ST. PAUL, MINN. — MedCraft Investment Partners, which focuses exclusively on healthcare real estate, has acquired a 22,721-square-foot medical office building in St. Paul for $8.6 million. MHealth Fairview’s Midway Clinic, which offers primary and specialty care services, fully occupies the property, which is located at 1390 University Ave. A bookstore formerly occupied the building before it was converted into healthcare use. The seller was not provided.
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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group (NNLG) has brokered the $2.9 million off-market sale of a single-tenant medical office property fully occupied by Heartland Dental in West Palm Beach. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based private investor, in the deal. Richard Dorfman of SRS represented the buyer, a Massachusetts-based private investor. Located at 8961 Okeechobee Blvd., the 3,533-square-foot medical office property is located near a Publix, Mobil gas station and T-Eka Photo electronics store. Built in 2000, the property previously was a Truist Bank property and now is currently being renovated by Heartland Dental, which recently signed a 10-year lease for the property. The asset was acquired by the new ownership during the renovation process and prior to the rent commencement date.
Montecito Medical Acquisition Co. Buys 68,000 SF Akos Medical Campus in Avondale, Arizona
by Amy Works
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Montecito Medical Acquisition Co. has purchased Akos Medical Campus, a newly completed medical office building in Avondale. Akos MOB I LLC sold the asset for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. The three-story, 68,000-square-foot Akos Medical Campus features a state-of-the-art imaging suite, multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and a cardiovascular ASC, as well as an urgent care, pharmacy and clinical office space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a variety of tenants, including Peak Heart & Vascular and Apricus Health. J.T. Taylor of ORION Investment Real Estate represented the seller in the deal.
WOBURN, MASS. — Locally based mortgage banking firm Fantini & Gorga has arranged a $9.2 million permanent loan for Woburn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, a 140-bed healthcare facility in the northern Boston suburb of Woburn. The loan was placed with correspondent Eastern Mortgage Capital, which structured the transaction through the FHA’s 232/223(a)7 program. The borrower was not disclosed.
Inova Health to Anchor Landmark Mall Redevelopment in Alexandria with $1B Hospital Campus
by John Nelson
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The City of Alexandria has signed Inova Health System, a nonprofit healthcare provider in Northern Virginia, to a 99-year ground lease at the site of the former Landmark Mall on the city’s west side. Inova plans to invest $1 billion to create a new medical campus that will be anchored by the relocation and expansion of its existing Alexandria hospital, which is located at 4320 Seminary Road. Inova expects the new campus to employ more than 2,000 healthcare workers. The hospital will include a large emergency room, private patient rooms and a prominent oncology department, according to reports from Patch.com. The healthcare campus will also include a medical office building. The landowner for the hospital portion, the City of Alexandria’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA), signed Inova to the longest ground-lease term possible. IDA purchased the 11-acre former Sears site recently from Landmark Land Holdings LLC for $54 million. Landmark Land Holdings LLC is the joint venture ownership comprising Foulger-Pratt, The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC) and Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG). Development plans for the remaining portions of the overall 52-acre Landmark Mall site include a mix of residential, retail, commercial and entertainment offerings. Plans also call …
La Maestra Family Clinic Buys Vacant Retail Center in El Cajon for Community Health Center Conversion
by Amy Works
EL CAJON, CALIF. — La Maestra Family Clinic has purchased a multi-tenant retail center located at 1242-1248 E. Main St. in El Cajon. Main Street Trust sold the asset for $6.4 million. The buyer plans to convert the vacant, 22,694-square-foot retail center into a community health center. Mike Conger and Brian Jenkins of Commercial Asset Advisors represented the seller, while Keith Edwards of Keller Williams Realty Metro represented the buyer in the deal.
METHUEN, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the $29.5 million sale of a 94,325-square-foot medical office building anchored by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the northern Boston suburb of Methuen. Robert Griffin, Frank Nelson, Michael Greeley and Allie Percoco of Newmark represented the seller, Marcus Partners, and procured the buyer, a joint venture between Celera Properties and AEW Capital Management. Newmark also arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $18M Sale of Tustin Rehabilitation Hospital in Orange County
by Amy Works
TUSTIN, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Tustin Rehabilitation Hospital, a two-building, 73,180-square-foot medical facility at 14852 Yorba St. and 165 N. Myrtle Ave. in Tustin. An affiliate of Ventas sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $18 million. The property consists of a single-story, 17,180-square-foot nursing facility, which is currently vacant, and a two-story, 56,000-square-foot 48-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility that will become vacant by the end of the year. Travis Ives and Gino Lillio of Cushman & Wakefield’s US Healthcare Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal.
ELGIN, ILL. — CA Health and Science Trust Inc. (CAHST) has acquired a 95,000-square-foot medical office building in Elgin for an undisclosed price. A publicly traded REIT was the seller. The four-story property is home to tenants such as Derick Dermatology, Suburban Orthopedics and Northwestern Medicine. The building is located at 1600 Randall Road near I-90 and is adjacent to Advocate Sherman Hospital. The latest investment from CAHST is part of an equity commitment of up to $245 million from partners Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Monarch Alternative Capital LP and CA Ventures for the acquisition, development and renovation of medical office and life sciences buildings.
LEHIGH COUNTY, PA. — G.S. Wilcox, a commercial mortgage banking firm based in Northern New Jersey, has arranged a $44 million construction loan for a 70,000-square-foot healthcare project in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. The exact location of the single-tenant project was not disclosed. Wesley Wilcox of G.S. Wilcox arranged the fixed-rate loan, which carried a 23-year term, on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.