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The Medical Office Sector and GDP Growth

July 28, 2022 by Stephen Lindsey

This morning the BEA released its first official estimate of real GDP growth for 2Q2022. It came in at -0.9. The revised official rate from last quarter was -1.6, and depending on the definition used, some would now say that we are in a recession.

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The Most Active MOB Metros 3Q18-2Q19

August 28, 2019 by Mike Hargrave

Medical Office (MOB) transaction volume has slowed during the past year.  Within the top 50 metros Revista recorded $7.14B worth of MOB trades from 3Q18 to 2Q19.  This was down …

Read moreThe Most Active MOB Metros 3Q18-2Q19

The Return of the Portfolio Premium

May 27, 2025 by Mike Hargrave

The graph below displays Average MOB cap rate trends for Portfolios vs. Single Properties.  From 2017 through 2022, the Average Cap Rate for MOB Portfolios was 63 basis points lower than single MOB properties that traded.

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The Revista 4Q23 Subscriber Webinar – Abridged Slides

January 26, 2024 by Mike Hargrave

Revista held its 4th quarter, 2023 subscriber webinar recently. During the webinar, it was reported that occupancy rates were continuing to rise for Medical office properties in the top 50 metros.

Read moreThe Revista 4Q23 Subscriber Webinar – Abridged Slides

The Surgery Center Premium for MOBs

December 19, 2017 by Mike Hargrave

Revista tracks and identifies medical buildings that contain a surgery center.  Within our database, surgery centers are a tag rather than a property type as many surgery centers are contained …

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Three Big Portfolios to Meet Big Investor Appetites

April 25, 2018 by John B. Mugford

The bread-and-butter medical office building (MOB) deal continues to entail the sale of a single building for a price of less $20 million, often quite a bit less. Such deals, …

Read moreThree Big Portfolios to Meet Big Investor Appetites

Through April – Transaction Volume slowing but still outpacing 2019

May 28, 2020 by Mike Hargrave

A weekly running sum of medical office volume through April 2020 reveals that volume is slowing but that overall, total volume is still running ahead of 2019.  Through week 18 …

Read moreThrough April – Transaction Volume slowing but still outpacing 2019

Top 50 Metro Occupancy Rate Climbs in 3Q21 for MOBs

October 28, 2021 by Mike Hargrave

The occupancy rate across medical office buildings located in the US top 50 metros climbed to 91.7% in 3Q21.  This was up from 91.5% in 2Q21 and 91.3% one year ago.

Read moreTop 50 Metro Occupancy Rate Climbs in 3Q21 for MOBs

Top HRE professionals foresee good prospects in 2018

December 21, 2017 by John B. Mugford

By John B. Mugford, Editor, Healthcare Real Estate Insight While there is some concern and uncertainty about what the next year holds for the country’s healthcare system, some of the …

Read moreTop HRE professionals foresee good prospects in 2018

Top Markets for MOB Construction

June 26, 2019 by Hilda Martin

In the past twelve months, over 21 million square feet of medical office space have been delivered across the country. More than 35% of that has been condensed in 10 markets. Chicago …

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Top Ten MOB Buyers of 2020

March 24, 2021 by Hilda Martin

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 …

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TTM MOB Cap Rate Trends Showing a 20-30 Basis Points (bps) Sequential Rise

April 26, 2023 by Mike Hargrave

Revista recently held its 1Q23 Subscriber Webcast.  Hilda Martin and Mike Hargrave of Revista were joined by Gino Lollio, an Executive Director with Cushman & Wakefield Healthcare Capital Markets.  Over 230 subscriber lines registered for the webcast indicating a high level of interest in emerging trends we covered. 

Read moreTTM MOB Cap Rate Trends Showing a 20-30 Basis Points (bps) Sequential Rise

US Healthcare Real Estate is One Trillion Dollar Sector

March 10, 2017 by Mike Hargrave

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 …

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Welltower – CNL’s $1.25B Boosts MOB Sales

May 24, 2019 by John B. Mugford

Deal reinforces strategy of creating value by packaging MOBs into large portfolios With MOB sales off to a somewhat slow start in early 2019, the closing of the sector’s second-biggest …

Read moreWelltower – CNL’s $1.25B Boosts MOB Sales

What Was Revista’s Most Active Metro in 2017?

February 23, 2018 by Hilda Martin

Continuing focus on high medical office sales activity might lead one to wonder where all this activity is occurring. In 2017, more than 25% of sales volume was represented in only …

Read moreWhat Was Revista’s Most Active Metro in 2017?

Which MOB Markets have the Most Concentrated Ownership?

November 21, 2025 by Stephen Lindsey

To answer this, we analyzed how MOB square footage is spread across all the owners in each of the top 125 markets. The chart below lists the most concentrated markets, with . . .

Read moreWhich MOB Markets have the Most Concentrated Ownership?

While MOB Rent Levels are Strongest in Coastal Markets, Rent Growth is Fastest Elsewhere

December 18, 2023 by Mike Hargrave

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). 

Read moreWhile MOB Rent Levels are Strongest in Coastal Markets, Rent Growth is Fastest Elsewhere

Who Were the Hot Buyers of Medical Office in 2017?

March 27, 2018 by Mindy Berman

2017 witnessed record MOB sales and outsized portfolio sales, but a notable shift occurred in the hot money – a theme that dominates the landscape in early 2018.   Key …

Read moreWho Were the Hot Buyers of Medical Office in 2017?
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  • Which MOB Markets have the Most Concentrated Ownership? November 21, 2025
    To answer this, we analyzed how MOB square footage is spread across all the owners in each of the top 125 markets. The chart below lists the most concentrated markets, with . . . The post Which MOB Markets have the Most Concentrated Ownership? appeared first on RevistaMed.
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    RevistaMed tracks medical office (or medical outpatient) building transaction activity across the US and has a time series back to 2013. The post Here Are the Most Active Metros for MOB Transactions appeared first on RevistaMed.
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  • Sales Activity Across Different Types of Healthcare Real Estate October 31, 2025
    Medical real estate seems to be in a tide shift when it comes to sales activity. With a second 25-bps cut in the federal funds rate and the announcement of the Remedy/Welltower transaction, we already know 4Q . . . The post Sales Activity Across Different Types of Healthcare Real Estate appeared first on RevistaMed.
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  • MOB Occupancy Rate Hovering at Cyclical High  October 30, 2025
    The Medical Outpatient Building or Medical Office Building sector (both MOB) is at a cyclical high in 3Q25. The post MOB Occupancy Rate Hovering at Cyclical High  appeared first on RevistaMed.
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