The “On Campus” Medical Office Premium is 14% in 3Q14
Investors paid an average of 14% more per square foot for an on campus medical office building (compared to an off campus medical office building) in the 3rd quarter of …
Mergers/Acquisitions
The Buyer Composition has Changed
Recent years has seen the healthcare real estate transaction world more or less controlled by real estate investment trusts (REITS). Healthcare REITs have enjoyed a long run of comparatively low …
The Emerging Public-Private Valuation Gap
As the start of higher interest rates have entered into 2018 economic data, Medical Office REIT share prices have pulled back implying their portfolio values have also fallen. Healthcare Trust …
The Hottest Metros in 2018
Overall transaction volume for Medical Office Buildings (MOB) were down in 2018 versus 2017. According to Revista’s Year End 2018 Medical Real Estate Transactions report, MOB transaction volume was $11.9B …
The Medical Office Sector and GDP Growth
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.
The Most Active MOB Metros 3Q18-2Q19
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 …
The Return of the Portfolio Premium
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.
The Revista 4Q23 Subscriber Webinar – Abridged Slides
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.
The Surgery Center Premium for MOBs
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 …
Through April – Transaction Volume slowing but still outpacing 2019
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 …
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 …
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 …
UBS Acquires Saddleback Valley MOB from Lillibridge/Ventas
UBS Real Estate, along with Greelaw Partners of Irvine CA recently acquired the Saddleback Valley Medical Center (MOB) from Lillibridge/Ventas. The purchase price was $34.5 million which works out to …
Update on Health System Medical Outpatient Building Buybacks
Health systems have been one of the most active participants in the medical properties investment sales market in the last 3 years, accounting for 17% of all sales activity as either the buyer or seller. In 2025 alone . . .
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 …
What Was Revista’s Most Active Metro in 2017?
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 …