Healthcare

NAPERVILLE, ILL. — A joint venture between Capital Healthcare Properties and HSG Medical has entered the permitting phase of a project to create a specialized cardiovascular center in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. The outpatient ambulatory surgery treatment center (ASTC) will be built for a Chicago-area healthcare system. The ASTC will transform a former 43,000-square-foot fitness facility at 1836 Freedom Drive. The joint venture has been coordinating with consultants, the health system and the city for over a year. The original design and use of the building as a fitness center, including 25-foot ceiling heights and minimal columns, promotes an efficient and flexible floor plan to maximize the space for a complex healthcare build-out, according to the development team. The building, constructed in 2008, sits on a five-acre lot and offers more than 200 parking spaces. Construction is set to commence this quarter, with the first patients expected to be seen in the new facility in 2026. The project team includes architects Antunovich Associates and HDR, civil engineer V3 Cos., mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer IMEG, landscape architect Hitchcock Design Group and general contractor Boldt. Brett Berlin of Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. brokered the $7.5 million sale of the …

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LEBANON, IND. — Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) has unveiled plans to invest $4.5 billion to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development in Lebanon, about 27 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The Medicine Foundry, slated to open in late 2027, will be located in Indiana’s LEAP Research and Innovation District. The project brings Lilly’s total investment in the area to more than $13 billion. Earlier this year, Lilly released plans for a $5.3 billion expansion of its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Lebanon. “As we accelerate our work to discover new medicines for the toughest diseases, we’re continuing to invest in state-of-the-art infrastructure to support our growing pipeline,” says David Ricks, Lilly’s chair and CEO. “In addition to supplying high-quality medicine for our clinical studies, this new complex will further strengthen our process development and scale up our manufacturing capabilities to speed delivery of next-generation medicines to patients around the world.” Lilly says the flexible design of the new facility will enable production of various molecular therapies, including drug substances for small molecules, biologics and nucleic acid therapies. New technologies developed at the Medicine Foundry will be transferred to Lilly’s other manufacturing sites …

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NEW YORK CITY — Healthcare provider NewYork-Presbyterian has signed a 10,189-square-foot lease in The Bronx. The space is located within the 60,000-square-foot building at 2510 Westchester Ave., which is also home to practitioners in specialty fields such as orthopedics and sports medicine, behavioral health and acupuncture. Both the tenant and the landlord, Simone Development, were self-represented in the lease negotiations.

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SOUTH POINT, OHIO — Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and Heitman have broken ground on a new 51,000-square-foot inpatient rehabilitation hospital in South Point along the Ohio River. The project marks the ninth hospital Catalyst has delivered for PAM Health, and the second in Ohio. The 42-bed facility will be fully leased and operated by PAM Health. The hospital will provide inpatient and outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy services.

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BROOKHAVEN, GA. — On Sunday, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) is set to open Arthur M. Blank Hospital, a 2 million-square-foot children’s hospital located in the northeastern Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that development costs for the facility, which is situated at the heart of CHOA’s new North Druid Hills campus, totaled approximately $1.5 billion. Arthur M. Blank Hospital rises 19 stories on a 70-acre site at the corner of I-85 and North Druid Hills Road. The new facility offers 446 patient beds, a 70,000 square-foot emergency department with 69 emergency exam rooms and a level one pediatric trauma center — the only dedicated one in Georgia, according to CHOA. The new hospital is named after Arthur Blank, one of the founders of The Home Depot and the current owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United professional sports teams. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation made a $200 million donation to help fund the cost of the new hospital. The property also offers amenities for patients and their families, such as lounges, libraries, child life activity rooms, a business center and laundry facilities and kitchenettes on every floor. The building cafeteria, dubbed The Eatery, will provide patient …

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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Flagship Healthcare Properties has purchased a 153,526-square-foot office building located at 3601 Converse Road in Wilmington. The Charlotte-based company acquired the property through Flagship Healthcare Trust for an undisclosed price. The seller was also not disclosed. The three-story office building was built as a single-tenant property and was formerly home to Verizon Wireless. Flagship is underway on the conversion of the office building into an outpatient healthcare campus dubbed Flagship Medical Plaza. Novant Health has signed a lease to occupy two floors at the project beginning in 2025. The tenant’s planned services at the clinic will include specialized physicians, lab services, imaging and infusion therapy, according to Ernie Bovio, president of Novant’s coastal region. Novant operates the Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center hospital, which is located two miles from Flagship Medical Plaza.

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DETROIT — Henry Ford Health has broken ground on a 1.2 million square-foot expansion to Henry Ford Hospital, an 877-bed tertiary care hospital in the New Center residential district of Detroit. The $2.2 billion development will be anchored by a new hospital facility situated directly across the street from the legacy campus, which will remain in operation. The new facility will include a 20-story patient tower that will offer 432 individual patient rooms and 28 new operating rooms. Each room will feature touch-screen TVs and voice activation technology for both patients and care teams, as well as dedicated space for visitors. Five floors of the patient tower will be dedicated to specialized ICU rooms, which will provide cardiovascular, neurological and other forms of care. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, a physical medicine and rehabilitation research hospital formerly known as Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, has partnered with Henry Ford Health and will occupy three of the top floors of the patient tower. The partnership was made possible through a $130 million investment by the Gilbert Family Foundation, according to Henry Ford Health. The Gilbert Family Foundation, a Detroit-based private nonprofit foundation founded by Dan and Jennifer Gilbert, also created a $10 million fund to support …

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SAN ANTONIO — University Health has acquired a 142,500-square-foot office building in northwest San Antonio. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 6200 Northwest Parkway was built in 2000 and includes 963 parking spaces. Russell Noll and Kelly Ralston of Transwestern represented the seller, Sentinel Net Lease LLC, in the transaction. Chad Gunter, also with Transwestern, represented University Health, which plans to utilize the property to expands its administrative and back-office operations. The healthcare provider operates two teaching hospitals and multiple outpatient clinics in the San Antonio area.

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CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Offices of Southglenn, an office property located at 6590 S. Vine St. in Centennial. A limited liability company sold the asset to a local veterinarian for $1.8 million. At the time of sale, the 11,589-square-foot building was 40 percent occupied. The buyer plans to renovate the property and establish a surgical veterinary center. Brandon Kramer and Chadd Nelson of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.

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NAPERVILLE, ILL. — MCB Science + Health has acquired a more than 72,000-square-foot medical office building in the Chicago suburb of Naperville for $28 million. Located at 1331 W. 75th St. and known as iMed Naperville Medical Office, the four-story asset was 96 percent leased at the time of sale and anchored by Endeavor Health, formerly known as Edward-Elmhurst Health. Additional tenants include ABC Pediatrics, Basko Dermatology, DuPage Children’s ENT & Allergy and Naper Grove Vision Care. The property was completed in 2015. MCB Science + Health, a division of Baltimore-based MCB Real Estate, acquires and develops projects serving the life sciences, medical office and seniors housing sectors. Jason St. John of Greenstone Partners represented the seller, DynaCom Management Inc.

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