NEW ALBANY, IND. — SPHERE Investments has acquired the PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Greater Indiana — South Campus, a 66,143-square-foot inpatient rehabilitation facility in New Albany, just north of Louisville. The purchase price was undisclosed. Previously operating under Southern Indiana Rehabilitation Hospital, the asset sits on nearly seven acres at 3104 Blackiston Blvd. and features 40 inpatient beds. Under PAM Health’s management, the hospital will offer comprehensive recovery services for patients with serious injuries, surgeries and chronic conditions as well as interdisciplinary care such as physical, occupational and speech therapy. The seller had purchased the property in 2018 for $23.4 million. SPHERE stands for Strategic Public Health Equities and Real Estate. The company is based in Miami with a European presence. The acquisition marks SPHERE’s first investment in Indiana.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Okland Capital has started construction for Celebration Medical Center, a medical office project in Gilbert. CBRE is marketing the facility for lease. Located at 3275 S. Mercy Road, the three-story building will offer 68,000 square feet of Class A medical office space divided into eight suites. The property is more than 30 percent pre-leased, with two undisclosed tenants.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 45,083-square-foot vacant healthcare building located at 11500 Space Center Blvd. in southeast Houston. The property was originally built on 4.3 acres in 2008 within the Village at Clear Point Crossing medical office park and was most recently occupied by Sacred Oaks Behavioral Hospital. Alex Wolansky and Gus Lagos of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the all-cash transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
By Ben Reinberg, CEO, Alliance Consolidated Group of Cos. In late September, Texas-based software company Dell became one of the latest major companies to announce a full return-to-office (RTO) mandate. In a leaked memo to employees, Bill Scannell, the company president, wrote, “As we enter a new AI world, in-person human interaction will be more important than ever.” Just a few weeks later, Amazon announced a full RTO policy. And over the summer, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, informed employees that remote team members would not be eligible for promotions. These RTO announcements from major organizations have dotted the web for years following the pandemic, leading many investors to hope for a slow-but-steady march back to busy office buildings and revitalized downtowns throughout the Lone Star State. The actual data, however, tells a much different story. Reports on Texas’ commercial real estate markets indicate that nearly a quarter of all office space is vacant nearly four years after the pandemic. According to CommercialEdge, Dallas’ office vacancy rate is 22.9 percent, and Austin’s is 27.8 percent. Workforce trends reflect a similar situation. Austin was named the No. 1 metro for remote workers in 2023 by Coworking Mag, with nearly a …
BURLINGTON, DURHAM AND GREENSBORO, N.C. — JLL has arranged a $55.2 million acquisition loan for a nine-property healthcare real estate portfolio in North Carolina. Travis Anderson and Anthony Sardo of JLL arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, AW Property Co. The facilities span nearly 300,000 square feet and are located on or adjacent to hospital campuses in Burlington, Durham and Greensboro. The portfolio has an average vintage of 2006 and was 99 percent leased at the time of financing to healthcare systems and independent physician practices including Cone Health, Duke Health and UNC Health.
Woodside Health Development Buys Paradise Valley Plaza Office, Medical Complex in Phoenix for $20.9M
PHOENIX — Cleveland, Ohio-based Woodside Health Development has purchased Paradise Valley Plaza, a multi-tenant office and medical complex in Phoenix, from Cloud Peak Development for $20.9 million. Located at 5010, 5020 and 5040 E. Shea Blvd., the three-building, 100,203-square-foot asset is 95 percent leased to a tenant mix of 50 percent office and 50 percent medical/wellness tenants. The complex features drive-up exterior loading suites, interior and outdoor courtyards, breezeways and balcony spaces. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover and Chris Toci of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Markets in Phoenix represented the seller in the transaction.
FOLSOM, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a medical office building located at 1743 Creekside Drive in Folsom. A private seller sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $7.5 million. At the time of sale, the 20,086-square-foot property was fully leased. Tenants include CGT Global, Folsom Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine and Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics West. The building is situated within the nine-building Willow Creek Medical Office Park, which is adjacent to Dignity Health Hospital. Matt Post, Sammy Cemo and Antony DeLorenzo of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — MedProperties, a Dallas-based healthcare real estate private equity firm, has purchased a 44,659-square-foot medical office building in the northwestern Houston suburb of Cypress. Completed in 2024, the building was fully leased at the time of sale to Memorial Hermann Health System and Athlete Training + Health. Capital One and Siemens Financial Services provided acquisition financing for the deal. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Healing Realty Trust, a Florida-based REIT focused on healthcare assets, has purchased a 50,000-square-foot medical office building in El Paso for $7.1 million. The four-story building is situated on a 2.2-acre site at 1810 Murchison Drive within the Pill Hill Medical District. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was originally built in 1978 and subsequently renovated in 2020. Tenants include WellMed, Quest Diagnostics, Optum and Universal Health Services. The seller was not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased 59 percent in the third quarter of 2024 compared to a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. The third-quarter volume also represents a 44 percent increase from the second quarter. There was a 510 percent year-over-year increase in the dollar volume of loans for healthcare properties, a 99 percent increase for hotel properties, 82 percent increase for retail properties, 57 percent increase for industrial properties and a 56 percent increase for multifamily properties. Office real estate originations decreased 3 percent from a year ago. Among investor types, the dollar volume of loans originated for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) increased by 260 percent year-over-year. There was a 69 percent increase for depository (i.e. bank) loans, a 62 percent increase for investor-driven lender loans, 31 percent increase in loans for life insurance companies and a 28 percent increase in loans from government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs, namely Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Jamie Woodwell, MBA’s head of commercial real estate research, says that lower interest rates due in part to the Federal Reserve’s 50-basis-point decrease in September were “a key driver” for the uptick …