US Healthcare Real Estate is One Trillion Dollar Sector
Each year, Revista updates its size and scope of the US Healthcare Real Estate Sector. We maintain a database of all hospital, medical office (MOB) and other healthcare properties located …
Ventas – Ardent Deal – Premium Price for a Premier Portfolio? – Part 1
The recently announced Ventas (NYSE: VTR) acquisition of Ardent Health services caught many healthcare real estate investors by surprise. Questions have arisen such as what are they buying, is the …
Ventas – Ardent Deal – Premium Price for a Premier Portfolio? – Part 2
Part one of this post established comparative pricing for the Ventas/Ardent hospital real estate deal compared to Revista’s industry averages. We established that Ventas is paying a slight premium (compared …
Ventas Completes Merger of HCT, MOB cap rate at 6.2%!
Ventas recently completed its previously announced $2.6 Billion acquisition of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust (HCT). HCT’s portfolio spans 147 total properties including medical office buildings (78), seniors housing (46), post-acute/SNF …
Which Markets Have Seen the Greatest Growth in MOB Face Rents?
The Medical Office Sector has typically averaged 2 to 3 percent year-to-year rent growth. In recent years, this level of growth has often trailed CPI inflation. As a result, investors often target medical office (or outpatient) buildings (MOBs) that have a likelihood for higher year to year rent growth. These targets will likely include markets where higher rent growth is forecasted.
While MOB Rent Levels are Strongest in Coastal Markets, Rent Growth is Fastest Elsewhere
For healthcare tenants in costal markets such as Los Angeles, San Jose or San Francisco, it is understood that higher rent levels come with the territory. Historically hard to build, high demand markets on the coasts have allowed rent levels to build over the years. In fact, the 2 most expensive rent markets (of the top 50 metros) for MOBs in 3Q23 are San Jose ($45.81 avg NNN rent) and San Francisco ($41.00 avg NNN rent).
Will Outpatient Growth Come from On or Off Campus In 2018?
The Revista mid-year 2017 construction report says to expect 20.9 million square feet (SF) of MOB deliveries in 2018, which would be a rise of 10% over 2016’s 19.0 MSF …