Facing shortages in construction labor and obstacles in originating financing for new projects, developers who specialize in healthcare properties are starting to think smaller, according to a recent study by Indianapolis-based REIT Duke Realty Corp. This means more micro hospitals. Micro hospitals are similar to community and small-town medical facilities — a hybrid of urgent care centers and full-fledged hospitals. They offer significantly fewer inpatient beds than regular hospitals — eight to 12 per facility is average — and typically span between 15,000 and 50,000 square feet. As such, they fit more comfortably into densely populated urban pockets and provide more immediate access to acute and emergency care. With delivery costs that range from $7 million and $30 million, depending on size, micro hospitals represent a cheaper means of financing a regular hospital. What else is driving demand for micro hospitals? According to the study, they offer a convenient, cost-effective alternative to larger hospitals without compromising the quality of care. When considering where to build a micro hospital, developers are encouraged to pinpoint high-visibility sites within 20 miles of a major hospital. This enables them to tap directly into the smaller submarkets for which micro hospitals are intended. “Anticipated changes …
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Oden Hughes LLC of Austin and co-developer CWS Capital of Newport Beach, Calif. have broken ground on a 226-unit, Class A apartment community near downtown Austin. Located at 1301 W. Fifth St., the six-story building will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units and feature approximately 2,200 square feet of ground-level retail space. The project is slated for a late 2018 delivery.
BOERNE, TEXAS — Weitzman, a Dallas-based property management firm, has begun pre-leasing Johns Crossing, a 30,000-square-foot retail development in Boerne, a northwestern suburb of San Antonio. Situated at the corner of IH-10 and Johns Road, the property will feature approximately 14,500 square feet of multitenant space, with the remainder slated for freestanding concepts on pads along the I-10 corridor.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Compass Self Storage, a division of Ohio-based development and construction firm Amsdell Co., has acquired a self-storage facility located at 4209 Alliance Gateway Road in Fort Worth. The center features more than 49,000 square feet of rentable space, climate-controlled units and covered RV/boat storage spaces. The acquisition gives Amsdell Co. 77 self-storage centers nationwide.
ROUND ROCK — Equity Inc., an Ohio-based developer and broker, has opened Physicians Centre, a 21,000-square-foot, two-story medical office building located at 505 W. Louis Henna Blvd. in the Austin suburb of Round Rock. Austin-based general contractor The Burt Group oversaw construction of the building, and American Bank N.A. provided the financing. Tenants include Capital Surgeons Group, Snyder Dermatology and Parkway Primary Care.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Moran & Co. Southwest has arranged the sale of Three60 North Apartments, a 348-unit complex located at 1450 N. State Highway 360 Service Road in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie. Moran & Co. represented the seller, The Kislak Organization, a Florida-based real estate investment firm, in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were not disclosed.
TAMPA, FLA. — Meridian Development Group and joint venture partner Eightfold Real Estate Capital have acquired Beaumont Business Center, an 11-building, 252,235-square-foot office park located at the intersection of Hillsborough Avenue and Veterans Expressway in Tampa. Meridian and Eightfold acquired the 20-acre property, which will be rebranded as Meridian 589, from Lone Star Real Estate Fund for $18.5 million.
MELBOURNE, FLA. — CBRE Group Inc has negotiated the sale of Northrop Grumman Engineering Facility, a 107,4190 square-foot, single-tenant office building located at 3990 S. Babcock St. in the Orlando suburb of Melbourne. CBRE’s Ron Rogg and Chip Wooten represented the seller, BH Properties, in the transaction. California-based Rich Uncles NNN REIT acquired the property for approximately $13.3 million.
ATLANTA — Reven Housing REIT Inc., a California-based investment firm, has acquired 38 properties in the Atlanta metro area. Most of the properties are three-bedroom, two-bathroom multifamily assets, averaging about 1,439 square feet per unit. Reven Housing (NASDAQ: RVEN) is a publicly traded REIT. The company paid approximately $2.7 million in cash, exclusive of closing costs, for the portfolio
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Equity Inc., an Ohio-based developer and broker, has begun construction on Palmetto Primary Care Physicians Medical Campus in the community of Nexton, about 30 miles northwest of Charleston. The $32 million project will deliver a 100,000-square-foot Class A medical office with primary and specialty care services, an urgent care center and an imaging lab. Construction is scheduled for completion in late 2018.