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Expanding Providers Boost Minneapolis Medical Office Market

Kristin Harlow — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:45:24 +0000

By Jill Rasmussen, Davis The Minneapolis – St. Paul medical office building (MOB) market remains strong with calculated strategic growth from both hospital systems and independent clinics. The MOB sector has been resilient during the pandemic, economic challenges and local civil unrest. Providers have been focused on expanding into new market areas to locate close to their patient base, providing full-service medical hubs offering outpatient surgery and specialty services to communities while offering lower-cost care away from a hospital campus. The overall market remains very stable with a current vacancy rate of 8.6 percent on-campus and 10.6 percent off-campus. There remains high interest in off-campus locations for most non-acute care for location access and cost savings. Base rents continue to increase both on- and off-campus due to demand and higher new construction pricing. Base rates have reached nearly $22 per rentable square foot (rsf) on average on-campus and $21/rsf for off-campus existing product. New MOB construction rates have increased from $24.50/rsf to $28+/rsf due to interest rate hikes and supply chain/labor issues, but new construction projects continue to move ahead based on provider’s strategic initiatives. Annual base rent increases are trending up due to current inflation levels from a historical…

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Healthcare Providers in Retail Settings Is A Win-Win-Win

Taylor Williams — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:01:40 +0000

With a solid healthcare provider as a tenant, everyone wins: Landlords realize draws in traffic to the property, while providers expand their services and reach more patients and consumers enjoy added convenience and generally lower medical costs. The practice of housing healthcare providers in retail locations has become commonplace across the United States. Changing dynamics in healthcare reform, technological advances, demographic shifts and consumer preferences drove this shift. JLL’s recent research report on retail and the new healthcare consumer provides some interesting insights into this growing trend. Provider, Patient Benefits Retail-based healthcare has emerged as an effective means of delivering quality, convenient treatment to millions of consumers, and is becoming a model for healthcare systems to consider when providing services to new and existing patient populations. For healthcare providers, retail locations offer better proximity to patients’ residences and facilities designed to accommodate a higher volume of patients per day. Providers have learned that a visit to the hospital or a medical office can create stress for patients before they even enter the building, so many retail healthcare facilities are designed with a “customer experience” mindset, improving the patient experience with familiarity and convenience. Healthcare consumers have been clear in conveying…

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Milwaukee Health Systems Expand, Focus on Off-Campus Settings

Kristin Harlow — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:45:42 +0000

Healthcare properties present a tremendous opportunity for real estate developers in the Milwaukee market and the upper Midwest. The national and regional healthcare real estate sectors remain on solid footing, according to the 2018 Healthcare Marketplace Report from Colliers International. The sector remains attractive in terms of both stability and diversification. There will always be a demand for healthcare services as the U.S. population continues to age at an unprecedented rate. A growing number of Milwaukee-based health systems have announced plans to expand in bids to gain or maintain market share. The merger of Aurora Healthcare with Advocate Health Care Network to create a single health system known as Advocate Aurora Health is a recent example. There’s been a significant expansion of and increased focus on the outpatient ambulatory environment. Health systems face significant capital expenditures in order to maintain aging hospitals. Alternative developments such as specialty outpatient facilities and micro hospitals have gained momentum and allow for expansion to remain competitive while efficient. With the emerging trend toward population health management, hospitals and health systems take on the financial risk of providing care for a certain population across a certain geography. Having to take on the additional risk of…

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Options Abound as El Paso Healthcare Real Estate Market Expands

Taylor Williams — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:57:24 +0000

Healthcare facilities have become a mainstream investment asset class for private and institutional investors over the last decade. Healthcare assets with strong credit tenancy and on-campus locations are now fetching record pricing. Pressure from consumers, federal and state legislation and fiscal responsibility are driving changes in the delivery of healthcare services. Significant consolidation is occurring in the form of acquisitions and affiliations. The most visible and tangible change to the consumer has been the proliferation of urgent care facilities. Other drivers of healthcare facility construction include hospital operators pushing for their brands and facilities to be more convenient to the consumer. Increased focus on preventative care and consumers’ desire for quick and convenient access to services near work or home plays a role as well. These trends are relevant and visible in the 2017 El Paso healthcare market. Population Growth Leads Historically, El Paso ranks among the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas, averaging decade-over-decade growth of 21 percent from 1960 to 2010. The MSA, composed of El Paso County and the more recently added Hudspeth County, is projected to hit nearly 883,000 residents by 2019. In 2014, when El Paso data was combined with data from sister city Ciudad Juárez and…

