One of the larger MOBs in the Welltower portfolio is the four-story, 92,696 square foot John Muir Health outpatient center at 5860 Owens Drive in Pleasanton, Calif. The facility opened in 2002 and was acquired by Welltower for $35 million in 2022.
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Transactions: Biggest MOB deal ever: $7.2 billion

Remedy-Kayne acquiring 296-asset, 18 million s.f. Welltower portfolio By John B. Mugford In recent weeks, speculation swirled in healthcare real estate (HRE) circles that a large transaction involving millions of square feet of medical outpatient buildings (MOBs) was in the works – a deal so large that at least one sector insider described it as […]

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Project Case Study: What happens when your anchor tenant goes bankrupt?

Project Case Study: What happens when your anchor tenant goes bankrupt?

For Anchor Health Properties, a solid investment thesis saved the day By John B. Mugford For the owner of any real estate portfolio, the bankruptcy of the anchor tenant can be potentially devastating, even in the ordinarily resilient realm of medical outpatient buildings (MOBs). “There just aren’t too many good stories in our sector over […]

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MedProperties Realty Advisors Co-Founders and Managing Principals Roman Kupchynsky (left) and Darryl Freling (center) shared their company’s story with HREI™ Publisher Murray W. Wolf during the recent InterFace HRE Conference.
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Feature Story: Demographics, deals and dukes

MedProperties Realty Advisors managing principals share their firm’s story By John B. Mugford It was mid-2007. At the time, healthcare real estate (HRE) was a widely ignored sector within the commercial real estate industry – certainly not considered to be one of the “main food groups.” Also, although no one knew it, the Great Financial […]

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The InterFace "Investment" panel discussion included (from left to right): Ted Barr of Woodside Health, Ben Appel of Newmark, Chris Morgan of Big Sky Medical, Justin Shea of Hammes Partners and moderator Steve Leathers of Transwestern.
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Feature Story: HRE sales are picking up. Here’s why.

InterFace panel cites more capital, lower rates and higher occupancies By John B. Mugford Amid a growing sense that healthcare real estate (HRE) investment activity is picking up, a group of HRE professionals who were part of a recent panel discussion said that they feel quite positive about the sector’s near-term prospects, and they explained […]

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At the recent Colliers National Healthcare Conference in New Orleans, Mike Hargrave of Revista and David Braunstein of Rethink Healthcare Real Estate discussed foreign capital, the return of the portfolio premium, cap rates, spreads and more.
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Feature Story: Foreign capital is returning to HRE

At Colliers event, presenters also discuss the return of the portfolio premium By John B. Mugford As medical outpatient building (MOB) sales start to pick up in the second half of 2025 and into 2026 – which many healthcare real estate (HRE) professionals are predicting – a certain type of buyer looks to be getting […]

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Feature Story: A steady sector with mixed signals

Feature Story: A steady sector with mixed signals

InterFace panelists take a ‘30,000 foot’ look at the state of the HRE industry By John B. Mugford Although the healthcare real estate (HRE) industry remains a fruitful, steady place for owners and operators of facilities, there are currently a few mixed signals coming from a wide variety of data points and players in the […]

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News Release: Nominations are now open for 2025 HREI Insights Awards™

News Release: Nominations are now open for 2025 HREI Insights Awards™

Nominations are due Nov. 21, 2025. The 13th annual awards will be presented at the Revista Medical Real Estate Investment Forum (MREIF) Feb. 4, 2026. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 19, 2025 – Nominations are now open for the 2025 HREI Insights Awards™, the first and only comprehensive national awards program totally dedicated to recognizing excellence in the areas of […]

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News Release: Board of Commissioners Approve Project Construction Budget

News Release: Board of Commissioners Approve Project Construction Budget

PULLMAN, WA — The Pullman Regional Hospital Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a $24.8 million guaranteed maximum price (GMP), presented by Bouten Construction Company, at the October 1, 2025 monthly public meeting. The Patient Care Expansion Project, estimated at $41 million, includes $24.8 in remaining construction costs, and $16.2 million in preconstruction services, […]

PMB Celebrates El Camino Health Rehabilitation Hospital Steel Topping-Out

News Release: PMB, El Camino Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation celebrate the Steel Topping-Out on El Camino Health Rehabilitation Hospital

This new 64,000 sq. ft., 52-bed inpatient facility in Sunnyvale will enhance rehabilitation services in Santa Clara County The final steel beam was raised on the El Camino Health Rehabilitation Hospital, marking progress towards the next construction phase. The 64,000 square-foot, 52-bed, HCAI 1 project is scheduled to see patients in the spring of 2027 […]

News Release: Flagship Healthcare Trust Now Available on iCapital Marketplace, Expanding Access to Healthcare Real Estate Investing

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Flagship Healthcare Trust, Inc. (Flagship REIT), a Charlotte-based outpatient healthcare real estate investment trust, focused on medical outpatient buildings and ambulatory surgery centers, today announced that its offering is now available to registered investment advisors (RIAs), family offices, and their accredited investor clients through the iCapital Marketplace. By joining iCapital Marketplace, Flagship […]

News Release: Record UCLA Medical Office Building Sale in Santa Barbara Brokered by Institutional Property Advisors

News Release: Record UCLA Medical Office Building Sale in Santa Barbara Brokered by Institutional Property Advisors

