refinancing of two office and healthcare buildings totaling 218,372 square feet in White Plains, located north of New York City in Westchester County. The adjacent buildings were 86.5 percent leased at the time of the loan closing and offer amenities such as a renovated café, childcare facility and a fitness center. Michael Klein, Max Custer and Benjamin Morgenthal of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Centreville Bank on behalf of the borrower, Northpath Investments.
SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between Chicago-based Remedy Medical Properties and San Antonio-based Medical Facilities Holdings has completed a 59,741-square-foot medical office building in San Antonio’s Westover Hills neighborhood. The facility, which includes an ambulatory surgery center for Physician Surgical Network Affiliates, features a 40-foot grand entrance lobby, four operating rooms and a café with patio seating.
— By Jerry Doty, Senior Vice President, Colliers — Las Vegas was once known only for its flashy casinos and luxurious hotels, but over the past several years, it has become a growing distribution hub for the entire West Coast. Las Vegas is situated at the intersection of several major highways, making it an ideal location for businesses that need to move goods quickly and efficiently. The city’s proximity to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach also make it a gateway for goods entering and leaving the United States. Our industrial market has had an epic rise in recent years, and up until the recent economic shake-up with rising interest rates and uncertainty in the capital markets, there was no end in sight. We continue to ask ourselves if 2023 will be the year things finally slow down or, even worse, take a step back. First, the good news. One of the most striking statistics about the Las Vegas industrial market is the extremely low vacancy rate. Despite delivering about 8.5 million square feet over the previous five quarters, we still sit at a near record-low overall vacancy of 1.5 percent for the first quarter of 2023. Even …