Metro Highlight – Houston
With a burgeoning population, no certificate of need requirement and an expanse of space in which to build – you might be led to believe that a Texas metro like Houston …
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Metro Highlight – Minneapolis
Minneapolis is not even in the top ten metros when it comes to total number of medical properties in a market. In fact, it’s ranked at 13. Yet this unassuming …
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 …
Metro Highlight: San Francisco
In past metro highlights we’ve talked about growth markets with lots of construction activity, interesting markets with innovative health systems, metros with the highest sales volume, but what about the …
MOB construction completions fall to multi-year low
MOB Construction Completions fall to Multi-Year Low Medical Office (MOB) construction completions, which were near peak levels just one year ago have fallen to multi-year lows as of the 1st …
MOB Construction Continues to Drop in 2Q23
Recently we’ve been observing a downward trend, which has been reinforced by the current quarter. On a quarterly basis, 2Q23 only had around 2 million square feet start construction.
MOB Construction Off Recent Highs in 4Q
After a several year upward trend in new medical office construction starts, 4Q22 will see a slight tick down in the annual run rate. In 2022, 24.7 million square feet …
MOB Construction Outlook
With the cost of construction materials continuing to rise, and interest rate hikes on the horizon, how will new MOB developments be affected?
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 …
MOB Construction Projects, Are All Types being Affected Uniformly?
If you have been staying up to date with Revista’s most recent construction data, you know that over the past few quarters, construction has been down across the board. However, the magnitude of the depression may depend on the characteristics of the project.
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 …
MOB Construction Update
MOB construction has been slower than usual in 2025. Less projects are breaking ground than are completing, so the pipeline has been shrinking. In recent times, inventory has typically grown around 1.5% annually. Over the past year MOB inventory has grown . . .
MOB Fundamentals Holding Steady Through the Pandemic
The Medical Office Building (MOB) sector has shown its mettle through previous economic challenges. But with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing slowdown of elective surgeries and office …
MOB Occupancy Rate Hovering at Cyclical High
The Medical Outpatient Building or Medical Office Building sector (both MOB) is at a cyclical high in 3Q25.
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.
MOB Sales Were Strong in 3Q; Sector Continues to Perform Well
During Revista’s recent 3Q webcast, Principal Mike Hargrave data showing that the volume in the third quarter was, preliminarily, $4.6 billion, the second highest quarterly total – behind the $4.9 billion of sales in Q2 2017 — since Revista began tracking such data in 2015.
MOB Square Footage, Total Value Rose in 2018 Annual Revista/HREI Development Report Reveals Top Developers of the Year
The year 2018 proved to be healthy one for new medical office building (MOB) construction projects, which is certainly music to the ears of professionals involved in the healthcare real …
MOBs Can Weather a Storm
In recent weeks we’ve seen significant volatility in the stock market along with increasing fears of a recession. After all, this is now the longest market expansion in history. It …