CBRE Bulks Up Healthcare Team in Face of Change

Kellie Hill

Healthcare—and medical office as a result—is changing, and CBRE is responding. The firm has expanded its medical office and healthcare team, under Bryan Lewitt’s leadership, in Los Angeles with the addition of Kellie Hill, a senior associate. Hill sees the rapidly changing market, and, with a background in health and fitness and more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience, she brings a different skillset to the team.

“What are you seeing for the rest of this year and into 2018?  Healthcare is changing: from the payer system, to practitioners working with systems, to how healthcare is delivered to the patients,” Hill tells GlobeSt.com. “More than ever before, those involved in healthcare need to be able to look strategically to the future to determine how and what will change.” She adds that there are a number of unanswered questions that clients are dealing with: Will outpatient needs be placed into the community? Will care at hospitals only be for those in critical need?  Will the ACA be replaced, and what will happen to Medicaid? “As these questions have long-term impacts, in the near future I see both health systems and doctors’ groups closely evaluating their current and future real estate needs,” she says.