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Healthcare Hits Speed Bumps in Houston as Demand Remains Strong

Taylor Williams — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:45:02 +0000

The Houston healthcare sector has gotten off to a slow start in 2017. Financial concerns are impacting several healthcare systems as they adapt to a changing marketplace. Industry challenges such as increasing technology costs, as well as changes in payer mixes and reimbursement rates, have impacted organizations’ operating models as a whole. While the majority of organizations have effectively adjusted or are adapting to the change, companies such as CHI St. Luke’s Health, Adeptus Health Inc. and Foundation Healthcare have not fared as well, resulting in a sluggish start to the year. In late March, CHI St. Luke’s announced another round of layoffs, stating that it would eliminate more than 459 jobs and an additional 161 vacant positions statewide. This is the fourth round of layoffs CHI has announced over the previous two years as the company continues to struggle with lower patient volumes, reduced reimbursement via Medicaid and Medicare, and increased technology-related operating costs. Adeptus Health, a freestanding emergency room operator with more than 29 Houston-area locations, appears to be headed for bankruptcy, having announced in March that it would be hiring a restructuring chief. Adeptus has grown rapidly over the past several years, initially opening facilities that lacked…

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Marin County Breaks Ground on $535M Marin General Hospital Replacement Near San Francisco

Nellie Day — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:00:10 +0000

SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Marin County officials have broken ground on MGH 2.0, the $535 million replacement for Marin General Hospital in the Greenbrae submarket of San Rafael, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. The original hospital opened in 1952. It will continue to operate throughout the construction process. Phase I of MGH 2.0 will include two new towers that house 114 private rooms, an expanded emergency department and six new operating/procedural suites. The buildings will feature rooftop gardens, balconies and natural light in every patient room to support a healing environment for patients and families. The new facilities are scheduled to open to patients in mid-2020. Once Phase I is complete, work will commence on a five-story, 100,000-square-foot ambulatory services building and a second parking structure. The project team has already completed MGH 2.0’s first parking facility, a five-level structure with rooftop solar panels that will be functional for both the current and future hospitals. McCarthy Building Cos. is building the hospital, which Perkins Eastman designed. The hospital is represented by Vertran Associates, which specializes in healthcare capital projects and provides project management. — Nellie Day

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Healthcare Options Abound in Fast-Growing El Paso Area

Haisten Willis — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:00:43 +0000

El Paso is a thriving community with active investments across the area ranging from redevelopment of its downtown to new infrastructure across the city. Notable for being the safest city in the Unites States, El Paso is the sixth largest city in Texas and a vital part of one of the largest borderplex metropolitan economies in the world. The city is the focal point of more than $88 billion of the $530 billion annual trade between the United States and its third largest trading partner, Mexico. But trade isn’t the only industry thriving in El Paso, other sectors such as education and healthcare continue on a strong path forward given stable population growth and a significant military base. The City of El Paso has a population just over 679,000. Its metropolitan statistical area, composed of El Paso County and the more recently added Hudspeth County, is home to over 837,000 individuals. The area is projected to grow to nearly 863,000 residents by 2016. Historically, El Paso is among the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the nation with an average growth per decade of 21 percent from 1960 to 2010. According to a recent report by the UTEP Border Region Modeling Project,…

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Reed Construction Breaks Ground on Riverside Medical Center

Danielle Everson — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:00:15 +0000

FRANKFORT, ILL. — Reed Construction has broken ground on the Riverside Medical Center, a 20,755-square-foot medical office building for Riverside Healthcare in Frankfort. The project site is located on a 25-acre plot at the corner of U.S. Highway 45 and Steger Road. Reed will build a single-story, masonry medical office facility that will include exam rooms, CT imaging, EKG facilities and infusion bays for Riverside Healthcare. In addition, Reed will complete over 20 acres of site improvements and infrastructure for future development on the property. Project leaders participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at the site on April 15. Proteus Group will provide architectural services for the project, which is set for completion this fall.

