Market of Interest: Seattle
Below is a chart showing the 20 largest markets in the US and some key statistics relating to inventory and sales activity. They are ordered by the markets that have …
Mergers/Acquisitions
Medical Office Sales Volume Still High, but Buyers are Changing
As REITs pull back on acquisitions and focus more on refining their portfolios, private equity groups have more than taken up the slack. Total healthcare real estate transaction volume may …
Medical Office Transaction Volume Showing Signs of Moderating
Following a record year for transactions when $16.6B worth of MOBs traded hands, overall volume is showing signs of moderating through the first 2 quarters of 2018. During the first …
Medical Properties Trust to Buy Capella Healthcare
Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) has recently announced they were acquiring the real estate of seven hospitals as well as an interest in the operations of Capella Healthcare in a …
Medical Real Estate Sector Posts Record Volume in 2017
Revista has posted its 2017 Year End Transactions Reports for subscribers to its data service. By most accounts, 2017 was a record year for the sector in terms of transaction …
Medical Real Estate Transaction Activity at Record Levels , Will it Continue?
The medical real estate sector is seeing increasing levels of transaction activity, particularly across hospital real estate and medical office buildings. The graph below details the general trend but preliminary …
Metro Highlight – Charlotte
Ah Charlotte. She’s been miss popularity for a number of years now. Although 22nd in rank for population, Charlotte is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. Over …
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 …
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 Cap Rates Coming Off Lows
Medical Office Building (MOB) capitalization rates are trending up from their lows set in late 2017 and early 2018. The average cap rate for MOBs was 6.7% in the 1st …
MOB Cap Rates Compress Across the Board
The overall average cap rate for outpatient medical buildings has previously remained steady at around 6.7% for a number of quarters. Last year we pointed out that although the overall …
MOB Cap Rates Continue to Impress
Cap rates for Medical Office Properties are continuing a trend of compressing during the past several years. Updated 2nd quarter, 2021 Revista data reveals the median MOB cap rate was 5.8%. This was down from 6% in 1Q21 and 6.3% one year ago.
MOB Financing Volume Slows in 2Q20 – Here’s the Data
It makes sense that transaction activity would slow in 2Q20 as the MOB sector was in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, Revista’s 2nd Quarter subscriber webcast showed …
MOB in Oakdale, CA Trades Hands
A 51,000 square foot medical office building in Oakdale, California traded hands in late July. The Oakdale Medical Plaza was developed in 2007 by GL Bruno in association with Oak …
MOB Prices Trending Near All Time Highs…
If you feel like medical office pricing is about as high as it can go, you would have a point these days. The current 2nd quarter average price per square …
MOB Pricing – What the Public Markets are Telling Us
A little over a month ago things were business as usual within the world of healthcare real estate. The Revista Medical Real Estate Investment Forum had just wrapped up very …