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 29, 2025 – Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division ofMarcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) dedicated to serving the company’s institutional clients, announced today the sale of a three-story, 21,970-square-foot medical office building, 100% triple-net-leased to the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Santa Barbara, California. The property sold for $21.3 […]

News Release: Neenan Archistruction Breaks Ground on New CommuniCare Clinic in San Antonio’s Luckey Ranch Community

The 13,600-Square-Foot Clinic Increases Access to Comprehensive Services in San Antonio SAN ANTONIO – November 3, 2025 – Neenan Archistruction, a leading design-build firm, has officially broken ground on a new community health clinic for CommuniCare Health Centers in the fast-growing Luckey Ranch neighborhood of San Antonio. The nearly 13,600-square-foot facility is set to expand […]

News Release: CBRE Arranges Refinancing on Medical Building in Marin County 

News Release: CBRE Arranges Refinancing on Medical Building in Marin County 

San Francisco – October 27, 2025 – CBRE helped secure permanent financing on the Foster City Medical Pavilion, a 40,502-square-foot medical outpatient building (“MOB”) located in Foster City, California.  Zack Holderman and Jesse Greshin of the CBRE U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team, alongside their partners Chris Bodnar, Brannan Knott and Cole Reethof, acted as […]

News Release: Bay Area medical outpatient building trades for $24M

News Release: Bay Area medical outpatient building trades for $24M

JLL Capital Markets led the sales efforts for Bon Air Medical Center in the Marin County community of Larkspur, California SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28, 2025 –  JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has completed the $24 million sale of Bon Air Medical Center, a 27,297-square-foot, multi-specialty medical outpatient building in Larkspur, California. JLL represented the […]

News Release: Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Acquire a Portfolio of Outpatient Medical Assets from Welltower

News Release: Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Acquire a Portfolio of Outpatient Medical Assets from Welltower

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transaction Strengthens Long-Standing Partnership and Positions Joint Venture as Nation’s Largest Owner of Outpatient Medical Buildings CHICAGO and BOCA RATON, Fla. — October 28, 2025 — Remedy Medical Properties (“Remedy”) and Kayne Anderson Real Estate, together the nation’s largest private owner of healthcare real estate, today announced the acquisition of a portfolio […]

News Release: Lawrence Group Designs Pair of Ignite Medical Resorts in Illinois, Missouri

News Release: Lawrence Group Designs Pair of Ignite Medical Resorts in Illinois, Missouri

ST. LOUIS, MO (Oct. 28, 2025) — Lawrence Group’s designers have delivered a pair of luxury skilled nursing facilities for Chicago-based Ignite Medical Resorts. Located in Batavia, IL and St. Peters, MO, the new “LuxeRehab” medical resorts combine cutting-edge physical rehabilitation with the indulgence of a 5-Star hotel. Ignite Medical Resorts specializes in short-term rehabilitation […]

News Release: Eastern Union arranges $33.84 million in financing toward acquisition of 144,263-square-foot medical office building in Brooklyn

News Release: Eastern Union arranges $33.84 million in financing toward acquisition of 144,263-square-foot medical office building in Brooklyn

NEW YORK – OCTOBER 28, 2025 — Eastern Union, one of America’s largest commercial real estate mortgage brokerages, secured a $33,840,000 loan to help finance the purchase of a four-story, 144,263-square-foot medical office building located at 6201 15th Avenue on the corner of 62nd Street in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The 144,263-square-foot figure […]

News Release: McDowell Housing Partners Begins Development of $64.7M Affordable Seniors Housing Project in Florida

News Release: McDowell Housing Partners Begins Development of $64.7M Affordable Seniors Housing Project in Florida

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — McDowell Housing Partners has begun construction of Ekos at Pembroke Park, a new affordable seniors housing development located in Pembroke Park. Upon completion, the $64.7 million project will total 150 units reserved for seniors earning up to 80 percent of the area median income. This marks the 16th affordable housing project in […]

News Release: Corewell Health plans to build a new patient tower to meet Troy hospital inpatient demand

The 132,000-square-foot expansion project will increase the hospital’s licensed bed count from 530 to 624 GRAND RAPIDS and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., October 28, 2025 – Corewell Health™ has announced it plans to build a new tower at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital as part of a 94-bed expansion project that will support inpatient demand and improve […]

News Release: Welltower Issues Business Update

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Welltower® Inc. (NYSE: WELL) has issued the following business update which can be found at: https://welltower.com/business-update-27-10-2025  About Welltower Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), an S&P 500 company, is positioned at the center of the silver economy, focusing on rental housing for aging seniors across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. […]

News Release: Welltower Announces a Transformative New Era to Maximize Long-Term Shareholder Returns

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — “All-in” incentive structure encompassing all five Named Executive Officers to promote long-term continuity of Welltower management and alignment with shareholders Intensifying Welltower’s focus on rental housing for a rapidly expanding seniors population through the execution of $23 billion of newly announced transaction activity, including $14 billion of acquisitions, […]

News Release: Welltower Announces $23 Billion of Transactions and Intensified Focus on Seniors Housing to Amplify Long-Term Growth Profile

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Closed or under contract to close $14 billion of pro rata gross investments as of October 27, 2025, spanning over 700 high-quality seniors housing communities and encompassing over 46,000 units across the UK, US, and Canada Announced acquisition activity fueling growth of Welltower’s pure-play rental housing platform focused […]