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I.M. Construction Group to Complete Renovation for Illinois Bone & Joint Institute

Danielle Everson — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:41:37 +0000

LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — I.M. Construction Group (IMCG) will renovate a new space for the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute (IBJI) located at 724 Florsheim Drive in Libertyville. A provider of orthopedic care, the firm currently operates a branch at 720 Florsheim Drive and has purchased an adjacent building to accommodate its operational needs. Construction on the 75,000-square-foot, single-story, masonry building will begin in April with completion scheduled for July 2015. Construction will include the demolition of the existing interior and the build-out of new medical office space. Once complete, IBJI will relocate its physical and occupational therapy space to the new building, which will also include additional exam rooms. Bob Nomellini, president of IMCG, will lead the firm’s construction team. In addition, Kent Nepras will serve as project manager and Angelo Christopher will serve as the superintendent. Brubaker Architects is providing architectural services. IMCG is an affiliate of The Missner Group.

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Holladay Properties Arranges Medical Office Lease at Oak Brook Terrace Medical Center

Danielle Everson — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:40:36 +0000

OAK BROOK TERRACE, ILL. — Holladay Properties has arranged a medical office lease with Loyola University Medical Center at the Oak Brook Terrace Medical Center located at 1S224 Summit Ave. in Oak Brook Terrace. Nashville-based HCP Inc. owns the 92,000-square-foot, two-building medical campus. Loyola is expanding its presence on the campus through the addition of a conference center. Once completed, Loyola University Medical Center will occupy nearly 55,000 square feet at the Oakbrook Terrace Medical Center campus. Holladay Properties will provide construction management services for the project, which is set to be complete in July. Jeffrey Fischer of NAI Hiffman represented Loyola in the lease transaction. Michael O’Connor of Holladay Properties represented HCP.

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Reed Construction to Build 20,000 SF Riverside Medical Center in Frankfort, Ill.

Danielle Everson — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:13:02 +0000

FRANKFORT, ILL. — Reed Construction will build Riverside Medical Center, a new 20,000-square-foot medical office building for Riverside Healthcare in Frankfort. The property will be located on a 25-acre site at the corner of US 45 and Steger Road. The single-story masonry medical office facility will feature metal panels and a curtain wall glazing system. The medical space will include exam rooms, CT imaging, EKG facilities and infusion bays for Riverside Healthcare, a healthcare system serving the needs of patients throughout the counties of Kankakee, Iroquois, Will and Grundy. Reed Construction will also complete more than 20 acres of site improvements and infrastructure for future development on the property. Scott Pickands and Cy Rangel are the project executives overseeing the project on behalf of Reed Construction. Jack Sbertoli of Reed Construction is leading the project team, which is scheduled to begin construction in April with completion slated for end of the year. Proteus Group is providing the architectural services.

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$2.4M Expansion Begins on Centreville Health Center in Illinois

Danielle Everson — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:50:12 +0000

CENTREVILLE, ILL. — Construction-management firm IMPACT Strategies has begun construction on a $2.4 million expansion and renovation project at the Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation (SIHF) Mother and Child Center in Centreville. The multi-phased project is set for completion in October. IMPACT Strategies will renovate approximately 24,000 square feet of SIHF’s current facility at 6000 Bond Ave. The renovation will include five departments. Those include pediatrics, pediatric behavioral health, adult medicine, obstetrics and dental, and the addition of an outpatient pharmacy. The project will involve five to six phases of construction to accommodate the facility’s plans to remain operational while the project is ongoing. The design-build team includes project manager Will Stadjuhar, project assistant Kari Stevens and project superintendent Larry Howard. IMPACT Strategies is collaborating with architectural design firm Bates & Associates of Clayton, Mo.

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Ryan Cos. Completes New Clinic for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Danielle Everson — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:29:06 +0000

DELAFIELD, WIS. — Ryan Cos. US Inc.’s Great Lakes Region has completed the development of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Delafield Clinic, a new 30,000-square-foot clinic in Delafield. The two-story facility is located at 3195 Hillside Drive on a more than five-acre site. Ryan provided development, design-build construction and real estate management services. Ryan’s development/construction team also included division manager Hans Muecke, senior superintendent Les Fialco and senior project assistant Lisa Sefranek. Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc. served as the project’s architect of record. Eppstein Uhen Architects provided Interior Design services. Associated Bank provided construction financing for the project.

