BlackSwan Zine

  Medical Properties Trust, Inc. has announced, in a press release, that it has entered into a “definitive agreement” to acquire Capella Holdings, Inc. for $900 million in cash. The $900 million agreement will compose of $600 million in investment to Capella’s real estate and an approximate $300 million investments in Capella’s operating entities. The […]

  Healthcare providers are changing with the times post-Obamacare, upgrading amenities in MOBs, streamlining their billing processes and looking for convenience in every decision from where to build to how doctors interact with patients. That was the main takeaway from Bisnow’s How Attractive Is That Investment? event this morning, where 200 joined us at Swissotel […]

  Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) Hammes Partners has announced the final closing of Hammes Partners II LP, a U.S. healthcare real estate private equity fund. Hammes Partners is pleased to have $430 million of capital commitments from institutional investors, significantly over its original target of $300 million. Hammes Partners and its affiliates have been investing in […]

  Charlotte-based real estate investment firm MedSouth HealthCare Properties bought seven medical office buildings — six in Wilmington and one in Leland — for $9.5 million this week from a group of local doctors. Tenants in the Wilmington offices include members of the NHRMC Physician Group and Wilmington Health Associates. “When we had the opportunity […]

Healthcare Realty Trust, a Nashville-based health care real estate investment trust, has sold two medical buildings totaling 176,000 square feet for $97 million. The properties in Indianapolis are a 118,000-square-foot orthopedic inpatient surgery hospital and a 58,000-square-foot medical office building. Healthcare Realty (NYSE:HR) announced the sale Thursday evening but did not disclose the buyer. The […]

The move away from inpatient care towards services provided outside of the hospital setting is leading many healthcare systems to sell off properties owned by their hospitals in an effort to scale back and raise some extra cash. For example, Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City recently gained $65 million by selling 21,000 […]

The health care arm of MB Real Estate paid $160 million for 10 Chicago-area medical office buildings, a sector growing because of Obamacare and the aging of the baby boom generation. The buildings were acquired in two deals. The first was $29.5 million for a 112,600-square-foot building in Skokie, according to Cook County property records. […]

RMICHAEL, CA—Dylan Investment Properties has purchased St. George Medical Center in Carmichael, Calif. for an undisclosed total. SA Challenger Inc. disposed of the 52,677-sq.-ft., four-building medical office building.

BOSTON-As part of Quincy Center’s redesign and modernization, a new office and medical office space is to be leased by Jones Lang LaSalle. According to Beal Street/Works, a partnership is responsible for getting the 1.1 million square feet filled up.

What goes into a doctor’s decision making process when choosing medical office space?