Physician Services PPI Not Following Inflation….yet
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures change in the prices paid to US producers of goods and services, continues to reflect the intense inflation being seen across many industries. …
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New Hospital Construction Picks Up
The construction pipeline of new and replacement hospital projects has been steadily increasing over the past two years. As of the second quarter, 45 million square feet of new hospital …
Strong Absorption in 1Q Pushes Occupancy Higher
2022 certainly kicked off at high speed with almost 3 times the space delivered being absorbed in the quarter. 4.3 million square feet of space was absorbed/newly occupied and 1.4
More Investors Shift Focus to Smaller Markets
With competition remaining at all-time highs for quality medical office assets, investors are increasingly looking toward smaller, growth markets for opportunities. In 2015, 44% of medical office transaction volume was …
2021 Record Sales Activity Driven by Private Equity
2021 turned out to be a record-breaking year for MOB transaction activity with preliminary stats now showing more than $16B changing hands, up from $11.7B in 2020. Private equity investors …
Top Ten Metros for MOB Sales Activity
Last quarter was a record for medical office transaction volume since Revista has been tracking data, coming in at a total of $5.2B in sales. On an annual basis, that …
Specialty Demand Reports Upgrade
Revista has been hard at work on product development this fall and one of the new releases is an upgrade to our current Specialty Demand report. You can now adjust …
Top Ten Markets for MOB Construction
A significant portion of outpatient construction has been concentrated in top markets in recent quarters. As of 3Q21, 15.3 million square feet, or 32% of the entire US pipeline of medical office construction was located in just 10 metros.
7 New Hospitals Open in 3Q21
Although hospital construction has certainly been affected by the pandemic, most of that impact has been on the expansion of existing hospitals, not the construction of brand new ones. As …
MOB Project Delays Temper Deliveries, Starts Steady
MOB project completions continue to slow in 2Q, down to 17 million square feet in annual deliveries. This is the lowest pace of deliveries in the last 6 years and represents a 32% decrease from the annual run rate of 25.1 million SF in deliveries in 1Q2020- just before the onset of COVID and all the related shutdowns, restrictions and labor shortages.
Physician Groups Continue to Monetize
Independent physician groups continue to monetize their real estate assets, reliably selling $1B+ in assets annually. As competition remains fierce for deals in the sector, this segment continues to be a source of opportunity for investors
MOB Construction Starts Strong Despite Rising Costs
We\’ve all been hearing about the significant uptick in materials and labor costs associated with construction over the last number of months, particularly lumber which has been the focus of …
2021 Transactions Off to a Quiet Start after 4Q Rush of Closings
After finishing out 2020 with one of the strongest volume quarters in recent years, 2021 is off to a quiet start. $1.8B in MOB transactions closed in the first quarter, …
Secondary Markets Less Affected during Pandemic
The medical office building sector has held up remarkably well during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be an attractive asset class to investors for it’s resilience. Occupancy has remained …
Top Ten MOB Buyers of 2020
Despite all the difficulties of the pandemic in 2020, medical office transaction activity still kept pace with previous years. Total sales volume cleared $11.2B and these top buyers represented almost …
Third Party Development Trending Up
In the past, the lion’s share of MOB development has been self developed by the hospital system or provider. In fact historically, third party development has only represented around a …
MOB Construction Pipeline Grows throughout 2020
Despite the challenges this year with COVID-19, medical office projects continue to break ground. Openings are not keeping pace, resulting in an in-progress pipeline that continue to grow. As of …
Lasting Effects of the Pandemic – Telehealth
In March, when most of the country shut down in order to slow the spread of COVID 19, when one needed to see the doctor, in many cases the only …
Metro Highlight – Phoenix
Phoenix is an investor favorite for sure. While nationwide roughly 65% of medical office space is user owned, in Phoenix only 30% is user owned. A whopping 70% of inventory …
Most Active Buyers of 2019
In 2020, things are certainly changing a mile a minute. But let’s take a look back to 2019 and the investors who most actively acquired MOBs. Welltower takes the title …
Healthcare Construction Projects Start on Time, Deliveries Delayed
2019 was a big year for medical office construction starts. 28.8 million square feet broke ground during the year, the most in a year since Revista has been tracking it. …
1Q MOB Sales Up, Pricing Reflects Flight to Safety
Despite mounting stay-at-home orders and market turbulence throughout the month of March, medical office building sales ended the quarter up from a year ago. Preliminary data show $2.4B changed hands …
2019 MOB Starts Trend Toward Large, Multi-Specialty Outpatient Centers
Last year 77 medical office projects started that will be over 100,000 square feet when completed. That’s quite an uptick over previous years when we averaged less than 50. The …
For Community Based Building & Services, Flexibility is Key
Perusing the Wall Street Journal this weekend, I came across an interesting article: ‘Ok Boomer, Who’s Going to Buy Your 21 Million Homes‘. The article talked about the staggering number …