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Equity Inc. to Build 8,000 SF Medical Office Building in Prairie Township, Ohio

Danielle Everson — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:42:47 +0000

PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, OHIO — Equity Inc. will build a new 8,000-square-foot, freestanding medical office building in Prairie Township for Liberty Dialysis, an affiliate of Fresenius Medical Care. Construction on the new facility, located at 4500 W. Broad St., is scheduled to begin in April. Liberty Dialysis is an affiliated company of Fresenius Medical Care, developing, owning and operating dialysis clinics throughout the U.S. Fresenius Medical Care produces dialysis equipment and operates a network of more than 2,150 dialysis facilities in North America.

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HSA PrimeCare Completes Development of Silver Cross Business Center

Danielle Everson — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:05:05 +0000

CHICAGO — HSA PrimeCare has completed the development of a 30,000-square-foot business center at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. The two-story administrative building is on the east side of campus located at 1900 Silver Cross Blvd. HSA Primecare has now developed three medical buildings on the Silver Cross campus totaling more than 100,000 square feet. Itasca, Ill.-based Premier Design + Build Group served as the general contractor for the project. Partners in Design Architects provided architectural design services.

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Evolving Medical Office Market has Major Implications for Real Estate

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

In the Detroit area and across Southeast Michigan, medical office continues to be a strong performer. With healthcare being one of the state’s largest and fastest-growing economic drivers, an aging population and a robust system of public, private and university hospitals across the region, a generally positive growth trend seems unlikely to change anytime soon. Farbman Group’s own portfolio of 4 million square feet is currently more than 95 percent occupied, and quality medical office space remains in high demand. There are, however, some noteworthy developments taking place both inside and outside the healthcare industry that are shaping its future. Medical office real estate trends locally and regionally are beginning to reflect those changes. Consolidation Wave Perhaps the healthcare trend with the most significant potential to alter the medical office and medical real estate marketplace in Southeast Michigan is that of consolidation — healthcare systems coming together via mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships. This trend is, in some respects, similar to what has occurred in the banking industry during the last decade. We are likely to see the same kind of phenomenon continue to pick up momentum in healthcare during the next five years or so. There are three primary…

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The medical office market should continue on a slow and steady growth path.

admin — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Using the turtle and the hare metaphor, it is appropriate to associate Atlanta’s medical office market with the turtle and the metro area’s general office market with the hare. With a few exceptions, Atlanta’s medical office market has continued a slow and steady expansion during the last 30 years. While the size of the medical office market is substantially smaller than the general office market, it has not experienced the booms and busts that have plagued general office market over the same 30 year period. On-campus and Class A medical office buildings have consistently enjoyed 85 percent or greater occupancy. The primary difference in the stability of the two segments of office space is that the demand for general office is driven by the state of the overall economy, while demand for medical office is driven more by the health and size of the general population. Metro Atlanta’s population has increased by more than 51 percent since 1990. The last few years have seen slower growth in the medical office market primarily due to the unknowns of the Affordable Care Act law (Obama-care). Initially, there was uncertainty over whether the law would pass or not. After the law passed, then…

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Grand Rapids: Medical Mile serves as a catalyst

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

It was a little less than two decades ago that local business leaders could see what was unfolding in West Michigan. The industrial sector was steadily declining, and companies were either going out of business or moving away. It was evident that something had to be done. That’s when two hometown heroes, Amway founders Richard DeVos and Jay Van Andel, proposed their vision to turn Grand Rapids into one of the top medical services cities in the world. Their leadership and philanthropic efforts spurred a series of events, forever changing the landscape, mentality and image of Grand Rapids. One of the city’s first streets, Michigan Street, running parallel to I-196, was the initial site of their vision. In 1996, Jay and Betty Van Andel founded the Van Andel Institute. They broke ground in 1998, and the Van Andel Institute opened its doors in 2000. The institute is now home to scientific research that is focused primarily on cancer and Parkinson’s disease and has received more than $1 billion in research funding. The original development was a $60 million facility. In 2010, the institute opened a second phase with an additional 242,000 square feet at a cost of $175 million. Butterworth…

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