LYNCHBURG, VA. — Capital Growth Medvest has broken ground on a $105 million healthcare project in Lynchburg, a city in central Virginia at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The project comprises two adjacent outpatient hospitals: Centra Rehabilitation Hospital (50 beds, 62,500 square feet) and Centra Behavioral Health Hospital (72 beds, 61,000 square feet). JE Dunn Capital Partners and Sila Realty Trust are capital partners on the project, and Carter Bank is providing senior construction financing. Operating partners on the project include Centra Health, LifePoint Rehabilitation and Lifepoint Behavioral Health, both of which are affiliates of LifePoint Health. The two Lynchburg projects represent Capital Growth Medvest’s sixth and seventh development partnerships with Lifepoint across six states. JE Dunn is serving as the general contractor for both hospitals, and Earl Swensson Associates and Stengel Hill Associates are the architects for the rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, respectively. Both facilities are slated for completion in late 2025.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Alliance Consolidated Group of Cos. has purchased a 15,110-square-foot healthcare property in Arlington. The sales price was $6 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property at 950 N. Davis Drive was originally built in 1985. The seller, an orthopedic care provider doing business as MCS Dallas Medical PLLC, will lease back the space from the new ownership.
OMAHA, NEB. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale-leaseback of a 70,000-square-foot specialty orthopedic hospital in Omaha for an undisclosed price. Built in 2004 and expanded in 2020, the property is fully occupied by OrthoNebraska. The two-story facility is dedicated to musculoskeletal care with 24 inpatient beds, 12 operating rooms and several treatment rooms. Gino Lollio, Travis Ives, Sushil Puria and Tyler Morss of Cushman & Wakefield, along with TJ Twit of The Lund Co., an alliance of Cushman & Wakefield, represented OrthoNebraska in the transaction. Montecito Medical Real Estate was the buyer.
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Emerging Trends Report Predicts Rebound in Transaction Volume in 2025 as Capital Markets Are ‘Poised for Recovery’
LAS VEGAS — At the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate by 50 basis points, which is the first easing of monetary policy in four years. This move lowered the short-term interest rate to a target range of 4.75 to 5 percent. Elevated borrowing costs have stifled commercial real estate transaction volumes the past couple years as buyers and sellers found that values were a moving target. Now with a reduction in interest rates, many real estate professionals expect transaction volume to rebound at least moderately. “In 2025, we expect lower interest rates will reduce borrowing costs, aid in price discovery and ultimately encourage an uptick in [commercial real estate] transactions,” said Angela Cain, global CEO of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Cain’s comments came in a prepared statement to summarize the findings of Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2025, an annual report jointly produced by PwC US and ULI. The report was published in conjunction with ULI’s Fall Meeting, which is taking place this week at Resort World Las Vegas. Cain said that the real estate professionals surveyed for the report relayed that sentiment is improving, though many remain cautious. …
PARAMUS, N.J. — New Jersey Brain & Spine will open a 16,222-square-foot clinic in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The neurosurgery practice will relocate from nearby Hackensack to the 348,510-square-foot building at 650 From Road in January. Ben Brenner, David DeMatteis, and Mark Zaziski of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Onyx Equities, in the lease negotiations. Cresa is designing the space.
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Regional provider Hackensack Meridian Health has broken ground on a $50 million emergency medical facility at its Palisades Medical Center campus in North Bergen. The new facility will add 17 treatment bays to the existing campus, bringing the total to 50 and doubling the aggregate footprint of the emergency department to 22,000 square feet. In addition, the facility will feature an enlarged trauma room that will accommodate three treatment bays and 15 new fast-track bays to enable medical staff to treat non-emergency patients more efficiently, as well as a dedicated area for pediatric patients and a secure area for behavioral health patients. Construction is underway and slated for a 2026 completion.
CHICAGO — Southern California-based private equity firm IRA Capital has acquired a 41,500-square-foot medical outpatient facility in Chicago’s South Loop. The purchase price was $21.8 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Located at 1411 S. Michigan Ave., the facility occupies five floors of a 15-story building and is fully leased to Rush University Medical Center. Constructed in 2018 as a build-to-suit for Rush, the facility is one of the healthcare provider’s largest outpatient centers, offering both adult and pediatric primary care as well as more than 20 medical specialties. The multispecialty clinic includes 61 exam and procedure rooms and is supported by a team of over 60 physicians.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Meridian, a full-service real estate developer and owner of medical real estate, has purchased a medical office building located at 4888 N. Stone Ave. in Tucson. An affiliate of Tenet Health sold the asset for $8 million. Situated on 9.2 acres, the 94,569-square-foot property was vacant at the time of sale. Meridian plans to renovate and upgrade the facility, which has sat vacant for 15 years. The company will convert the former inpatient cardiovascular hospital into a health center for El Rio Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center, which will occupy the building. Construction is slated to start by the end of the month, with completion scheduled for early 2026. Rick Kleiner of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the buyer and tenant, while Vince Femiano and Kate Morris of Transwestern represented the seller in the deal.
EASTON, MD. — Philadelphia-based O’Donnell & Naccarato (O&N) has broken ground on UM Shore Regional Medical Center, a 408,000-square-foot hospital and outpatient facility in the coastal Maryland city of Easton. The $550 million facility is set to open in 2028 and will fully replace the Regional Medical Center’s existing facilities. The new UM Shore Regional Medical Center will comprise a six-story, 147-bed tower (325,000 square feet), a connected two-story outpatient care facility (60,000 square feet) and a central utility plant on a 230-acre campus off Longwoods Road. The new hospital and outpatient facility will operate as part of the University of Maryland (UM) Medical System. The design-build team includes HKS Architects Inc., general contractor The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., MEP engineer Highland Associates and civil engineer Daft McCune Walker.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Locally based intermediary G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $5.4 million loan for the refinancing of a 48,268-square-foot retail and healthcare property in the Northern New Jersey community of Hoboken. The property was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to a pharmacy, bank and a primary care provider. David Fryer of G.S. Wilcox arranged the loan, which carried a seven-year term with full-term interest-only payments, through an undisclosed life insurance company. The name of the borrower was also not disclosed.